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Any tips to help soothe depression

NAS80937

I'm 23 and i have depression, anxiety and audhd.

I graduated in the summer and ever since everything has felt hard to do due to me hating big changes and the unknown future. In addition coming back home hasn't been helping due to my family not being affectionate or caring at all so the only person i can talk to is my best friend.

When I'm depressed i constantly feels like i'm on a tightrope and anything can tip me over into depression and i can never seem to get out of it. It seeps all the joy i have and makes me want to hit my head to soothe the pain.

Any tips and advice would help me go through adulthood and help my depression. Also i live in the uk and I'm considering therapy but it feels too much for me rn and i don't know what to do.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask me, thank you for listening.

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  • Hi there. I too have mental health problems and have found counselling overwhelmning. I think that for me medication helped - but I have bipolar 1 so it's more of an issue that I take meds. 

    My family tend to stress me out (I am 50) so I don't tend to open up to them. So often it is a case of relying on myself and asking for help from mental health services when I need them.

    I do a bit of mindfulness, self help and exercise. And have a sheet of advice from my psychiatrist that helps. I can post it here, if you think that would be useful for you.

    It is a huge life event you are going through - be extra kind to yourself.

    I just also wanted to say congratulations on your graduation - what did you study?

    x Mrs Snooks

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  • Hi there. I too have mental health problems and have found counselling overwhelmning. I think that for me medication helped - but I have bipolar 1 so it's more of an issue that I take meds. 

    My family tend to stress me out (I am 50) so I don't tend to open up to them. So often it is a case of relying on myself and asking for help from mental health services when I need them.

    I do a bit of mindfulness, self help and exercise. And have a sheet of advice from my psychiatrist that helps. I can post it here, if you think that would be useful for you.

    It is a huge life event you are going through - be extra kind to yourself.

    I just also wanted to say congratulations on your graduation - what did you study?

    x Mrs Snooks

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