How to cope with depression?

[hungryhippo67]

i currently am suffering from depression.how should i cope with it?

[Neil_1]

Dear HH

Firstly welcome to Beyond Blue and thank you for coming here.

I must say, that in all the posts that I've ever seen, that might just be the shortest, most succinct post ever.

Ok, so you're suffering depression - in order for us to try and assist you, if it's ok, we'll need to try to find out a bit more information.

Has this been officially diagnosed by a GP/doctor?

May I ask how long you've suffered with this?

Look I won't ask a heap of questions to start with - just a couple, to hopefully ease you in here.

HH, what I can tell you is that this site is AWESOME.  The people who post here are for the most part, sufferers of mental health issues themselves, so we know what others are dealing with, through experience (unfortunately).

So I do hope you'll post back.  Would love to hear from you again.

Kind regards

Neil

[geoff]

dear HH, thanks for posting your comment and from it being so short, obviously indicates that you are deeply depressed, and maybe a bit hesitate in posting.

From it being only one line does tell me a lot of things about yourself, and how you are feeling, but it wouldn't be appropriate for me to mention what I feel is wrong with you, but for yourself to come back to us and tell us a little more about yourself.

I do hope that you can trust us on this site as there are dozens of people who are also struggling with their own depression, but everyday they have the fortitude to respond to the many other people who post in regard to their own illness's.

Please we would love to hear back from. Geoff.