I cannot feed my kids. Seriously depressed...help?
Both me and my husband lost our jobs. Well me first, in December right around September, then my husband early this Janurary. It's been so hard for us because we do have 4 kids, and we used the money we had saved up for our new house which we bought last year. We thought our jobs were secure...I got a part time to help for christmas presents but they fired me because they said it was only seasonal. My kids never struggled before, us either. This is totally new for us. We cant pay our bills at all, we get employment but we use it for our house payment, groceries and other stuff. So they did turn off our lights and we use candles when it gets dark. My kids have adjusted to this but I havent, I feel like the worse mother in the world. How did I let this happen? is what I often cry and ask myself. My next employment check, I have to either pay the house note, cable bill, my daughter needs new shoes, buy groceries, and pay the phone bill. I am thinking about just letting the phone be shut off, my husband has to use his check to pay both of our car notes which I am getting rid of my car. I dont need it since I dont have a job anyway. Tonight was one of the worst nights yet, we didnt have enough to eat at all. I cooked what we had left and I let my children eat over myself and my husband so when he gets home he will probably go to bed hungry like myself. I dont what we are going to do tomorrow. They actually cut my food stamps off because they said we were getting two employment checks. Can they do that? I really need to read up about this some more because I've never been in this situation so its so overwhelming. I had suicidal thoughts tonight, about hurting myself. I feel like I CANT go on like this, even though my kids dont say anything about our situation, I can see it in their eyes. So my question is: does anyone know if I am eligible to get food stamps even though we get unemployment? I just need opinions about my situation. I also dont want my kids to hate me because I am a bad mother....
I am very seriously depressed about being grounded. PLEASE help me?
I really am. I'm not just whining. It's summer and we live in NYC and it's as hot as frick even with the AC cranked up and I spend my whole life either at the bookstore where i work or here and I am just so unhappy. I mean MISERABLE. I was grounded for 3wks for something dumb, I get that, and then last night I got grounded for another whole WEEK just because I was HONEST. My parents are divorced and I spend the summers here and I'm just over it and I don't want to be here anymore, and I told him that and that he's a total hypocrite because he's 46 years old and he's dating someone who's like a fraction older than me - she's a MED STUDENT - and he is so controlling over who I date and he was out until 2 in the MORNING and I have to be in 10 during the week even thought its summer. I'm a top student and normally a really happy girl and this summer I just feel miserable every single day. I honestly think I'm gonna lose it if he doesn't stop the grounding! My mom said I have to stay here.
I'm depressed, and my mother won't take me seriously...help?
any sort of depression can be tide over by faith in GOD and sincere prayer. Your prayer is from your heart. Further You must have to understood the fact that God is present in our heart. This can be realised in meditation. Further we are the creation of our own destiny. As per Hindu sacred religion, we carry all good and bad deeds life after life. There is no end unless we pray for unification of self with the divineliness. Hence there is always a possible way to complete mergence with God in this life by a simple and wonderful meditation
Help me..I'm depressed but I think its serious?
I am a goth and I have heard that this can be a trigger to depression. But I have no real reason to be depressed. The only things that have gone on is I broke up with my bf like a month ago and it didn't bother me so I moved on. About a month ago I slit "worthless" in my right wrist and "I'm a victim" in my other. I don't know why. I'm starting to have sucidal thoughts and its taking over my learning. I'm depressed at a very high degree and it feels like death is the only way out. If I don't die I fear I'm going to go anorexic and I wouldn't be able to take the stress. My parents don't know about me slitting cos I wear jackets with long sleves most the time. I just don't knoiw anymore. I am getting bullied and I have reported the same people over and over but nothing gets done. Its pushing me to the point of death. Soon enough my family will hear on the news "kayla nixon dead" I prob shouldn't be saying my name but I don't care cos I wanna die anyway. I feel so worthless and ugly. I can't even walk round to the shops without getting nervous about one being inside the shop waiting to abuse me even more. The bullying has been pysical...I can deffend myself but if u were getting punched u would just punch them back right? Well I didn't I grabbed a knife from the canteen and threw it at them..I ended up with 10 days isolation and a countciler coming round to my house. I have been doing the butterfly project since I lost it when I was 11. I feel like I'm depressed for no reason and my friend is getting tired of me being iike this. I have 25 lessons a week and I attend about 5 of them. The other 20 I go down base because someone has verbably or pysicly bullied me. I'm so scared to go into woodwork incase I kill someone with a saw or something. Cos I would do it. Or I would end up getting my fingers crushed in the valves. I'm so scared I can't take it. No one does anything about it. Not even my family have noticed. Please help me anyone!! I'm only 13!!
