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SoulcakeDuck
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Age: 23
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Location: a bubble called Cognitive Entropy
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Do you REALLY think you got it bad?
Introducing FML.
F*** MY LIFE! <--- click it, go on. 
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SoulcakeDuck
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Age: 23
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Location: a bubble called Cognitive Entropy
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| BellaDonna wrote: | My Declaration of Self-Esteem
I am me
In all the world, there is no one exactly like me. There is no one who
is the unique combination of everything that makes me who I am.
I own everything about me. My body and my mind.
All my thoughts and ideas, all my feelings, whatever they may be -
joy, frustration, love, disappointment, excitement. All that comes
from my mouth, all that I express, all my words and actions are mine.
I own my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
As long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can encourage myself
and I can look for ways to find out more about myself and seek to
adjust the aspects that are not useful or helpful in my process of
being me and becoming me.
As time passes, some parts of me I will outgrow and some parts will
no longer fit with who I am. But always in becoming me I will hold
dear those parts of me that I cherish and are uniquely beautiful,
because they are me.
I can feel, think, say and be. I have what I need to love and be
loved, to be special in the world.
I am me and yet I am becoming me. |
ooooooooo that's good and soo soo accurate.
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cantexactlysay
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Age: 25
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Medications and psychologists did far more harm to me than good. Learning about me having autism and finding that I can still capitalize on my strengths and mitigate my weaknesses has helped me combat depression. Also, drinking green or white tea works wonders for me. Strangely, medications simply numbed my emotions, nearly making me psychopathic, while natural L-Theanine has actually helped me improve my mood and concentration, probably because I've found my own "therapy".
I also listen to a ton of my favorite music and write music to release my angst. Having found true faith after having man-made faith shoved down my throat for years, which I later rejected thankfully, has gone further than anything else. |
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Aldebaran
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Age: 50
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Location: Denmark
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Focusing(book by Eugene T. Gendlin) saved my life.
It helped me handle my deep depressions. Now I am fine most of the time.
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WardenWolf
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Joined: May 01, 2009
Age: 27
Posts: 327
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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I've taken medications before for depression. I broke down when I first went to college, and had to withdraw and get treatment. While they worked well, I mostly recovered and I found I don't like who I am on them. They make me a bit too confident, so when I say something wrong that hurts someone, I don't care. So yeah. I have my ups and downs, like any normal person. Lately I've been down a fair bit. What seems to help me is to put on some music and dance to it. The adrenaline tends to snap me out of light depression quickly.
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AmberEyes
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Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: 1427
Location: The Lands where the Jumblies live
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| SoulcakeDuck wrote: | Do you REALLY think you got it bad?
Introducing FML.
F*** MY LIFE! <--- click it, go on. |
| Quote: | | Today, I got into my driving instructors car for my first lesson. He looked at me, then said, “I’m sorry, but I wasn’t told about your disabilities, what to you have?” I’m not disabled. |
This one really got me. 
What if people could find out just by looking at me.
I've been kind of paranoid ever since people "accused" me of having "bad coordination".
Yet my family have adamantly claimed that I'm not disabled.
What about invisible disabilities?
The mind boggles.
Maybe, given my experiences, I'm taking this way too personally.
The thing is, I have no one who'll take me seriously or listen to my issues at all.
If I do admit any difficulties, they'll just want to label me again. 
Also some of the problems listed on here seem really mild and trivial compared to some of the ostracism I've been through. Manicures and texting...these aren't important to me, they aren't even part of my life.
They're problems that people have when they have lots of friends around to share them with and aren't agoraphobic. Then can go out and meet up easily, it's not a big issue for them to use public transport or go shopping: they just go and can keep up easily with fast paced social interactions.
I may feel lonely, but on the plus side, if I'm not in a relationship with anyone, I can't have relationship problems! 
And if there's no-one to text me, there can't be texting problems! |
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protest_the_hero
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.
Joined: Nov 15, 2008
Age: 170
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Location: Ottawa, Ont.
