I want to say this first and foremost.....if you think you have depression, go see your doctor! Do not put it off!!! If you are put on meds, then take like the doctor tells you too, do not go off your meds for any other reason than the doctor telling you too. I have been there. DON'T DO IT!!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Strong or Weak?

I have had a great response to my first blog post.  I want to say Thank you to all who have read it and related to me.  Some of you have asked for advice.  I want to help as much as I can!  However, I am not an expert on depression.  I still suffer with this.  I am just learning now how to cope and deal with it.  I will give you advice in areas that have helped me personally.  I can tell you what I have tried or not tried.  I want you to know that you have someone who you can talk to here.  I have either been there or going through it now.  I will not judge you.  That is not my place to judge.

I had a good friend of mine tell me last night that I was strong to talk about my depression.  It does take a lot to be able to talk about this.  I have suffered with this for a long time now.  I think I am at the stage where I am finally accepting that I have this and I want to do anything I can to make it easier to deal with.

 She also mentioned that she was not tough enough to go to the doctor.  The more I think about that, the more I wonder if it is strength or weakness that made me finally go.  Was I strong?  Or was I just at my lowest point and needed a change?  I think it was the later one.  I was in a deep deep funk.  I needed to climb out of.  There was no other solution for me other than to get professional help.  I am so glad that I did.
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  1. UnknownOctober 5, 2010 at 11:42 PM

    I have to say that you should consider yourself strong because if you were not do you think you would have even tried to climb out?

    I have been in the dark places of depression and they can be very unforgiving. It takes so much energy to just breath when things are like that.

    I have had days when I didn't want to get out of bed because the pain was so bad and yet staying in bed still hurt so much I just about lost my mind.

    Talking about that feeling is one of the hardest things to do, for me at least, and doing it takes a great amount of strength. Be proud of yourself Shell. You are dealing with it and that alone says so much.

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  2. Shelley OwensOctober 6, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    Thanks Houston! My next post is actually going to be about Depression that hurts =)

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