Is there ANYONE i can relate to?????

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I have periodic bouts of pretty bad depression usually brought on by things in my life. For instance, I just completed a sound design for a theater department play under the best director here (he splits his time between the college and directing professionally a Tony award winning regional theater). In the last two weeks I spent 12 to 16 hours a day on this play every day but the director was not pleased with my work and essentially cut most of my design from the production. Naturally, this made me very depressed.

I've been on some mild antidepressants in the past but I've found that what works best for me is self analysis. It's taken some practice to get decent results, but I've found that if I can understand exactly what is making me sad or upset, it doesn't seem as bad as my emotions make it out to be. It takes away the real potency of the depression. The feelings are still there but I then have perspective and they don't effect me as much. It's essentially the same as what a therapist would help you with but a hell of a lot cheaper. Plus, a really good therapist is hard to find from what I hear. I saw a wonderful one in high school and he essentially got me started on this technique. I go to school in another state so I can't see him very often any more.

If you just want to talk it out with someone, send me a PM and I will give you my AIM or MSN.


P.s.
zombie, your avatar pretty much makes my day:

The ugly thing about adolescence: until then, your family totally covers for you and probably never said: from your 20s *you* cover for a partner, some kids, maybe your parents too, and maybe even grandkids too, until you die.

Life is going to turn from a game into a grind, and nobody wanted to tell you, because it's like saying there's no Santa Claus.

you can relate here my friend

Another option to consider is Zoloft because it helps with a variety of things beyond depression (anxiety, OCD, aggression etc).

My son is an aspie and he's on it. So far, so good.

If you could find an AS class for schooling that would rock. My son is in one and the program is amazing. He's way more happier there than he was in a regular school. He's with kids who get him and he also mainstreams into regular classes.

His school and AS class is being used to teach US schools about the benefits of AS classes in the public school system which makes it more accessible to people versus a private school which can be insanely expensive.

Hey Unknown. for what it is worth: I amnow to this site, and I is old and crusty. Of all the psots I have ensountered thus far, yours are the ones the nickname of the psotter I first placed into memory. As far as i am concerned, Unknown, you are also awesome! 'Mean it! Please tough it out. It will never get easier, but you will grow and learn, and get stronger and more capable and tougher than you can currently dream. and believe it or not, you begin in a decent place: as you are already thinking independently and are too cool.

Damn sraight!

Why don't you try getting a penpal or e-friend, if you want some-one to relate to? I

think it'd be a lot easier to keep the friendship going than it would be with, say, a kid down the street - reason being that if you're just writing letters or sending emails you can tell what you want and relieve yourself of a bit of tension and stress and your friend can give you advice and friendship (all that basic human interactiong stuff), but you won't find yourself overwhelmed as it sometimes gets with real people.

Online interaction seems to be very good especially if you have trouble with normal social interaction, because you don't feel as akward or get sick of having people around so much.

Well, that's my two cents.

You know getting treated for Depression will help. I even suffer from Depression but I have Paxil that helps me from being down right Depressed as in the pit deep pit.