Is it normal to know u have depression and do nothing?

those teenagers -_- im fed up with those goddamn posts ! you re too young to have depression ! your body aint physicly able its just hormons ! im a shrink i know what im sayin

This really is something I can relate to, at age 13 I realize Im a crossdresser, back in early 70's you just didnt talk about that. They would have put me in state hosital (One flew over the cuckoos nest), I spent 7 years in the Navy, my last year on light duty (medical) my boss that was a corpsman- pretty much a glorified first aid tech, at that point I respected him andthe uniforms, etc. He trick fucked his way into sexually abusing me. I felt like shit for years because I "allowed" it to happen. I didnt get up and kick his ass for fear of the old article 134 of the U.C.M.J. - Uniformed Code of Military Justice, the catch all article, if nothing else then they charge you with something under article 134. Numerous thoughts of suicide, and years later still deal with depression because I let some jackwad do what he wanted, now on top of that, again remember years of fighting for self acceptAnce since I had hard time accepting myself being a crossdresser. Then those "friends" and family that somehow found out and started treating me like the unwanted redheaded stepchild, that wears on a persons self worth, their dignity, their entire process to feel good about themself. If you do nothing, it will someday explode. I tried talking to my dad a few yrs ago about depression, his comment "well, you just cant let that happen to yourself" of all his advice, that one sucked shit.

I've been a cuttter for years, what i do is cut, then while theyre fresh, put nail polish remover on it

I'm sure your mom will understand and get you help. Goodluck.

Telling someone what is going on can be very hard but it needs to be done because everyone deserves to be happy.

I am 44 and I have the same problem cymbalta is my Frend ,now I am enjoying life now no more crying or fealing bad.

I know exactly what you mean because I went through it for several months. Before that I thought I had been depressed but this was different. I knew that the past was a series of times I was a little sad but this was depression. I told no one because I did not feel like I deserved to be better. One friend noticed and she was always there to tell me that she cared and that she would work for me or let me have more work whatever I needed. After a few months of this I realized that che really cared and it began to get better. I found I could talk to her and she cared. There was nothing to do to help but she cared and after a while I began to care. Hang in there and try to not push people away. One of them may be the one who cares for you. Good Luck.

i'm 18 and get suicidaul thoughts all the time even if my happy. i try not to let it bother me because hey life goes on. i use to cut myself but i stopped like 2-3years ago i even tryed to kill myself twice.. it's a good job that i didn't have enough pills. i don't think i have depression even though people tell me i could have. i randomly cry sometimes and i get sad alot lately but i just try and push though it. i don't think i'd ever try and kill myself again because i kow how stupid and selfish i was back then just live life and do things you enjoy..

I'd say it's normal because nothing saps your will like depression.

Very normal for a depressed person. Doing anything is exhausting, so the idea of doing something so big as getting cured is overwhelming. And there's also the fear of finding out that you can't get cured, that this is what you'll feel like forever. And there's also the thing where you don't believe that anyone else could ever understand you or what you're going through enough to help you. There can even be a feeling of comfort knowing that as long as you have depression as an excuse, you don't have to push yourself out of your comfort zones.

Anyway, make the tiny little effort to get help. The help will help (that sounds stupid), but also knowing that you can make an effort to get better will help. Good luck.

It's normal to feel helpless. However, by writing this it shows that you're still holding on, which I'm honestly glad that you are. I know that it's scary to tell people what's going on in your life, believe me I really do. but everyone faces some demons. You need to find a support group, IIN is actually a good place to relieve some angst. I remember reading on a post how we're all one big family, well try joining our little group. You're not helpless, you know that you want to live, you want to be heard. Don't let some bleak chemical imbalance decide how life should go for you. Only you decide the way you want your life to be. Don't stop fighting this battle. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

You have told us, what does that tell you?