Depressed from stress

[Codine]

Also, be sure to remain sexually active, even if that is limited to masturbation. Ejaculation releases endorphins into your system which are critical to stress reduction. Consider getting a massage, too.

I didn't know this, you learn something new everyday lol.

[dafatman]

I too, am also depressed right now. It really sucks. I always feel like crap but but I've found that a couple things help.
-Being around friends as much as possible and having a good time
-MUSIC
-LOTS of sleep. Lack of sleep cause emotions to run high.
-Lifting wights for me but really any physical exercise
-and yes, any release of your "juice."
-It helps for me to look at other people who are in shittier situations than I am. FML always cheers me up too.

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My situation:

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-I have an enormous amount of pressure on academics and other activities from my entire family and I started yelling at them the other day to "stay out of my life" so now they are pretty pissed off at me and we are not talking
-My gf dumped me last Monday
-My best friend's girlfriend, Dani, has had heart problems all her life. It has gotten worse and worse throughout her life mainly because of being abused by her dad and the stress involved in it. About 3 months ago, she was diagnosed with some rare disease/condition that only 3 living people in the U.S. have. She can't even pronounce it, but it really messed up her heart and it gets worse and worse as time goes on. She has heart attacks a couple times a week now. So she was scheduled to get a heart transplant (it's a 25% survival chance for her) about 1 month after she was diagnosed, and about a week before the surgery, she got the swine flu (she got it from her boyfriend who got it from me). Because of the sickness, she had to wait an extra month for the surgery and the heart was givin away to someone else to use. A while ago, they found another heart for her, but she met the 7 year-old boy the same day who had the same disease (one of the three). The boy's disease is still in it's early stages, but he needs a heart and a transplant as well. The doctor says if she doesn't take the heart, she has less than 2 months to live if they don't find another one. There is no guarantee that they will find another heart to use in time, or that either of the surgeries will come out with good results. If you were to meet this girl in real life, you would never suspect that anything abnormal has happened to her. She spends her nights in the hospital (because her heart just stops periodically) and goes to class during the day. She is such a nice girl, too, it's amazing. Her family, her boyfriend, her very close friends, and I are the only ones who know about this. I've known Dani and hung out with her and friends for about 2 years, and it's hard for me to think that she could just be gone. What a shitty situation. I feel so helpless.

I hope I explained that right.

Sorry for jacking your thread. I needed a release.

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[[nWo] Hulk Hogan]

crap mayne. i was diagnosed with hyperactivity or whatever you'd like to call it and put on Ritalin. i dont take it anymore, but id like to think that it never fudged me up! dont get me wrong, i def was a lil crap!

[yuenowo]

HEAVY METAL!!!!!!!!!!1

[Backslash]

My everyday stress relievers:

Music - All Kinds
Sleeping
Watching TV
Eating when I'm bored- I have a pretty high metabolism...

But you get the idea, just calm yourself and do what makes you happy.

[Keyreaper]

-Being around friends as much as possible and having a good time

Enough said, go out for a while (Go shopping, or just go to their house to hang). I've always talked with friends when in a bad mood, or talked to them when they are in a bad mood, a win/win situation. Benefit from hanging with them and remember the good times.

[Solidify]

Try to get a out a little more. And as for your brother, try speaking to him about how you feel. I know it will be hard but someone will need to do it sooner or later and the earlier the better.