Why might someone who is seriously depressed not seek help, and what can loved ones do to convince such a person to seek help?
I feel for people who suffer from all the horrible flavors of depression. I (with expensive therapy and a butt load of meds) just came out of the worst type of depression. The type that makes you walk around like a zombie and contemplate suicide a couple of times a day because the pain never stops. at first you are scared of going into things like ECT or TMS treatments, but if things get bad enough - gaunt from not eating right, going to bed really early to stop the pain - you will be willing to do some pretty dangerous stuff, anything, to stop the depression. I'm not saying that he should pull himself up by the boot straps, that's bull crap and it is a cruel thing to say, but he's going to have to be really brave and strong to negotiate psychiatric medicine in this country, paid or otherwise. maybe he just doesn't know how. Maybe he's just overwhelmed at the very thought. I could say that you could just wait for it to get bad enough and maybe hell change his mind. maybe you could go on his behalf to setup the initial appointment and tell him to go there and talk to a doctor about taking some serious amounts of medication or maybe daily TMS treatments for a month. When you goto a psychiatrist office and he asks you how you are doing, you dont just give a stock answer "im alright"; what are you doing in my office then? Just tell him outright that things are horrible and you need to have some serious and immediate care. the doctor will move faster. it takes like a month to get a new appointment, tell him that you need medication NOW. a lot of bad stuff can happen in a month.
I am a loner and I'm depressed . Help!?
I am a major loner and im depressed. I'm a male in high school with barely any friends and just the people I say hi to in the hall way or whatever. Im never invited to parties or just to hang out. I never had a girlfriend because I'm ugly (seriously) and other guys just pick them up like nothing. I'm picked on by those who say they're better than me because of my weight and appearance and that doesn't bother me that much but it's just annoying to hear them talk about me when they could be worrying about their life and education.I tried sports and clubs but it never really worked out and i just didnt feel into it. And family... UGHGHGHH pain in the you know what. I need some help or some advice about this please.
I am seriously depressed a lot and don't know what to do. Should I wait, or move on?
Whatever you do...never start excessive drinking or smoking or drugsnever hate or hurt the people around you who care for younever stop respecting othersnever stop talking(if your loved ones are not with you than talk to strangers also)never get yourself aloof and lonelynever lose your temper(anger destroys your ability to find solutions)never think low of yourselfnever think too much and drown yourself in deep shit of negativitynever think of 'Breaking Bad'What you can do is... (most of the following points will seem like boring lecture to you!!!)first of all just cry out loud and let the bad things wash away with tears(crying is not a bad thing it)After that never cry and always smile thinking positivelystart praying(start believing in God, Allah, Jesus or any superior spiritual power) start meditation(give time for your own 'inner peace')start building good health(that you will require to bounce back when you come our of depression)help others(like household chores, social activity,etc.)eat well on time, sleep early and wake up early(i don't know why but this always works)start looking good(look fresh, stay enthusiastic, stay active) start writingstart doing small small things differently(like brushing your teeth using left hand if you are right-handed). that will help you divert your mind in an active direction.Get yourself ready for a fresh start(tabula rasa).
How can I know that I am in serious depression and need urgent help?
Hello,If you ever have had feeling that everything is out of control or to just leave the place and just go away from there to a place where no one watches you listens you advices youAnd if you face constant headaches , changing sleep and eating patterns may indicate that you're undergoing depression.Well if that's the case don't feel down its a normal thing it's just phase of your life that will gradually pass away!Just do the things that make you happy and sideline things because of which you feel depressed. And most importantly the root cause because of which most of people suffer depression , that I've observed , just do what your heart says and live upto your own expectations . Stop living upto others expectations.May you recover from it soon , in case.Happy to help.!
I'm depressed. My parents are not taking it seriously at all. Can anyone help?
UKSamaritans - 116 123Childline - 0800 1111USANational Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255Suicide HotlinesOther CountriesSuicide Hotlines - Suicide.org! Suicide Hotlines - Suicide.org! Suicide Hotlines - Suicide.org!Ok so, even if you're not suicidal you can easily phone up any of those guys as if you're an old friend looking for advice on anything related to your mental health, even if you even suspect you have the tiniest bit of depression and want to be heard. You can email childline and samaritans as well for a good listen.or you can reach out like you did just now (good job by the way! this takes real strength sometimes when ya feel like everyone's against ya!!) a lot of people will jump to listen your story, you can even contact me and I'll be right there, even if it's just to talk about the weather for a little distraction.you can tak to your school/college guidance counsellor or whoever is in charge. In U.K. You can have counselling sessions in school without your parents knowing, however I don't know what happens in other countries - try finding out!there are loads of people willing to help, just ask!