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"Only a life lived for others is a life worth living." -Einstein
Find a purpose so you can feel a sense of selfworth. Charity work could be good.
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SplinterStar
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Joined: Jul 15, 2009
Posts: 227
Location: The Northern Canadian wilderness where werewolves roam free.
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I used to feel really sad all the time and was diagnosed for depression. At that point I forced myself to get better, because it meant eating less pills in the morning. (none now, thankfully).
When ever I was going to get depressed again I always thought "Why should I waste my time crying when no one is doing the same for me? I could be doing something else, but here I am, crying like a baby." It may not work for others but it works for me. Feeling sorry for yourself just isn't productive. Gosh I sound robotic but, well... it isn't! |
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LinnaeusCat
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Age: 42
Posts: 275
Location: Le Monde
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When I'm depressed, I usually find it helps to organize something (even if it's just a drawer or cabinet) or listen to a favorite movie of mine while creating desktop wallpaper. Both activities make me feel I've accomplished a little something.
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ProfessorX
Nobody's Hero :(
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Age: 36
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Location: Somewhere over there
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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I realise this is going to sound absurd and all but, I've often found that exercise tends to help me in terms of dealing with Depression..Actually, I'm not as energetic as, once I was in times of ancient past though, whenever I do my daily walking I'm able to take my mind off things or people for that matter which, rather make me feel less than human.
Another coping mechanism for myself, comes in the form of humor.Often, I'd read something funny or even watch something hilarious on Comedy Central and that would help me to not feel so disenchanted.. Honestly, I often find it hard to say as and Aspie I have Depression for, there have been times being around other Aspies I'd actually feel as if I was being ostracised.Yes, by my own kind of all things.Still, I suppose some people in the spectrum merely don't wish to acknowledge such about his/her self or choose not to be a friend to someone struggling with Depression..
Anyways, I'm glad that this particular forum is not critical nor hateful..
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Ahaseurus2000
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Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
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| MissConstrue wrote: | I just wish I could get with people without feeling so odd and akward.
The activities listed do help but it gets lonely after a while. I still get suicidal thoughts every now and then but they aren't to a degree that I would do it. It just gets hard to deal with people and also have poor communication skills. I still stumble on words and have trouble processing what I'm about to say.
I've had many people read me the wrong way or take my words out of context. This mainly why I don't communicate with people in general unless I know them real well. |
I feel similar.
I just returned from visiting relatives in Auckland, and I already miss them. I didn't realise how isolated and lonely I felt living by myself, and how much my personal activities (such as playing games) was in compensation for that.
Anyway, my advice for coping with depression was given to me by a patient and wise Psychiatrist:
Bright Light
Physical Exercise
Good Experiences
Avoid Toxins (especially toxic people)
Good Nutrition
A related issue is sleep. 8 hours of Deep Sleep is ideal, but with depression some of that deep sleep is replaced with lighter, dreamier REM sleep. Good sleep hygiene is important, and exercise helps.
Personally, my biggest issue is a lack of Good Experiences. Nothing to do and no job makes this aspie sad...
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Cad
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: May 18, 2009
Posts: 63
Location: In the lab
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| f**k...self esteem...should get some of that. I'm pretty sure i have depression. |
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polymathpoolplayer
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| Why bother? Visualizing the positives never results in their materialization, yet imagining the worst somehow always ensures it will transpire in reality. God is a God of hate, out to destroy whomever he can, taking the pure, innocent and decent and turning us into failed pieces of sh*t. |
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ProfessorX
Nobody's Hero :(
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Age: 36
Posts: 2436
Location: Somewhere over there
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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I tend to deal with my depressiob by going for lengthy walks as, I'm able to get all of the stress for that particular day out of my system.Yes, I'm constantly tormented by various things and all yet, I try to keep myself level by not letting myself become too wound up as, I've seen from being around someone whom has atypical autism, this person went into an explosive tantrum of such..Honestly, I try to remain contented to not let that happen by always keeping a check on my stress level, if that makes sense..Well, I'm not really sure what else to say at this time except, may everyone be able to find some serenity..
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