Iv been depressed lately for no reason?
"Life is a Mind Game" I say this like im a professional, because thats how i see things. its all in your mind. you could have been having a bad day on the wrong day, and then everything turned upside down because you were unsure how to fix the problem. The best thing to do is ignore haters, they are scrubs and don't deserve your time. Talk to friends about anything your worrying about, if they are real friends they will definitely understand. A way of coping with this problem is to let go of anxiety, Become a care-free and outgoing person. I use to have a depression problem. I thought no one liked me. my problem was that i was trying to fit into a certain clique when instead i needed to become an individual. You just need to take what people pick on you about and make people love you for it. One example was my weight problem...people tried to make fun of me for that. without damaging my self-esteem i went along with it. Ex. Them: Your Mad Fat..Ha Ha Ha Me : Yea But Your mom loves my rolls. Im not saying that would be a good one for you because my problem was because i was a bit weird, but i just changed the way i look at things and now the weird factor of me is funny and people love me for it. If all else fails the people just have nothing better to do and are just bad people to begin with.
My friend is very depressed and talking about suicide and.........?
Well if you havn't tired to talk to him about what's been happening thenyou sould. A thing that ca lead to suicide is mostly depression or stress. You need to talk to him as much as possible even if he doesn't answers his mail. Just keep writting him and trying to relax him as much as possible. He sould notice tha thier is somebody who cares and want to be with him more. That will make him want to stay a bite longer and if that doesn't help than you better charris all the time you've spent with him writting to each other. If you ask how would I know, well I was the same way too.
My friend thinks he's a dragon, and is very depressed that nobody believes him... how do I help him?
Okay, somebody I know online, good friend, has been really depressed lately. Whenever I talk to him, he says he feels like crap, says that his life isn't worth living, and only recently in a journal on deviantART has he said, "As I've told some of you before, I am not a human, but a dragon trapped in a human vessel." With a link to something on Draconic: ( http://www.draconic.com/fordragons ) It's worrying me, and because nobody said anything in response to the journal, he's even more upset. :/ And I don't want to say anything because I personally think he has a mental problem if he's THAT convinced that he's a dragon... If I mention counseling/therapy he'd probably say something along the lines of "You're turning against me too" "I have nobody left who will believe me" and he's been really uber depressed lately, and saying almost suicidal things. I don't want to ruin our friendship by confronting him about it, but I don't want to let him get more depressed by the minute because nobody seems to care. I don't know how to handle this, and I really want to find a way to help him without ruining our friendship.
My depressed friend is getting pathetic?
I can only tell you what I've done in previous situations with an Ex, so it's not exactly the same. I had an ex that was depressed and always talking about suicide. One day I let him know that if he threatened to commit suicide I'd have to let someone know so they could help him. And I did. I think it only took 1 time of me calling the military police for him to stop making that threat to me. Of course, that doesn't work for everyone and isn't advantageous for everyone; but you do need a system or plan in place to help you deal with your friend. Is she seeing a therapist regularly? Is she taking medication and is she on track with her medications? Does she tell her therapist about her suicidal ideation? Basically, were this my friend I think I'd probably keep the focus on her treatment of her depression. When she starts talking like that, I'd not feed the conversation anymore. There is really no point anyway, anything you say can be turned around to be used negatively. I'd turn the conversation directly to her depression. Friend...sounds like you are having a bad day today? When did you last see your therapist? Are you scheduled to see her again soon? Are you taking your meds right? What kind of things can you do right now to help you out? Exercise? A walk? A book? Etc. Just focus on helping her get past the negativity happening right now. And the most important thing is to think of a proper suicide threat plan. If your friend makes a serious threat, what would you do? Who would you call? What would they do? And then follow through with that plan. If she calls suggesting she wants to commit suicide, you need to inform the right person each and every time. That does 2 things: A. If she is serious, she gets help before she actually commits the action. B. If she is not serious, she gets tired of the hassle of you ratting her out every time she says it and may speak more thoughtfully.