I’m not a therapist

Imagine suicide hotline calls about feeling depressed and the nigga on the other line saying “ayo dog you need to just relax more.”

what's so DOGSHIT about his advice?

I can see that.

None of the advice you’ve been giving in this thread is practical.

I didn’t see his suicidal post before I answered that

Helped me, so maybe it won’t help you.

But it will help someone else

I let out a cute giggle in public because of this

Blame all your problems on the world you were born in nothing is your fault 💯

imagine minding your own business instead of mocking people with good intentions

This, gaining a victim mindset is the key to beating depression

The fact that if it was as simple as what him and the 1st page has been doing, it would’ve been done by now by so many other people.

Sometimes, the depression/sadness is deeper than a nature walk/relaxing more s*** can fix.

Sometimes (as someone itt said), all the ambition and wanting/doing something with your life doesn’t fix the miserable feeling that could be onset by trauma that said person worked through.

The fact of the matter is, depression is a mental struggle that for some of us is a lifelong battle. All people can do is take it day by day but the 1st thing above all else (least what helped me), is actually getting some therapy.

And who knows, some ppl may need to utilize meds. I know homies it’s helped, I know others it didn’t. But I just don’t like how op is making it seem like the magic wand solution to a mental illness as big as depression (depending on the severity of course)

In most cases, depression is a symptom of separation from God

If you find it let me know

I am aware of all that, Im just saying OP shared his pinch of salt, with good intention, I don't see them advertising a self-help book or some s***.

If you're bothered about how OP made it look that simple, the best thing to do is either share your perspective and ideas (without discrediting their intention), or make your own thread where you explain your point of view.

“pinch of salt” is some ways away from “best advice for depression” lol

i got no beef with OP either but the conflation of basic self-help advice with actual treatment of depressive symptoms is something that’s been going on for decades and it makes it harder for people truly going through serious mental health issues to share or seek proper help.

Obviously not a one size fits all type thing

Some need more help professionally than others, yeah therapy might work. Might not. What exactly do you think is the goal of their conversations in therapy?

Different thought patterns. And some sort of change. And having someone actually hear them.

A sense of community could help (classes, volunteering) even being on this forum is a sense of community that a lot of people don’t have. Where in history do people have this kind of outlet to voice anything?

Also, it’s one thing to be depressed over traumatic events. It’s another to be depressed over lack of (variable). Very different.

I’m not invalidating what you said though. What you said is true to someone’s case as well.

not saying it's caused by the ambition

just saying that if your depression isn't helped by it, maybe it's time to take a different approach.

Listen to ns

lifelong nihilism. dont feel like life has any purpose and even my favorite things and favorite people do hardly anything to alleviate those feelings. don’t particularly enjoy being alive.

Like I said before. Nihilism is a result of complete spiritual death and separation from God

We make our own purposes

im catholic and volunteer teaching sunday school

Someone cannot be nihilist and spiritually healthy at the same time, regardless of what you religious sect your apart of
Also teaching Sunday school to children doesn’t necessarily tune you in spiritually on its own

the way people coming at op