Help for Depression Without Medication?

Question by Blake: Help for Depression Without Medication?
I currently suffer from severe depression. I know this because it runs very strong in my mothers side of the family, and they are all on medication of various sorts. My mother before me had it, and now she is deceased due to cancer, and while she was a teen, she tried killing herself several times because of depression. My father, who I currently live with, will not take me to a health clinic to get me help or to see a psychiatrist because he “doesn’t believe in medication”. There is no point in talking to him about it anymore, or trying to get him to take me, because all he will say is that I need to “pull my head out of my a**” and “stop being stupid and trying to get attention.” So, the ultimate question is: how can I treat depression in any way without the use of prescription medication? I am currently seventeen, and turning eighteen in five months, but I’m not sure I will make it if I continue like this. I’m already having trouble doing even the most simple things like getting up in the morning, getting dressed, walking to classes at school, etc. Please help…
A quick update.. I’ve tried most conventional methods, such as physical activity, music, things I like, etc..

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Answer by ..dont have one!
I heard of a diet, eat healthy makes u feel better. Have a friend know what’s going on, and help u to get up and out more, make yourself do things even if u don’t want to, go to places that have made u happy before. I was really depressed once I was alone didn’t know anyone cause I just moved, I stayed in bed all day I didn’t even let my dogs out. Unrolled someone finally made me get out of the house and even though I didn’t want to it slowly helped, but u have to just go and get out of the house and do anything, and be with people who r happy but not hyper happy it will just make u feel worse.. just someone that’s calm and gets u out to do something.

Answer by Dylan
I also suffer from recurring severe depressive episodes and then back again to elevated well being type moods and then normal moods. I know how agonizing it feels to not have any hope or ambition in life. I still don’t know what I’m doing in my life I’m 21 and I’ve never had a job, I’m trying to get one to keep my mind occupied and I’m trying not to drink since i have an issue with alcohol. My advice to you is to just hang in there and fight the fight. I started becoming severely depressed in my mid to late teens up to now. My parents also think I’m psycho so don’t worry. I listen to death metal and all that stuff. If it helps you i would look up some meditation videos on youtube. Guys like Mantak Chia, Maharishi Maheesh Yogi, and Osho to name a few are knowledgeable in meditation and listening to them just talk has helped me relax and calm my mind. I highly recommend that you try this and also what’s called “Transcendental Meditation”. I also agree with your Father about medication, in my opinion based on experience anti-depressants are not worth your health or time. They just make you worse and there are so many negative side-effects when taking anti-depressants that it would be foolish to take them. I would get light-headed upon sitting up after taking them for a month or two and i even blacked out in the hospital and i know it was from the medication. So to cap this ridiculously long answer, my advice to you is to Fight against the Darkness and try and laugh a lot and relax and meditate get along with you family and keep a positive mind. This is the natural way of saying hey and putting your hand up to those darker moods and it might not always work you will of course have your moments of darkness where your brood but that’s normal. Keep fighting the good fight inside you because those are where the hardest battles are fought sir.

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