Depression is not by its very nature a happy subject, but with the pressures put upon us all in today?s world it is unfortunately only too common. To many people who have never experienced it, an instant cure should be possible simply by telling the sufferer to ?snap out of it?. Sadly the depressed person would be only too happy to be able to comply, but they cannot, for a variety of reasons better known to the psychiatrist than to the layman.

There are many different forms of depression and they manifest themselves in a variety of ways, ranging from what can appear to be ?just nervousness? to an overwhelming desire to solve all the problems which are crowding in by committing suicide. Full Story »

I’m not emo, and I’m not suicidial, I just want to try it, the cutting thing, but I’m not sure how or where to do it on my arm so that I don’t kill myself and am wondering if anyone can help, give instructions, something.

Basically from the start of the year my friend has not been very happy with her life, as in she thinks everythings bad and she gets depressed (shes not emo, shes sort of like a chav). And about summer last year she got beaten up by a group of youths aged around 12-17 just because one of the group members is going out with her ex boyfriend and some reason she didnt like it, she didnt tell anyone apart from me. Full Story »

My dad went into prison 2/3 weeks ago for a 2 month sentence, he will be there for another 2 – 4 weeks.
My mother was going off the rails since he went, acting very much like a skitzo (e.g nice, horrible, nice within 30 minutes) to a number of people, and making up paranoid scenarios in her head (she even had the door lock changed, leaving only herself and a neighbour with the key, not even her 13 year old son who lives with her)
She tried to commit suicide on Sunday night, drank 3/4 large bottle of vodka, slit her wrist (which broke the tendons) and took 36 anti depressant pills (she was given by doctor but wouldn’t take them) which caused drowsiness to attempt to fall asleep and die. Full Story »