Iโve been feeling really depressed for awhile now even before the coronavirus, Iโm going to start taking therapy, but honestly I donโt think itโs gonna help. I have a really hard time making friends because Iโm not outgoing enough, and I havenโt been for years, my sistet who is kind of a therapist always talks to me to try an help but I just canโt do it. So I donโt think somebody just spitting words at me is gonna help, but people always say the antidepressants and pills donโt help either and Iโm really losing hope. Please tell me what I should do.
when Iโm super down, I do a few things:
1. I allow myself to be down for a while but I have a stop button, meaning, maybe I allow myself to be down for 24 hours but the next day, I force myself to switch
2. I focus on a mantra - think itโs time for a new one for me too - itโs forward movements - so no matter what happens, I focus my thoughts on my current mantra
3. I escape and take a break from my thoughts - like now, Iโm focusing on you and not me lol.
I choose not to trust my emotions too much and I remind myself that this too will pass.
God bless