Depression: Support, Advice, Help, Treatment Options (pain, diet, exercising, stomach)

[IamInShape]

Depression sets in like the sunset.
Light goes away
And in comes darkness

[emilybh]

The food you eat can cause or worsen your depression:
You Are What You Eat - Nutrition, Depression, and Bipolar

Depression and nutrition: can you eat away the blues? Environmental Nutrition - Find Articles

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by emilybh

The food you eat can cause or worsen your depression:
You Are What You Eat - Nutrition, Depression, and Bipolar

Depression and nutrition: can you eat away the blues? Environmental Nutrition - Find Articles

Emily, did you see my posts where I said that I was feeling more depressed after eating lots of sugar? This is exactly what has happened to me. I get down and start eating sugar and starch, which makes me feel better but then makes me feel much worse. My depression got so bad after I ate an entire package of hamburger helper that I've had to really stop eating starch. I hope to feel better tomorrow.

greenie

[yogikarategirl]

I just got a pamphlet in the mail on a grief and loss seminar - "Clinical Depression or Unresolved Grief" - and it really hit home with me as I am greiving several things right now - doesn't have to be a death, it can be a change in relationship or situation or a move or changing a job. Also the change in weather can trigger the "blues" - Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) due to less sun. Thoughts of the coming holidays can trigger it - if holidays aren't usually that great for you - I am feeling depressed now too and everyday I tell myself "just today - get your bu** out of bed and do what you gotta do and you will start feeling better". They say helping someone else often helps. But truly, eating right and exercise, and good support systems (friends and family) who "get" you are crucial. If you are feeling suicidal then by all means seek professional help.

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by yogikarategirl

I just got a pamphlet in the mail on a grief and loss seminar - "Clinical Depression or Unresolved Grief" - and it really hit home with me as I am greiving several things right now - doesn't have to be a death, it can be a change in relationship or situation or a move or changing a job. Also the change in weather can trigger the "blues" - Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) due to less sun. Thoughts of the coming holidays can trigger it - if holidays aren't usually that great for you - I am feeling depressed now too and everyday I tell myself "just today - get your bu** out of bed and do what you gotta do and you will start feeling better". They say helping someone else often helps. But truly, eating right and exercise, and good support systems (friends and family) who "get" you are crucial. If you are feeling suicidal then by all means seek professional help.

I know how you feel. For me, it's a big deal to just get my butt out of bed lately. I finally did run out and do a few things today but was very tired afterwards. I got some running shoes. Went for a jog the other night and that helped a lot. I'll go again tomorrow.

Greenie

[Mattie Jo]

Yogi, What my friend did when she was depressed (see my earlier post) was change the way she viewed things. She was upset over a relationship when she first tried the positive affirmations as mentioned in another post. She decided to try it and began saying that she was lucky to be out of the relationship, and at the end of the day she had convinced herself that she was lucky. Now that wouldn't work for a death, but she saw that it worked in this case and a positive affirmation for everything that was bothering her. She went through all of her thoughts and changed what was negative to positive. She said it was a lot of work but well worth it.

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by jessaka

Yogi, What my friend did when she was depressed (see my earlier post) was change the way she viewed things. She was upset over a relationship when she first tried the positive affirmations as mentioned in another post. She decided to try it and began saying that she was lucky to be out of the relationship, and at the end of the day she had convinced herself that she was lucky. Now that wouldn't work for a death, but she saw that it worked in this case and a positive affirmation for everything that was bothering her. She went through all of her thoughts and changed what was negative to positive. She said it was a lot of work but well worth it.

It sounds simple and naive, but it is partly true. The buddhists believe that we can train the mind.

Greenie

[Mattie Jo]

Green Machine, I took Buddhist training, and it is interesting because they say to not think about negative things because it causes them to grow larger in the mind and so you would become depressed or angry over things. Sometimes I found myself getting tired of listening to these ideas because I often felt that we should feel deeply about things. I guess there is a balance. Life was very easy when I was a Buddhist due to these teachings, and to a great extent I practice them still by not dwelling on anything negative. And so, yes, you train the mind and that is why so many Buddhists are peaceful.

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by jessaka

Green Machine, I took Buddhist training, and it is interesting because they say to not think about negative things because it causes them to grow larger in the mind and so you would become depressed or angry over things. Sometimes I found myself getting tired of listening to these ideas because I often felt that we should feel deeply about things. I guess there is a balance. Life was very easy when I was a Buddhist due to these teachings, and to a great extent I practice them still by not dwelling on anything negative. And so, yes, you train the mind and that is why so many Buddhists are peaceful.

Jessaka,

Very interesting. I've done a lot of the western psychology stuff talking about how my parents ruined me. It was nice having someone to talk to but I just can't keep paying $100 a week for 45-minute sessions. Plus, it's so self indulgent. I've been starting to learn more about Buddhism. I'm thinking of going to Ithica NY and taking classes for a while. It might be interesting. I like your comment: "life was very easy when I was a Buddhist..."

[yogikarategirl]

Jessaka, wondering why you are not a Buddhist anymore? Yea, I understand the positive thinking stuff and all - "change the way you look at things and the things you look at change" - Dr. Wayne Dyer. What I have a problem with the positive thiinking stuff is what if a situation really is negative, like what if a person is in an unhealthy relationship but they just keep thinking positive and stay. When do you put the positive thinking aside and see a negative situation for what it is?