confused, can someone give me answers?

[TheOther]

I have taken several tests online and recently saw a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with depression. This is something i would really like to handle myself, and with the help of sjw. I was wondering if anyone has come out of depression without the use of a counselor? I am planning on just eating right and sleeping right, along with exercise and taking the pill 3 times a day. I was sleeping alot and exercising before, but still felt depressed.

If anyone could share some of the feelings they had when they were depressed and what helped them to overcome it, that would be very helpful. I feel like i am the only person experiencing these feelings and i dont know if it is even depression at all. This has been an ongoing problem for me but lately it seems to be getting worse. I dont enjoy being around people as much anymore, or carrying on conversations with people. I feel withdrawn and will sometimes come home from a party or from being out with friends, just so i can lock myself in my room and be alone. I have a supportive and loving family and am in my senior year of college and doing well...so it makes no sense for me to feel this way.

Sorry for the long post, i hope someone can help me with these questions.

[OffTheRadar]

Hi there,

that sounds like depression to me...and you are most certainly not alone. I've been down pretty consistantly for a couple of months now. Being depressed doesn't mean that you can't enjoy anything at all or that you can't get pleasure from things at times, just that most of the time you feel like you are "going through the motions" without any enthuasm. For instance, a few weeks ago I felt good and put the idea out to have a camping weekend with friends. When it came to the time to leave, things had turned, I had been holed up in my house for the two days previously and by the time my friends came to get me, I would rather have just stayed on my couch by myself. But as I organised it, I felt obliged to go. I was pretty grouchy the whole day but did get a little better by evening.

I live in a nice place, I have good friends, I am with a great person who constantly tells me how wonderful I am - depression can happen no matter what your life is like. Accept how you feel, Don't be hard on yourself, do continue take intiative to help yourself. And remember you are not alone.