How do escape myself?

I disagree. maybe thats the kind of thing that mrfuzzypants is into. you shouldnt chide people for what they like or dislike. ok to you mrfuzzypants, from someone with major long term depression, I have to say I have little or no faith in helping you get out of this funk. but Im going to tell you a couple things that have helped me. first and foremost, EXERCISE. its sounds dumb and I’m the last person in the world who enjoys this, but getting outside and doing something active will boost your seratonin levels and give you a sense of accomplishment. if youre finding that youre holing yourself up in a dark room and cutting off contact with the outside world you will most definately end up feeling worse about things. hiding is not a way to escape whats bugging you and it gives you way too much time to analyse and mull over things until youre even worse off. you need to start doing things that bring you a little happiness. I know this is going to be difficult because for me there isnt a whole lot that I enjoy anymore. HOWEVER there is always something that will make you feel a little better and you alone knows what that is. try keeping yourself busy. read a book, watch a movie, take a walk do some volunteer work(helping the needy will always make you feel better and give you some pride and they always need as much help as they can get). when you keep yourself involved in things you have less time to dwell on the things that bother you. being stationary will get you nowhere. trust me on that one. another good thing to do is to talk to someone about how youre feeling. sometimes a different perspective can help you sort through things a lot easier. if you dont have friends or family members you can talk to try going into a chat room. theres always some dogooder online willing to lend a sympathetic ear. even if you dont get the most constructive advice, getting out your negative thoughts and emotions will help you feel like a weight is lifting off of you. there a thousands of sites dedicated to people with depression or suicidal thoughts and millions of people out there willing to give friendship and support. finally, please try to remember that whatever youre going through will eventually pass. and while things may not always get better or be the way you want them to be, when youre at the bottom, things cant get any worse. I hope this helps. HUGZ Pamela p.s if you or anyone with depression and wants to speak with someone thats been there many times and is always willing to listen, add me as a friend and I will give you my yahoo or msn id

Run. so simple, just run. Even if you aren’t into that kinda thing. Just run as hard and as far as you can, don’t make a goal for how long you will run or where you are going just go. Running is the one thing you can always do for youself. the one thing that lets you be selfish. so keep running and you will eventually be able to out run your pain.

First of all, you may want to change your picture you have up. If you surround yourself with darkness, how can you expect to see light?