Depression cured

I would laugh at this if it weren't for the fact that I lost my closest friend to depression. She killed herself.

Tell me again how she should have just stopped believing in the crippling condition she had since childhood. You are a clown and that's putting it mildly because I can't write here what I REALLY think.

UFOs are real.

Am genuinely sorry for your loss. However, I really, really think you are misinterpreting the intention of the op's post.

Op, my guess is that your issue may stemmed from a particular incident and once you could work that out, the recovery was easy.

Like the person who gets depressed after losing a partner or a child. That's relatively easy for professionals to manage.

Unfortunately it is extremely difficult to diagnose the cause of depression or even the "type" of depression.

For many it may have been a childhood trauma and only comes to the fore decades later, for others it's their body not creating enough of a particular chemical.

And as the medics are depending on the sufferer to provide information, it can take 2 or more years for a correct diagnosis.

But the acknowledgment that there is an issue is when you start fighting back.

Remember, there may be something wrong with you, but it's not your fault.

OP is not a clown. They got over a mental problem themselves. Well done to them. OP did not claim all your friend had to do was to not believe it was real. They're just sharing what worked for them in the hope it may get some people thinking and maybe work for them too. Calling people names because they found a way to help themselves out of a bad mental state is not the way to go about things. In fairness, you might just have misinterpreted the post because I doubt anyone would do that.

Anyway, fair play to you OP, glad you got out of it and are feeling better mentally.

I am out, anyone who thinks this is real needs to see a shrink - pun intended.

What a slap in the face for those who suffer from depression.

• It is real.
• Proof is millions of people experiencing consistent, diagnosable symptoms, across several decades. Thousands of medical professionals carrying out tests which shows consistent measurables across unconnected people.
• You could use the same rational to discount all phobias. You could also discount memory and say it is just imagination.
• Then it wouldn't be so debilitating.

The OP is on to something and does have a point, depression that is bought on by a cycle of negative thought and critical self talk can actually be helped by a change of mindset, just like what the OP has done, basically tricking your mind into a new reality, that's how the likes of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) works, albeit it usually takes a lot longer that overnight.

And as the OP has already said, this is not the case for bipolar or depression bought on by chemical imbalance etc.

Well done for finding a way out and I wish you luck for the future

Depression needs its own space as it has. Its not here. And thats from someone who was going to kill himself nine weeks ago. STOP