Oscar K

Welcome new friend to our forum. We are here for each other. Problems have solutions and we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Please make yourself at home and keep posting your concerns. We will try to help.

Welcome new friend to our forum family. Sorry to read your concerns and problems. Our goal here is to not leave anyone behind in their deep depression darkness. I believe we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Right now I will just comment that the deep well of hell is of course metaphorical and powerful and clever metaphors can be the way out. Please make yourself at home here and we will try to be as supportive as possible. Oscar

Sorry to read about your problems. My message to our members is that we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Personally I try to counteract the debilitating effects of depression with powerful and clever metaphors. Old Man Depression plays awful tricks on our psyches so my feeling is we should play some clever tricks right back. I try to keep myself metaphorically anchored outside my deep depression cave. Maybe this can help a little. Oscar

Welcome new friend to our forum. I can't comment on the antidepressant but I can say we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Personally I invoke metaphors to counteract the debilitating effects of depression. We are always capable of changing our thinking to find the way out of the depression "cave". My depression ain't going away any time soon so I may as well put it to use. Hope you find a supportive home here with us. Oscar

Welcome new friend to our forum family. We are here for each other. My experience reveals depression to be a natural formation / resource. The emptiness you describe is of course metaphorical. We are not helpless when confronting Old Man Depression. My approach is to try to be clever with powerful metaphors. Please make yourself at home here and check out other posts. Our goal is to not leave anyone behind in their depression cave. Oscar

Welcome new friend to our forum. Depression does trick us into a metaphorical dark place. Our goal here is to not leave anyone behind in their deep, dark, dangerous depression cave. Keep posting and we will try to help you as best we can. Oscar

I read your post and am truly sorry to hear the turmoil you are experiencing. No one should suffer so much. We tend not to deal with religious beliefs here because we have people from all walks of life. I will say that we are never helpless confronting depression issues. We can and must change the way we think about our problems. Hoping you find a supportive home here with us. Oscar

Welcome new member to our forum family. Our goal is to not leave anyone behind in their depression cave. We are not helpless when confronting Old Man Depression. Please stick with us and yourself. Looking forward to your posts and insights. We are here to help. Oscar

Welcome new friend to our forum family. There is no need for anyone to be lost and trapped within oneself. Our goal here is to not leave anyone behind in their deep, dark, dangerous depression cave. Hope you will find a supportive and helpful home with us. Oscar

Welcome new friend to our forum family. My opinion is that no one should be alone and miserable. Please make yourself at home here and keep posting your concerns. We try to help each other as best we can. My motto is : DESPAIR not / REPAIR a lot. Oscar

Welcome Mike to our awesome forum. I think you will find a supportive home here. Our goal is to not leave anyone behind in their deep, dark, dangerous depression cave. Personally my motto is : DESPAIR not/ REPAIR a lot. We do not think anyone is a lost cause. Keep posting your concerns and check out some other posts. We can definitely relate to your situation. Oscar

Self harm is a counterproductive tactic to relieve pressure and stress. Personally I prefer to invoke clever and powerful metaphors to deal with mental issues. You invoked the "pit" metaphor which can be helpful. The metaphorical pit is the place to dump unwanted, unneeded, unnecessary and any and all negative thoughts. I keep a hefty supply of metaphorical bold boulders to drop into my depression pit to crush useless emotional baggage. We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Maybe this can help a little. Oscar

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Actually "Through the Looking Glass" but an excellent observation. Metaphors are impossible things because they only exist when we imagine, pretend and make believe them into existence.

Thanks Mr. Floor. Always willing to offer whatever support I can. When we invoke a metaphor we are changing our thinking ever so much. The change can be positive or negative depending on how clever we are. We need to keep lighting those candles and refrain from cursing the darkness as best we can.