Why Do I Have to Always Be Depressed?
Question by Tracy: Why do i have to always be depressed?
I’ve felt really sad on and off for a few years now and it’s just getting worse i have been so depressed for days now.. I feel like i don’t care about anything anymore i barely ever want to be around anyone or talk to anyone i sleep as long as i can and i just wish i could sleep till i can be happier. My mom is always doing/saying something to make me upset too i don’t know my father and that’s another reason why I’m always so upset i can’t meet him either. I barely have friends. I’m home schooled haven’t been to a school for 8 years. I’m sixteen years old. I cry everyday, i barely eat. I never feel like doing anything anymore.
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Answer by qbert
You might want to go to your doctor about this. Get some antidepressants or therapy
Answer by RWPossum
Teenage depression has its own problems. For one thing, the risks associated with taking antidepressants are higher with teenage patients, and for that reason experts are saying that the drugs are inappropriate for patients in that age range. There are effective non-drug treatments for depression. Unfortunately, they aren’t advertised on TV like the drugs, and many people are unaware of them.
The trend in psychotherapy for mood disorders is toward teaching people new ways of thinking and developing new habits. The approach, called cognitive-behavioral therapy, is practical. It’s concerned with the here-and-now, as opposed to how problems began. For two reasons, it’s economical. It’s generally administered as group therapy, which is much less expensive than individual therapy. It’s simple enough that it can take the form of a book. Research has shown The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns
to be as effective as regular therapy for depression, although it’s not clear at this time who benefits from the book. The researchers found the book to be effective with teenage patients as well as adult patients.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Burns
In his book The Depression Cure, university psychologist Stephen Ilardi talks about the problem of restoring a healthy chemistry to the body of someone with depression. Although he admits that in certain cases antidepressants are good, he argues that in many other cases recovery can be accomplished by means of lifestyle changes. At the University of Kansas, he developed a program that makes use of six carefully chosen lifestyle factors.
http://www.psych.ku.edu/tlc/Therapeutic%20Lifestyle%20Change%20article.pdf
If you’re staying in bed a lot, you’ll probably be happier if you take care to use your bed only for sleeping, not for resting. This is one of the principles of what’s called sleep hygiene, the system for preventing insomnia.
The University of Maryland Sleep Center
http://www.umm.edu/sleep/sleep_hyg.htm
The Handbook of Self-Help Therapies, which reviews research on programs and books, says that some popular books for insomnia,
such as Can’t Sleep, Can’t Stay Awake: A Woman’s Guide to Sleep Disorders by Meir Kryger, are based on proven self-help principles.
Social activity is one of Dr. Ilardi’s six lifestyle factors. Even if you want to be alone, you should make an effort to be with others. Something that people often find helpful is volunteering.
This is a link to Volunteer Match, an organization that can provide lists of different kinds of volunteer opportunities in your area.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
“20 Ways for Teenagers to Volunteer”
http://www.bygpub.com/books/tg2rw/volunteer.htm
When you say that you ‘re often upset with things your mother says, that could mean that you’re very irritable now, or it could have to do with your relationship with her. It may be that this is a situation in which family counseling would be helpful.
Here are two articles on depression from a source I like, Help Guide, one for teens and one for parents.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen_teenagers.htm
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm