You do what you can. There is no one size fits all solution.
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For real I got depressed reading further down this thread.
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Itâs sad seeing how many people struggle in life. If anything, I hope things get better for these people. Pain in life sucks, nobody deserves it. One day, I hope these people find reason in their lives and joy, and most importantly a healthy way to cope.
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But take a look at what we see here. People recommending ânaturalâ treatment. People recommending specific medication. That isnât our place to decide. And if those âoptionsâ are more easily handled than the regimen offered by a professional, that advice turns self-sabotaging and destructive.
This is not the place for legitimate treatment.
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Yeah, youâre right. I didnât exactly read all of them, only skimmed through them. But still either way, Iâm sure you and I can both agree that talking to a medical professional is the right direction to go in.
Yep. Thatâs my whole point. If people take issue with how bluntly I delivered it, I donât care at all. You need to be direct. You canât give people wiggle room for debate.
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i thought the name fit void elves quite well ngl.
Iâm not trolling but thatâs exactly what a troll would say. So believe what you will. 
Itâs not really a meritable post. I donât expect anyone to come in with the cure. But I am actually depressed.
I canceled WoW and bought American Truck Simulator. Itâs hard to be depressed when youâre making $300,000 a day in passive income from all your drivers rocking Kenworth W900s across the Western United States while you pleasure cruise across Montana in a Mack Anthem.
I strongly recommend that you explore your options for therapy. You mentioned that yours wasnât effective. It is incredibly rare that the first one ever is a match for you. Itâs tough, but you need to shop around. There are also legitimate online therapy options these days, too, but make sure to get a recommendation from a health care professional. Avoid those for-profit online sites.
Talk, get help, youâre not alone.
Iâve been getting Spravato treatments.
I took no issue with the delivery 
Not really sure why others did, but you canât please everyone I guess.
Find what relaxes me, unfortunately it involves imbibing tobacco and distilled spirits. Other times trying out fit bit mindfulness helps where I canât light up or itâs too early for booze
Iâm not going to speculate about the professional experience of anyone here. But what I can say is that I have served in multiple positions where I would refer people to mental health services (among other things). When I first started, I would try to be overly gentle. What I was really doing empowering the mental illness. I was giving it space to worm out of being dealt with. The only way to avoid that is by being honest, direct, and short.
People with mental illnesses arenât wounded animals that need to be treated with caution and soft gloves. Theyâre people. They can handle the truth. And giving the mental illness no alternative to treatment to squirm into is helping the person to find something that actually helps them.
More to the point, if you treat an adult like a helpless, vulnerable child, youâre giving them permission to act like a helpless, vulnerable child.
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And thatâs really what it is, I completely agree.
As far as the OP and how do you defeat depression, I have no idea. Iâve spent over 20 years with Major Depressive Disorder. Nothing has worked for me in all that time that is still FDA approved and legal at the federal level. All I can tell you is, if youâre here and youâre talking, youâre winning.
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i hav depression 13years ago(heavy school trauma) and my only light in the dark tunnel is WoW and love playing my druid feral :3
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I miss when wow was a light now it just feels empty.
Youâve recognized that it was a coping mechanism. Not a solution. This is a good thing.
For me, I find peace in studying the Bible. Afraid many other things are just temporary in relief.
Is all of life not just a coping mechanism? feels like it.