DEPRESSION, how do you cope when the world you know is falling apart?

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DEPRESSION, how do you cope when the world you know is falling apart?

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Hang on for all youre worth.brbrI really struggled with this in the past it getting easier now but still cant go into town by myself, cant always get up in the morning, dont look after myself . . . . the list goes on.brbrHow did do I cope?brbrfirstly I went to the doctor got antidepressants took a couple of tries, but found one that really works for me.brI also found a really good counsellor luckily shes a student counsellor at the university i went to and i dont pay. shes also really good cos im not doing a course at the moment, but she still sees me!brbrThen and just as important as the first I got myself a really great support network, and that included getting rid of people who were not good for me including my husband!.brThen I started to take things one step at a time sometimes literaly!!, I have so little motivation that if i said right today i am going to clean the house form top to bottom there is no way any of that would happen but if i say ok today im going to do bowl of washing up there is a fair chance that that will happen! and sometimes I can then go on and do morebrbrDont be hard on yourself you are suffering from a disease if it was a broken lag and you couldnt do stuff that would be ok, but because its something that cant be seen, and something that most people dont understand sometimes especially those suffering from it! then you are expected to carry on as normal.brbrFind things that help you stay comfortable I suffer from really bad panic attacks, but find that using a MP player, and having a cuddly toy with me helps to keep me calm and yes at i walk down the street holding my cuddly toy in my hand and stuff what other people think if it helps me!brbrAlso try to work out the cause of the depression mine is a result of being sexually abused as a teenager its only by working on the cause of the depression that we can hope to have a long term solution ie healing!