Comments on: Top Ten Depression Blogs, 2007

By: rona

rona — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:23:55 +0000

I cam across a good depression post on eblogger the other day. I suffer from depression too and felt I could relate to some of the things on this

http://depressionandmelancholia.blogspot.com/

By: sivvybee

sivvybee — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:37:31 +0000

I have been depressed since I was about 13. It has come and gone, but as I have gotten older(I am 46)it has gotten much worse. Although depression and mental illness runs in my family, I have to say that many external factors have lead me into deeper depression. An unhappy marriage, extreme ongoing financial distress are just some of the mitigating factors that add to my depression. My son is 17 and his personality is much like mine. He has some things in his life that may help him avoid what I go through on a day to day basis. He is an excellent baseball player and this gives him good self esteem. I and have often thought about starting a depression blog, but like many of those afflicted, I lack motivation. Something in me has to change or I will be living the rest of my years as a very lonely and unhappy person. I just don’t know where to start…how to improve my outlook so I can improve the quality of my life. I feel there is very little chance I can become happy, or even content. I am educated, but I sabatoged my career with a bad temper and bad decisions. I feel the longer I live, the more damage I will do to myself and those that I love.

By: Jenny Ledd

Jenny Ledd — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:04:42 +0000

Sometimes when people feel sad, they say they are “depressed.” But depressionis more than just feeling sad. It is a medical illness. Someone with “major” depression has most or all of the symptoms listed in the box below nearly every day for 2 weeks or longer. There is also a “minor” form of depression (called dysthymia) where the symptoms are less severe. Dysthymia can be just as serious because it often includes short periods where the you may feel better, which could make you think there isn’t a problem. Both major and minor depression have the same causes and treatment.

By: crazy mama

crazy mama — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:28:10 +0000

Thanks for putting this list out, it introduced me to some great blogs that I hadn’t heard of before…

I just started blogging about being a mom with severe, chronic depression. All the other “mom” blogs I have read are all about how woooonderful it is to be a mom and how every morning they wake up being so happy to see their little cherubs smiling faces. That has not been my experience, for whatever reason, and I blog about the other side of parenting. I know it comforts me so much to read about others going through depression, so I hope my blog can do the same for other people.

By: nochnoch

nochnoch — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:49:11 +0000

I just started my blog as well on my experience in depression, resulting from over stress in work and life. i found the blogs here very inspiring and helped encourage me in setting up my own blog. Mine talks a bit about what my thoughts and reflections are during this period. Thanks to everyone for helping me through!

http://nochnoch.com

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:02:48 +0000

Here is a new, interesting depression blog written by a very articulate 34 year old woman. She speaks insightfully about her day to day struggles. Maybe some of you will find some comfort in it or find it interesting.

http://hopedespitedepression.blogspot.com/

By: John

John — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:25:24 +0000

Thanks for the great resource list here. I have been looking online for blogs depression. I have suffered from this illness all my life and I am trying to come to terms with it. I have been documenting my experience with it in blog DepressionInMotion.com

By: Jane Clemson

Jane Clemson — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:38:49 +0000

This is a great collection of depression blogs you’ve got here. I’m very impressed by the selection as there is so much crap to go through when selecting. You’ve really done a good job

By: workerbev

workerbev — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:24:37 +0000

This list of blogs is really exciting. I’m finding more and more about what is out there in the world on depression. I almost died in Oct 08 and was only given a 10% chance of survival. Well, I proved the doctors wrong (Thank my Lord) and was doing pretty good at getting my health back together when in May 09 I had a complete breakdown. I couldn’t get out of bed, I didn’t get dressed, I didn’t go outside, I just didn’t. My GP connected me to the Mental Health Helpline (In Hobart, Tasmania) and I started talking (on the phone only) to a mental health nurse. We talked each week for a year until just recently she went to a new job and I now have a new nurse. He has a medical nursing background as well as mental health therapy. I also see the psychiatrist with the Helpline. Between the three people plus a physiotherapist, hopefully, with God’s help and guidance I will get over this horrible part of my life. I had to retire due to my sickness and I wasn’t ready, I love to work, I’m a workaholic and now, 1-1/2 years later I’m still basically in bed everyday with the exception of a few hours I get up to play with our new puppy and converse with my poor husband. We have only been married 7-1/2 years and I’ve spent the last 1-1/2 in bed which is so unfair to him and that depresses me also. I haven’t cleaned house in all that time because being in bed has weakened me to the point I can’t even go to the grocery store without almost passing out, so now I have to have groceries delivered. My husband is “old school” being born and raised on a sheep station in New Zealand. Woman’s work versus man’s work, yadda yadda yadda!

My point is – all these links listed above and throughout PsychCentral are fabulous and I hope will be very helpful for me to help myself as others are trying to help me too. I daily read Therese’s blog on BeyondBlue and I have two of her books. I couldn’t put either one down until I finished it. She writes with sincerity, extreme knowledge from her research and fantastic humour. She does the hard yards and tells her blog family what she found out and what she did to get through certain feelings and situations so it can possibly helps someone out there reading BeyondBlue.

One can only do what one can do in this situation and call upon your higher power to help you because, with myself anyway, without God at my side helping me through this I don’t think I would be here today – but by reading about other people’s feelings and situations I know that there is HOPE out there, you just have to perservere and put one foot in front of the other. Peace to all who are considered depressed, and God Bless Us Everyone! bjp

By: KathyC

KathyC — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:07:04 +0000

This list of blogs is great! We can change the way we think, and thus we can be happier people - it just takes a variety of methods and finding the right one for each person. And with a new mindset, a new way of thinking not only changes ourself but tranforms the world around us.

By: chantel

chantel — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:09:18 +0000

I’m so angry and I don’t know how to let it out. I don’t think I’m a big enough person to forgive all those who have “wronged” me. I try so hard to live a good life and stay positive but sometimes my mind just keeps replaying all the tramatic events of my life. Compared to some, my life isn’t that bad,but I can’t get rid of this anger and frustration, depression, feeling of abandonment, feeling worthless…Is there a way to be happy? Most say yes. But why haven’t I mastered it? Please help me gain insight on how to let all the bad go for good so I can finally be happy!

By: The outcast

The outcast — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:39:28 +0000

today i relized everyday i am depressed no matter what is going on around me. No matter who is in my life it just never seems like it is enough. The only thing that seems to get me through the day is music. i know this is supposed to be a comment about this website so i very much support it and hope one day to start one of my own.

By: Not Alone

Not Alone — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:14:17 +0000

Found this one website. This guy just writes what he is thinking with his eyes closed. Its pretty funny but so true. It basically just sums up what he thinks about life. He has some solid logic. WARNING tho: not for the faint of heart.

http://depressionandshit.webs.com

By: The star

The star — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:32:09 +0000

http://whatthestar.blogspot.com/2009/12/wtsever-feel-like-your-reaching-for.html

Is a good site to read on depression and learn about it in a different way.

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