Depression success stories?

[cobalamin]

Shift the mind from being a consumer(buying things you don't need) to being a discoverer. Unhappy people surround themselves with useless crap they don't need to fulfill the empty hole of happiness and joy. What you can do is sell or better yet, throw out junk you absolutely don't NEED. Selling your junk to someone else will make them unhappy. Anyways, It takes a while for the mind to shift because its addicted to junk and has been programmed by society to be a "consumer" but if you can persevere past the point of no return, the mind will just click.

Vitamin D is also very important since it regulates all hormones. Low estrogen is link to being unsocial.

Vitamin B12 is also very important because it regulates melatonin secretion. Melatonin secretion makes you tired when it gets dark and wakes you up in the morning when the Sun comes up. Adequate sleep is important.

Regarding diet, don't mix meat/nuts/oils, more precisely, high fat foods with carbs(which are naturally low in fat). No mammal does it out in nature.

[aLptHW4k4y]

Shift the mind from being a consumer(buying things you don't need) to being a discoverer.

Even better: shift it to being a producer.

[cherimoya_kid]

It's the most potent antidepressant out there and it's free.

For the people who are really depressed check out 'sleep wake therapy' or 'partial sleep deprivation therapy'

I'd say it's worth a shot.  It's not like you'll be any worse off if it doesn't work.

[CarnivorousApe]

So many great advices! The only problem is where to start. Hopefully Charlie is not going to use them all at once. I can imagine severely sleep deprived guy running along the streets eating a piece of rotten meat on the go..

[cobalamin]

I forgot something, add this to my previous comment:

Parasympathetic stimulation -> Internal Stimulation -> Physical Stimulation
Sympathetic stimulation -> External stimulation -> Mental Stimulation

You want to activate both of these systems at the same time, as only natural, not seperate.

An example, watching porn and masturbating only activates the sympathetic nervous system while having sex properly(running out of breath) activates the parasympathetic nervous system and sympathetic nervous system at the same time.

Watching TV and listening to music is a major sympathetic nervous system stimulator without stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system at all.

For Vitamin D capsules for those that have trouble making Vitamin D. Take Vitashine.

Even better: shift it to being a producer.

Hahahaha!! So he can make more people unhappy and depressed??

[Dorothy]

I'd say it's worth a shot.  It's not like you'll be any worse off if it doesn't work.

Sleep deprivation can really hurt some and really help others. It's a crap shoot on that one.

If you give away your junk - it might not be "junk" to someone else and might fill a real need or love. I use Freecycle constantly. People post what they no longer need so that someone else who does need it can come pick it up and give it a good home until they no longer need it and give it away - keeping items out of the landfills. Instead of going out and buying something that I want (for instance a trampoline) I can get one from someone else who's child not longer uses it. I don't keep anything I don't use or love - and when I no longer love something or can use it I give it to someone who will use or love it.

Most of the things I use everyday these days were once "junk" to someone else. I'm drinking out of some lovely Capri mugs right now that someone else was about to throw away!

Like beauty, usefulness and "junk" is in the eye of the beholder.

[cherimoya_kid]

Sleep deprivation can really hurt some and really help others. It's a crap shoot on that one.

Yep, sleep deprivation can be a very bad thing for some mentally ill people.  Charlie seems pretty stable to me, though, just very depressed.  Generally it's the ones prone to over-excitement and hallucinations that need their 8 hours a night.  It keeps them calm and grounded.

[LePatron7]

Yep, sleep deprivation can be a very bad thing for some mentally ill people.  Charlie seems pretty stable to me, though, just very depressed.  Generally it's the ones prone to over-excitement and hallucinations that need their 8 hours a night.  It keeps them calm and grounded.

I second that. I can't function without 8+ hours of sleep.

Well I do function, just not optimally.

Sleep is an important factor for my healing.

[jessica]

i turn into the worst person without sleep.........super aggressive temper tantrums and delirium   

[wodgina]

So many great advices! The only problem is where to start. Hopefully Charlie is not going to use them all at once. I can imagine severely sleep deprived guy running along the streets eating a piece of rotten meat on the go..

[DopeDivinity]

I would consider myself a success story in the making. I have healed alot, but not completely. I believe in complete healing, of course, but it takes time, we have to understand that and try to keep things in context. Most of us have been on a course of degeneration our whole lives, from being 5 years old, eating Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, and getting our asses whipped with a wooden paddle. Its no wonder I still have Daddy issues...

Anyway, its been a long, confusing, blurry road. I'm remembering a time a few years ago, when me and my twin brother would drink a jug of Carlo Rossi daily. Or a bottle of Bombay Sapphire. And loads of 40s. My brother would complain of weird Head and EarPains brought on from the drinking, and I cared for him, but neither of us could stop. I remember this one time when I was playing music, and my brother told me to turn it off because hes not in the mood. I kept it playing because I didnt care. He left the house, and I went out to look for him, for fear that he might kill himself. We were both drunk... I was running around looking for him feeling hopeless and lost. Our relationship together was quite destroyed. We were total Nervous Wrecks. It was hell.

Since then there has been alot of changes, and lots of pain. There was progress, albeit slow, most often unnoticeable, to the point where the situation still appears hopeless. One day you're 100% in Hell, the next day 99.9999% in Hell.

To condense down years of progress into few words, we were raw vegan at one point, which helped, and then we started to deteriorate, so we eventually ate our first MeatMeal in a while... raw salmon. As far as alcohol goes, we "upgraded" to quality CraftBeers, homemade beers, etc. It was progress, but still we were overdoing it and destroying ourselves. It was the only way we felt "normal" and "happy", but at some point we had to stop.

Lately I've been having my share of crappy feelings, so once again, with all the negativity, it can be hard to notice how much things have improved. It is starting to become more clear, as the smoke clears more and more. My mood seems to be stabilizing significantly, even over the course of the past few days, being that I'm always making changes to try to help myself. We just cut out fruits (we had an unhealthy relationship with them), we just started Hydrogen Peroxide therapy and Urine therapy, we're taking OxBile to help digest our meals, etc.

As far as diet goes, I've been doing my own version of the GAPS diet, which I highly recommend. BoneBroths, yummy supernutritious CookedAnimalParts such as tongue, organs, Oxtail. Raw egg yolks, Juices, etc. And we've been working in some RawMeats as well.

We had raw Smelt and raw Lamb Kidney earlier. And we just had a meal of LambHeart and LambTongue, roasted in the oven. With OxBile of course. Yummy'n'Nourishing. When we were in the kitchen preparing our meal, our Mom said "you know you guys are looking better now... you're getting Meatier... remember when I said that you guys looked anorexic?"

[Alive]

Sounds like a very close bond between you and your brother 

[goodsamaritan]

One time she mentioned they were twins.