I would do almost anything to not be depressed
( things I have tried haven't helped)
Discussion
Maybe you just need some good 🍆
Hang in there, love. We need you around. I know it's tough and I know me telling you to keep your chin up won't help. So, just know I love you and appreciate your continued existence. And that big bad D word ain't got shit on us because we are fabulous and fly and full of love and life.
Fasting worked for me. Then I did therapy, sobriety and finally emdr. Ps it was a lot of hard work and time, the therapy was expensive and time consuming. But now I'm at the place where sometimes I can see my challenges as a positive thing, which was not the case for the longest time.
But when I was peak depressed I stopped eating. I started with 1 week and eventually I started doing an extended fast once a year between 10 and 15 days. Highly effective yet quite difficult.
Also chose your friends wisely. Find positive people, preferably sober who bring out the best in you
Honestly that.
Good heafty bulletproof coffee to stave off hunger until late lunch/supper (you can even add sugar), then a steak when I'm hungry with salt, maybe some garlic. I align to that maybe 60%-80% of my eating habits with occasional changes and also including fruits and vegetables and its completely changed my emotional stability and allows me to mantain a consistent "tunnel vision" state.
this might not be sustainable long term, but its a good way to kickstart some changes. I even had pizza 2 days in a row with ice cream without leaving the tunnel vision state before returning to the diet. Granted, i felt like shit in the days after eating though😂. But that shows me its not just ketosis, but the fasting.
have you tried an ice bath? redirects your thinking. some people like it.
Keep trying - never give up