![]() ![]() This included finding good mental-health providers. Find a therapist to overcome depression.“Would you think you were a burden if you were suffering from cancer? No, you'd be grateful for the support and do anything you could to treat it.” And based on her experiences, Shawn encourages others who may not seek help because they think they may be a burden or are embarrassed of their condition to also seek out help. Meta-analytic reviews show that both depression peer-support groups and group therapy for depression are efficacious at reducing depressive symptoms. And I was lucky I found good people.” Shawn’s experience is confirmed by clinical research. “Some people go into a hole and never come out. This caused her to actively seek out people who might be able to help. It helped me feel less alone.” It seemed that people who had been through depression were in a better position to understand and to give strong advice. “I read books about people like William Styron who had been in the depths. One of the things that helped her have hope was realizing that others were struggling with similar issues. “I told my ex-husband, the father of my daughter, that if anything happened to me, that they should move into my house. I’ve said all of these things: ‘I don’t want to be in this anymore.’ ‘I don’t think I can do this anymore.’ It's unbearable pain.” She even went as far as to begin plans for her suicide. If this is the way it’s going to be, I have to stop this. But that’s not the case with me.” Rather, for her, it was simply the intense pain associated with depression and the fear that she would never recover that triggered suicidality. She said, “It’s a natural response when you are depressed to look for reasons. For Shawn, the desire for suicide was not necessarily linked to a negative event. She initially sought escape with alcohol: “I medicated my depression with alcohol for many years.” Eventually things got so bad that she, like many people who suffer from depression, contemplated suicide. But as her symptoms grew, the need to escape also became extreme. ![]()
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