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How to Get through Depression

Disclaimer:  Don’t use these tips as an alternative to getting professional treatment. These come as a guide for anyone whose only option (at the moment) is to get through depression alone. They’re not provided as treatment. About 3 years ago, a depressed 23-year old girl standing on the side of the road thought about taking her life. She couldn’t handle the pain in her heart, endless mental torture and living in a hopeless world.   She figured that if only she made a few steps into the oncoming traffic, all the emotional battles would be gone. That, for once in the last 8 months, she’d be able to look herself in the mirror and smile.   Or so she thought. The screeching tyres, loud car horns, and screams from bystanders abated her thoughts. Not only had she been having suicidal thoughts, but she’d given way to them and walked right into traffic.   Did she attempt suicide? Were the thoughts she’d been having lately that dire? And ha...

Quote Of The Week

If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you've lost. For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will: It's all in his state of mind. If you think you're outclassed, you are: You've got to think high to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before You'll ever win that prize. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later the man who wins Is the one who thinks he can.

“The Sun Will Rise, And We Will Try Again”

what it means is that tomorrow is always a new day, and we all have a chance at a new beginning. Yesterday’s sadness doesn't have to carry into today; the sunsets on the bad and rises with hope for a better day. I tell myself this when I have a day that is personally hard or frustrating, and it reminds me to live for the future