inkedodie

Sorry to hear about the struggle.  I’ve had minor depression my whole life, sometimes major.  But through a crapload of therapy, lots of self help reading, and some good new med combo?  Carefully titrated on two meds?  I have been happy as hell for 6 years or so.  I still get blue, and the depression is still there.  But i became a huge fan of all the new tools in mental health these days.  I self taught mindfulness.  Just read eckhardt tolle really.  And then another therapist recommended “the untethered soul”.  We added a new med i’d never tried one day.  And it made a bit of a crack in my mental cement.  I have felt true happiness ever since but not just from the meds.  Also mindfulness, cognitive therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, i enjoy all of it now.  I leaned quite a bit helping my son and wife out of anxiety.  So i would just say even treatment resistance can be overcome👍🙏🏼✌️❤️

I've had it most of my life, due to chronic illness and poor doctors.  I've learned to keep it mostly under control through mental manipulation, as I call it.  I listen to things, watch things, use certain lighting, etc to trick my mind that I'm in a place of comfort.  Something that reduces stress and brings relaxation.  Example, I have fond memories of trips to London, so I'll play sounds from the London underground to trick my brain into being there.  May sound weird, but anxiety ignores logic, so why treat it with logic.  My problem is something will trigger an anxiety attack, and then it snowballs before I can control it.  Thanks for the input.  Anything helps.