I have a pretty good life, honestly. An awesome boyfriend, fun sister, a ton of great friends that I can talk to, but every day I'm getting more and more depressed. I can't sleep, and if I do, I have really bad nightmares. I usually cry every night, and during the day I just feel exhausted, like I can't do anything. My friends tell me I'm pretty and I don't need to lose weight, but I can never see that girl. Often times I don't eat; I feel hungry, but I just don't care. I used to cut myself, and have often considered going back to that, since I recently stopped, but I'm trying not to. Is there some way I can make it all stop?
Either that, or give your life another big twist. Try something new. Something you've never done before and always wanted to do. Be creative and adventurous. I don't know, break a law or something.
for a more rational approach >.> try hanging with your bf more, or find a sport, hobby or club, it is healthy to have many things interest you. Im not going to suggest anything insane, but some sort of excitement can help relieve you if you feel like you are in a rut.
You need to look more at the positive. Remember our last conversation where you helped me. I used to be depressed when I thought about it, but after a while I looked at the good things and saw what the future may bring. I really hope you figure out everything my friend. :)
Not to be rude, but you should really be more grateful about what you have. Everytime someone or something makes you happy, take a step back and feel how lucky you are. The next time you smile, be glad that you have a reason to. <3 x3 In the short term, try something new. Make more of a social effort. As for sleeping, do relaxing and calm things like reading before bed, and dont eat cheese! But seriously, smile more and do excercise. It's amazing what these things can do for you. <3
This might be the case, perhaps you're not looking at what you have correctly. Try to free your mind once in a while and do something relaxing , you can do things to aliviate stress such as sports or try something new. That's about all, and you also need to raise your body image, it's not that hard a thing to do. Each day look at yourself and pep yourself up.
Try laughing at small things. Even if it's not something you find LOL-worthy just smile. If it's something like good weather, or finding a new song you like. I don't know if this is the same for most people, but I find that even if there's some nasty drama going around or something that would normally make me cry or just feel depressed if I start to draw smiling people or smile it actually helps me feel better. I dunno why, but it helps. =D ---because that sounded so corny, here's another tid bit. Try going out for a jog or exercising a little, exercising causes your body to create endorphins and quoting from legally blonde 'endorphins make people happy, and happy people just don't kill their husbands'...though I don't think you're gonna kill your bf or anything 0.o
I know you hate it when i say this but you may want to see a counselor, they can help better than we can on this forum, Ive had freinds who went through that but some made it and some committed suicide, even I cant help but to bear those pains of my freinds who committed suicide just to get out of that, trust me be grateful for what you have, relax and read a book or something like that before you go to bed, plus science have proved that the sun is supposedly giving you energy when you exercise:)
Awwww. I'm sorry to hear that. *purrs* Hmmm try a sport. It takes your mind off and into the game. ^^ It's how I do it. I would think of the game and concentrate on it.
EDIT: Ok, I got de-repped for this so I would like to explain myself in order to avoid any more disapproval. I never said she was anorexic, all I meant was that what she wrote are symptoms of anorexia so she should consider the possibility. It could very well be other things, such as depression; however she never said that she didn't like her life, on the contrary she said she had a good life. So out of all the possibilities, the one I thought most likely was anorexia. It's just a possibility, and I thought it would be best for her to take that under consideration. that's it. This sounds like a serious issue to me. I'm not kidding, this could really be something bad. Your actions and thoughts are very similar to someone who is either anorexic or is becoming anorexic. You said you had nightmares? well guess what, nightmares are also a sign of anorexia. You should take this issue very seriously because anorexia is life threatening. People can work their way out of it, but most people need consoling to do so. (by most I mean practically everyone) I think that there could be some underlying issues here that are the cause for all of this. what those are, I don't know. That's part of the reason why most people need consoling for this sort of thing; to learn the reasons for their thoughts and actions. You said you have a good life and gave examples for why that's the case, but you never mentioned anything about your parents. Perhaps I'm reading too deeply into this, but due to the lack of you mentioning your parents, my first guess is that they could be part of the cause. However, I don't know all the details here so I don't know. If your friends tell you that you are pretty, then you are pretty. No if, ands, or buts. Your friends wouldn't lie to you about that. What would be the right thing to do right now would be to go straight to your parents and talk to them. tell them everything that you said on your first post. Again, this really could be a serious matter here. Don't, and I mean don't, take it lightly!
