How do you cure depression?

WALK or RUN

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Yep. Exercise and a consistant sleeping pattern are the biggies.

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Could go on and on, user.

My older was a former addict suffering from depression and anxiety. One day, things just clicked for him and he finally got his life together: job (he even got a promotion really quickly), phone, long term goals, clean bill of health and record setting sobriety. He was so incredibly happy. He was going to make it. I was so proud of him. And then he was killed by some lady who was driving under the influence and without a driver's license. My world shattered and I've fantasized about hunting her and her family down numerous times. I live in the south so it'd be so easy. I've had so many moments where came up with serious plans for killing myself that were well thought out and relatively easy to execute. In the end, my anger and hate were just bouncing around. Losing my brother like that crushed my soul. Something died in me. Without any energy to do anything my grades slipped, I became a shut in, and I just wallowed in anger and loathing all day. Until one day, when I took up writing. There was no particular reason, I just had an idea and took to it. So I wrote and wrote and wrote, without any rhyme or reason, and suddenly I had finished this 100k word count monstrosity. I went back and read through it and somehow all the things going through my head were right there on the page. All of the things putting me down felt more manageable when I put them down on paper and it was sort of an exercise in finding my own personal motivation again. In a sense, it was cathartic. I can honestly say to try writing. It doesn't have to be anything good or big, I doubt what I made will ever get published, but things seem more insignificant when you put your demons on paper and beat them like that. Aside from that, reading books has helped me keep going. Life's an unrelenting whore who will fuck anybody, so don't feel special when it's your turn. Take the time you need to put yourself together and continue on when you feel ready for it.

This and get 15 minutes in the sun per day, avoid artificial sweeteners that fuck up your gut bacteria, and get 7-8 hours of sleep.

I'll add to this. The way SSRIs like Prozac, Zoloft, et al work is they promote neural growth in a part of the brain that people who suffer from depression lack. Like it's a certain kind of nerve cells associated with the ability to distinguish past events from current reality. People with depression's brains confuse the two so past trauma keeps recurring in the subconscious as if it were actually happening. Hence the compulsive rumination many depressions go through. Moderate exercise (sustainably increases the pulse rate) at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes has been shown to do an even better job of regrowing these neurons. This is also why there is a somewhat delayed reaction from starting the SSRI or exercise regimen before the effect takes place, the neurons have to actually grow. The advantage of exercise other than the obvious health stuff is the lack of side effects from SSRIs like suicidal ideation, "brain fog", etc. Good luck, user.
>t. guy with the same problem

If you’ve never had one before:
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I was a 20 yo khhv, started dating this girl and it literally cured my existential nihilism. Oxytocin is one hell of a drug

Fuck man, this is great. I've heard writing can be helpful. Good job man

Exercise and find a hobby that really makes you happy.

Keep up the writing. I have several short that nobody but me has read.

>Rely on something external to feel ok about yourself.

Sounds like a bulletproof plan.

One of the best posts I've seen on Jow Forums in a long time. Thank you. I'm sorry to hear about your brother.

meth for a month than come down with a few pills of molly. when your serotonin receptors come back they will be renewed.

If the reason you’re depressed is because you’re a bitter incel then yeah it’s actually a solid plan

It wasn't the writing itself, it was you confronting the pent up negative emotions stored in your subconscious with your conscious mind which allowed you to free up the RAM for other shit because you finally receive the message. Most people have this underlying voice in the back of their head saying negative shit all day but they just try to distract themselves from it using activity. But it keeps yammering on and coloring your perception all day. You just need to go into it and examine what its saying.

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The relationship is guaranteed to be toxic if you're so needy that they're the only thing that makes you feel ok even if it may temporarily mask the problem with honeymoon chemicals.

I appreciate the sentiment. Thanks anons.

After some self reflection, I came to a similar conclusion as you. I kind of understand why the more artistic types (Plath, Kobain, Hemingway, for example) are more prone to suicide since it can be overwhelming to dive so deeply into the more negative parts of yourself.