Boy I could probably write a lot about depression... I was living the kind of life where nothing seemed to be going right for me but whenever I got knocked down I always was able to get back up, brush myself off and come up with a plan to make things better. It just got to the point one day where I just had a constant feeling of the impending moment when the other shoe would drop and I just couldn't come up with another plan. In short, I was hopelessly lost. I went to therapy which for me was a process where I was allowed to bring the things to the surface that I wanted for my life that just got choked down due to a variety of factors. Once I was able to embrace these things a funny thing started to happen. My bad luck started to turn into good luck. When I needed an apartment I found one. When I needed a job I found one. etc. It was like previously these obstacles were thrown up because I was on the wrong path. Once I got on the right path-things started going my way. So for me I don't look at depression as some kind of thing to be managed but a symptom of something larger, that something inside of me needs out or to needs be acknowledged. And so I'll leave you with the best advice I ever read, even if it doesn't apply to your situation it's still good advice in general: if you hear a voice inside you repeatedly telling you something, it's there for a reason. Listen to it.
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I was living the kind of life where nothing seemed to be going right for me but whenever I got knocked down I always was able to get back up, brush myself off and come up with a plan to make things better. It just got to the point one day where I just had a constant feeling of the impending moment when the other shoe would drop and I just couldn't come up with another plan. In short, I was hopelessly lost. I went to therapy which for me was a process where I was allowed to bring the things to the surface that I wanted for my life that just got choked down due to a variety of factors. Once I was able to embrace these things a funny thing started to happen. My bad luck started to turn into good luck. When I needed an apartment I found one. When I needed a job I found one. etc. It was like previously these obstacles were thrown up because I was on the wrong path. Once I got on the right path-things started going my way. So for me I don't look at depression as some kind of thing to be managed but a symptom of something larger, that something inside of me needs out or to needs be acknowledged. And so I'll leave you with the best advice I ever read, even if it doesn't apply to your situation it's still good advice in general: if you hear a voice inside you repeatedly telling you something, it's there for a reason. Listen to it.