Just speaking from experience: Depression can be a true medical condition. It is hereditary, and I, as well as my mother and brother suffer from it. If you can, visit your doctor and let them know. I take a daily medication, and I still get depressed, but not like the bottomless pits I used to founder in. See what options are available to you.

If your depression is really bad, find SOMEONE to talk to. Whether it be God if you are spiritual or your best bud, talk to someone. One of the cornerstones of depression is feeling like you are completely alone in your suffering and you have no hope. You are never alone and you never know where you will find hope.

I wish nothing but the best for you, keep us up to date and let us know how things are going.

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Gotta admit, I'm having a lot of depression as well... it's not good when insurmountable stress turns into depression, and that's the problem I have so I understand where you're coming from... I just "deal with it" though.. I tried different kinds of depression meds and they all feel the same to me.. it feels like an egg is cooking on my brain and sizzling.. so in short, they don't work for me. They might work for you though. Go see a doctor =)

I have a few personal experiences:

A course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (plus the will to get better, which it sounds like you have too) sorted my wife right out, after she'd suffered from depression for around 12 years. Your GP can refer you but there is unfortunately a heck of a waiting list.

On the flip side, going to see a battery of professionals and then just sitting back and saying, 'right, cure me then' before pooh-poohing everything they say has done fuck-all for my father-in-law over the same time period...

You are not alone.
My own solution after useless visits to professionals is working as a social worker.
I am with people, i can help them (or try to help them) and still have my distance
to them (because trusting people leads to disappointments....most if not every time).
But the nights are horror and i haven't found a way around them ....i don't like
taking anti depression drugs.
So good luck.

I lost my Mom on June 29th to Cancer. I haven't been the same since. Everytime some commercial comes on showing some testimonial of someone who survived their battle with Cance ir is a HUGE kick in the gut of my sister and I. A very deep and painful reminder who we lost and how.
Congrats survivor, thanks for rubbing it in, I guess now piss off.

It's not fair.

boot camp.

few days of intensive training, exhaustion blood and sweat can clear up some stuff. it's not a solution to most cases of course but can help few of you at least to take your mind off your issues for few days.

Depression is not a state of being, it's all in the head, an illusion of the mind and at the end faulty behaviour. This is why it's so hard to overcome.

I believe the best solution is activity. Not giving yourself time to "think" and doubt about things, no time to worry, always being occupied (mentally) with something.
Isolation is sickening when suffering from depression, because once again you begin to think and doubt and get your mind poisoned further. Look for being around people, so you're (socially) occupied and have no time to start doubting.

After some time, I think depression will vanish if some values are reinstated in your mindset, but you will need to be sure to not fall back into old behaviours and mindsets that caused depression at the first place.

If depression is caused by physical influences (drugs, or such), than I'm not sure, might still work.

Be dumber, or alternatively a psycho.

I think overly intelligent + emphatic people tend to get depressed more easily, maybe because they think too much and take other people's problems to themselves as well.

Failing that, I have also heard that real psychos (ie. the direct opposite of emphatic people) are practically never really depressed.

Pretty much this.

Egoistic bastards never doubt themselves, never have any issues with confidence, have stronger manipulative energy (being successful with the opposite sex more often than reasonable) and can establish themselves better (in society, despite being egoistic which is a form of asocial-ism, because society is a screwed up thing with false values anyway).

Emphatic people are more worth than this trash, but receive less acknowledgement by the general society (instead are being picked on), etc.

"Cymbalta" can help "and sometimes fatal cases" or "rare forms of cancer"

I'll pass...

Egotistical bastards still die in the end. We all die, good, the bad, the ugly (tumbleweeds roll)

try hearing upbeat music,specially form the 70's and 80's.
here are some that always cheer me up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUXAEzaC3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

Owl City music

He's always so uppity.

I know the feeling ...
When I'm like that I rather spend some time alone, listening to music (blackmill : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSPJap_6fc )
Setting up some goal to achieve every day and trying to be positive.
It takes a lot of times but usually I'll get better.

Not sure if that help ...

Get really drunk once every other week. Works for former alcoholics .