intelgal
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Hi, I am very new on here but wonder if anyone could offer me some advice. I have had depression on and off for about 10 years. My worst bout begun about 18 months ago but I actault sort help got new meds and was doing really well. I saw a counsellor and had made some real positive changes in my life. I stopped seeing then about 4 months ago and things over the last 6 weeks have started to spiral out of control again. i have stopped looking after myself and although I ve kep some of the positive things that I startd to do I feel like I am stedily going down a big black hole. I took an overdose lst week and although i regretted it I now cant stop thinking about it and even think that I wish I had done myself some damage. What shall I do, I dnot want to go doiwn this hole but feel there is nothing to stop me
to this forum.
) so can only talk about our own experiences. My own advice would be to try and stop looking at depression as something you can cure by yourself - you say you 'can't pick myself up'. There are things we can do - different for each one of us - which will help reduce the effects of the illness, help us get through the bad times, but they are all long or medium term. When you are in the black hole there is very little that the individual can do (in my view) except stay safe and do nothing to make themselves worse. Thinking that you can cure yourself, that it is your fault, only makes things worse. It is NOT your fault, we have an illness/disability. Again I am not saying this is easy and I don't always practise what I preach - when I am ill I do blame myself and think its my fault! But I know that is the wrong path to go down.
