Motivational books?

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As someone that has dealt with depression since I was about 7 but didn't know what it was until I was older and learned to cope and eventually outgrew it after basically snapping out of it due to learning how to control the mind, I need to say only you are in control of your thoughts. The sooner you understand no one can effect your thoughts besides you, the sooner you will remove depression from your life. Those who live in a dependency mindset who seek approval from others to validate their beliefs about themselves will stay in a depressed state. The key is acknowledging you are an individual sovereign being in control of your life and if you are depressed it's your own fault, and there is no one else to blame. Might seem a bit insensitive, but it's the realization that you can control your thoughts and your life that is the key to success which will raise you out of depression. Once you control your thoughts, you start to control your actions which lead to life experiences and ultimate happiness. Medication will only be a band aid and the key is to work yourself off the medication and work on yourself.

It figures you would completely fail to understand mental illness. Yes, you have some control over your thoughts, but saying you have total control and can just will yourself out of depression is ignorance at its finest. I'm extremely skeptical of your claims of depression, especially if you believe that you just thought your way out of it.

I got to the point of planning my suicide and when that happened, started researching what happened what happens after you die, and eventually found the purpose of life, and GOD. If you believe there really is no purpose to life, then life seems meaningless and easy to get depressed. There is so much more to life than this world, and when you find out the purpose, it will give you purpose. Hang in there. It will take time to learn this.

Fuck off. Discussions about mental health are the last place you should be peddling your fairy tales.

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Hey, l made a suggestion and left it at that, l did not post in this thread again nor would l have, but others took exception to what I did, except for the OP.

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Oh, bullshit. You know we can read the words you type here, right? Not only are you here pushing your religion in an inappropriate discussion, but you made a petty comment about Jesster not being a true Christian.

Grow up and find some street corner to peddle your fairy tales. This is not the place for you to do that.

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Oh, and TEGH, I don't know if you'll find it helpful, but I always found comfort in reading books about other people's struggles with depression. They don't really offer a lot of insight into how to cope, but they help you to feel less alone. I don't know. There's just something about reading a book about an author's experience that was so powerful they felt compelled to write it down.

If you want to go down that route, I would start with "Darkness Visible" by William Styron. Not only does it tell an interesting experience, he's quite the writer, too.