How do i make myself feel happy again?

The important thing with medication is to stick with it, regardless of how it's going. It's not until the six week mark that you can tell whether something is truly effective or not. The fact that it's helping now is a great sign and hopefully that continues, but should that wear off, stick with it then see your GP. I've found it all too tempting to stop taking a medication out of frustration myself, so don't follow my example! Hang in there mate

Mate, you ever been into fishing? More specifically, rock fishing? Can be an awesome way to relax, get away from it all and chill out. Good way to catch yourself a feed too, or if you're not into that, let anything you catch go, still bloody satisfying.

Plenty of local spots too if you're on the Shore.

Thanks Robb, it is quite hard when you think it will be an instant fix but it doesn't work that way. I can't switch being happy or sad on and off like a switch. But i am slowly starting to feel better about things.

And thanks for your suggestion Bozz, but no offense i hate fishing. I have been a number of times with several mates and family members before and i have never enjoyed it once. Thanks anyway though.

Fishing is awesome and a great way to relax. I love it. Unfortunately don't get much time to get out

Each to their own i guess.

Football tomorrow, definitely my favourite part of any week. Bit nervous though, hope i don't get treated different because of my 'incident' last week.

Well i'm very well known and liked at my club that's all.

Who u playing for at birko? Ressies?

Yeah normally them but not playing atm still coming back from my injury.

Sweet

Just thought i'd mention something i did the other day that relates to previous posts in this thread re: doing nice things for other people to make yourself feel better.

I was on an evening stroll on Monday night and walked past a house when i saw the lights on the inside of a van in their driveway were on. I slowed down and almost stopped to see if anyone was nearby or inside the van but they weren't so i thought the driver had accidentally left the light on. I decided to go knock on their door and tell them just in case they didn't know. Anyway the wife of the driver answered the door and thanked me very much for pointing it out, the husband was busy at the time so i couldn't meet him but she said she would pass it on.

Anyway long story short it did make me feel good to do something positive for someone else for free.

Obviously quite a novel feeling for you 

Not sure what you mean by novel but yes it felt good doing something nice for someone.

I never realised how hard this sh*t is tbh.

How hard doing something nice is? I've done a lot of this kind of stuff through our church and honestly I get the craps every time we're about to do any sort of community work because you feel incredibly vulnerable and the fear of rejection is so high! I mean, someone telling you you're not good enough to help them for free is probably the hardest thing to deal with!

Thankfully most people are appreciative :)

No i meant trying to get better.

I know how you feel mate.

I am a regular poster on here and know quite a few of the guys on here personally. Just a few days I was diagnosed with depression. Didn't want to use my main account as I don't want others changing their opinion on me. It's bloody hard to get on top of. I am struggling massively. Looking back, I can see how far downhill I have fallen in the last 6 months. Going to be bloody hard to get back up there. Hope you can make a healthy recovery and don't do anything stupid.

Buffy & Toto, good on you both for seeking help in the first place, you've both realised that something was wrong & you are taking steps to rectify it. I was diagnosed with severe depression 10 years ago, I thought that everything & everyone was against me, but after seeing a counsellor I wrote a list of all the things that got me down or made me angry- I ended up writing 4 pages! I then had to look at each individual problem one at a time & work out a solution. after the first three I came to the realisation that all the problems were stemming from myself & I had the ability to change myself so that the problems didnt occur. If you look at one problem at a time they are less daunting & you can think clearly enough to arrive at a solution. It took me many weeks to start feeling better after I got medication, but I did get better. I was diagnosed as being depressed for over 15 years & I was on meds for 4 years. I struggled to talk about depression for 2 years after being diagnosed, but when I could talk about it freely it turned out that about 6 good friends had been or were on medication. It is very common & you should be commended that you have both acknowledged you have this condition. Take one day at a time, dont over analyse the origins of your feelings, just look forward to changing them for the better. Feel free to PM me if needs be.

Mate, depression is horrible. Dwyer2010-08-20 15:15:50

Buff it was pretty brave to start this topic.

sh*t there seems to be some correlation between being a phoenix fan and suffering depression :/

There's also a proven correlation between depression and high intelligence.

In other words, WE ARE SO SMART! WE ARE SO SMART! S-M-R-T, I MEAN, S-M-A-R-T...

I have been described as academically gifted.