"I can't explain why I was so affected, but it's a perfect example of the person I am. I'd never even met the turkeys.."
Category: Depressed
Reader Poll: At What Age Did the Depression Begin?
My depression began when I was nine years old after a series of traumatic events. I had always been a happy child who loved people, but everything… Read more "Reader Poll: At What Age Did the Depression Begin?"
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What’s Your Depression Story? | Your Story, Photo, Poem, Video Published
"I'll be accepting any type of submission you can think of that tells your story, or even a part of it. Perhaps a picture that encompasses your depression or a certain period in your life, a written story, a homemade video..."
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Ask Ophelia: What Can I Do When I’m Depressed?
"... I believe that something I call "Mental Health Predictive Maintenance" is extremely important for easing and preventing depression...
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I Was Molested by a Classmate | How I Moved On and What I Learned
"But he insisted. And I told him no. So he gave me an ultimatum."
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YouTube Music’s New Silent Ad Speaks Volumes for the Transgender and Crossdressing Community
"When I looked up at the TV again I was stunned to see the boy had put on makeup while wearing women's clothing. It was a YouTube Music ad. I was actually elated to see how YouTube Music humanized this person because they exist all over the world."
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Being Judged for My Medicine | Why You Should Be Yourself
"I was made to feel ashamed of using my own medicine so I tossed and turned 'til 4am. My cat gets hungry at 4:30am. The next day I went about my usual business, but remained unmedicated. It felt like walking through fog. I had no real inspiration to do anything."
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Please Don’t Shoot Yourself in Front of Me | My Suicide Story
"One evening when I was 16, my parents were away and I received a call on the house line asking for them. An intelligent teenager, I didn't say my parents were away and instead asked the identity of the caller. It was a family member of my half-brother, and I knew such an unprecedented call would be important so I told her I'd get my sister for her. Then, concerned, I asked her if he's OK and she said simply, "No...""
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Fighting My Depression Using Predictive Maintenance | How to Survive
"I felt the spindly fingers of depression reach up and coil around my legs getting ready to pull me down, but I refused and kicked them off...So I'm telling you it's perfectly possible to be in control of your own mental health to some degree."
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Hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with Roll-uh-Bowl | 20+ Pictures!
"I've always appreciated animals and nature, and the White Mountains in New Hampshire has become one of my favorite spots in the world. I've been going up there since I was 18 years old and still spend a lot of time there throughout the year."
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How I Met a National Lampoon Screenwriter | Half-Loaded Review
"...I started noticing that he tweeted me relatively often - and that he was kinda funny on occasion. At some point I realized that he's actually the screenwriter of the movie National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, and Emilio Estevez..."
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Depression and Therapy: Making the Appointment
Ok. I surrender. My white flag has been raised, and I am going to make a therapy appointment. I have just spontaneously cried into my bong for…… Read more “Depression and Therapy: Making the Appointment”
Depression and Therapy: Does it Work?
“I suppose when you find yourself frequently envisioning what you’d talk about at your first therapy appointment, it’s probably time to look for a therapist.”
On 9/12/15, 3:27pm, I Have Officially Hit Rock Bottom
And it is so incredibly fucking dark down here.
