• Psythik@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    You can “get over” depression? Please tell me how. I can’t find a single prescription pill nor therapist that helps, so I just vape live resin and shove Kratom powder down my throat to get through the day.

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      2 months ago

      After 25 years of suicidal thoughts I’ve finally taken antidepressants, Zoloft was what worked for me.

      In a couple of months the black thoughts became more rare and now in a year or so they are almost gone. I don’t feel the active need to kill myself any longer. Which feels… a bit uncanny almost. Not all in life is good, but this specific lack of despair is nice; still really bizarre to not have this endless dread any longer. I try to enjoy that while it lasts.

      I did a lot of meditation as well with Headspace, can recommend that too.

      Hope you find your way.

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        2 months ago

        I’m glad that you found a medication works for you. Happy to hear that the dark thoughts are gone. I’ve been searching for over 20 years to no avail.

        I’m not going to kill myself but I am tired, oh so tired. I just want to be able to wake up one day and feel like everything is okay, without immediately turning to substances the moment I wake up on a work day.

        Tried sobriety for a month, and lost my job because of it. Without weed and Kratom I literally cannot function in the workplace. Some minor inconvenience happens; I lose my shit and quit. But when I’m buzzing everything is just fine. Not great, but good enough to get through the day. It’s pathetic. I just want to be able to feel good like my coworkers do naturally. I want to socialize and make friends instead of isolating myself all the time, even with drugs.

        I’ll look into “Headspace”; thanks. (Is it an app?)

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          1 month ago

          It’s tough, respect for holding on as you do.

          Life’s not fair, not everyone has the mental stability that is required for a happy life. But we can hope to lessen the pain a bit.

          Headspace is indeed an app, with a subscription (not sure what the free plan is, but it helped me so I didn’t care). You can also meditate yourself or with free YT videos of course, but this app worked better for me.

          Take care, hope you find some relief.