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Obviously bluesgreen you misinterpreted my post to Ken. I appreciate him and wish him the best. I'm not here to brag about what accomplishments I have made with depression, I just want to share the info to those who want it. Ken doesn't want it. That's fine. That's all I meant. It can be very hard t...

Alright Ken, I'll respect your wishes, you can't help someone that doesn't want it.

Terry P.
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Crystalgaze, visualize them dressed in drag. It may seem funny, but it may relief the anxiety. Try it, if anything, you will get a good laugh out of it. A key to relieving anxiety is to focus your thoughts on someting else, but I think eventually you should try to get to the root cause. There are ma...

I'll be praying for you Ken. Take care of your wonderful family. May God be with you.

Terry
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Hi Ken, I'm sorry to hear about your depression. What are you doing to combat it? I hope you have not made a decision to just accept it. It doesn't have to be that way. I certainly never thought I would find a way out. I was to the point I could barely function. I didn't eat, I didn't talk, I was so...

Hi Dandelion, I know sometimes hope doesn't seem like much, because it's all so devastating. Believe me that feeling is inside you. Maybe your not ready to grasp it now, but wait for it, it's there, and when you feel it pounce on it. I honestly thought my life was over as I knew it. Just a zombie on...

Hi Mich, when you are in the throw of depression it is extremely hard to visual that there is anything else. I was hospitalized and hit rock bottom so I guess there was only going up from there. It's hard, but not impossible. I think one of the keys is to take it one day at a time and just try to wi...

I am a 51 year old man, who is now a successful entreprenuer, and was someone who battled depression and anxiety in my late twenties to the point where it was destroying my life. I know how devistating it can be, not only you, but your friends and family as well. I have since beat depression and min...

Hi Lisa Lou, I have been reading your story and all the wonderful replies and just wanted to add my bit with of course hoping it helps. I was in the dark side many years ago to the point that I could not function was forced to be hospitalized. It took a long time before medication worked and when it...