Hi Space, welcome
For us veterans (in terms of experience) with mental illness I wished I knew more about my conditions when a lot younger.
A mixture of therapy, doctors advice, a doctors referral, peer groups like here, changes and research. That's going to have a lot of impact. Don't take away one item though or the house of cards fall and is less effective.
Changes- change of environment, hobbies, passions, career, schooling, better sleep pattern etc. are all good.
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Topic: be radical- beyondblue
Topic: distraction and variety- beyondblue
Topic: acceptance, the frog and the scorpion- beyondblue
Topic: depression, is there any positive?- beyondblue
There are thousands more here. In the above threads just read the first thread unless you want to read further.
So I'd recommend a visit to your GP. Tackle this logically. It's a condition so you need help. Take the view, it can be fixed to a satisfactory level.
Tony WK
