Sometimes I can feel depressed because I'm just not breathing properly. If I sit upright, and concentrate on filling my lungs the problem disappears. Other times It will be deeper and can be as a result of a particular issue. I'll try and think of things during the day that have troubled me, and decide if they are problems to be solved, or things about which worrying won't help. Breaking the problem down. I can try and remember a time when I was decidedly happy, and either compare it to try and see the depression in a new light, or create similar conditions to reinforce the memory. Sometimes it has just been a case of deciding not to be depressed. Some of the most depressing moments, have b...

Sometimes I can feel depressed because I'm just not breathing properly. If I sit upright, and concentrate on filling my lungs the problem disappears. Other times It will be deeper and can be as a result of a particular issue. I'll try and think of things during the day that have troubled me, and decide if they are problems to be solved, or things about which worrying won't help. Breaking the problem down. I can try and remember a time when I was decidedly happy, and either compare it to try and see the depression in a new light, or create similar conditions to reinforce the memory. Sometimes it has just been a case of deciding not to be depressed. Some of the most depressing moments, have been as a result of antidepressants. often they can add confusion to the depression. A strong motive to make every attempt to recover without them. Sometimes the depression that occurs as a result of antidepressants can be the equivalent to withdrawal symptoms.
On mental illness ? The only way to avoid going crazy, is to already be crazy.
As our understanding of the brain develops, the stigma will disappear, as we develop more specific descriptions of conditions, with clinical evidence.
"Are you Crazy ?" "I don't know. I'd better go down to the doctor for a blood test."