Comments on: Does Blogging Really Help You Cope With Depression? http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/ Overcoming depression in a stress filled world Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JowNelfwego http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-2252 JowNelfwego Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:09:53 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-2252 Hello, I can't understand how to add your blog ( frayingedges.com ) in my rss reader Hello, I can’t understand how to add your blog ( frayingedges.com ) in my rss reader

]]> By: darrel http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-2005 darrel Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:33:02 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-2005 I don't write blogs for a living..........I don't even know what it means. I read about the objections that have been thrown in your face and the self-imposed critiques. My answer to this is...............Lisa if you only help ONE PERSON......IF YOU ONLY HELP JUST ONE. I don't know if you're a Christian or not but here is what Jesus said, "If you give just a cup of water to one of my little ones its as though you gave it to me." Thank you, Lisa, for the cup of water darrel PS I got you set up as a recommended site on my blog........I want people to hear what you have to say..........its important www.hopefordepression.blogspot.com I don’t write blogs for a living……….I don’t even know what it means. I read about the objections that have been thrown in your face and the self-imposed critiques.
My answer to this is……………Lisa if you only help ONE PERSON……IF YOU ONLY HELP JUST ONE.
I don’t know if you’re a Christian or not but here is what Jesus said, “If you give just a cup of water to one of my little ones its as though you gave it to me.”
Thank you, Lisa, for the cup of water
darrel
PS
I got you set up as a recommended site on my blog……..I want people to hear what you have to say……….its important
http://www.hopefordepression.blogspot.com

]]> By: Connor de Bruler http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-1719 Connor de Bruler Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:01:20 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-1719 I also write for a living. I found this site by accident while I was looking up a suicide hotline for my area. I don't tell anyone about my depression, anyone at all. I feel like people wouldn't beleive me if they knew just how low I really get. To my friends I'm the funny guy in my social circle. I'm well liked by many people if not everyone I know, but I don't feel like anyone, besides a buddy of mine from kindergarden, actually likes me completely for who I am. I'm the spectacle. I'm the clown. I'm the outsider. I feel especially repulsive to women. I don't share any of my feelings of despair with anyone because I feel unattractive to people enough. I also don't want to seem like a burden on others. I understand that these feelings are quite common amongst many people who expierience depression and that they are mostly paranoid, beleiving that no one else really likes me. It's just so damn embarassing for me to admit that I have these emotions. I don't want to seem as though I'm being melodramatic or juvenile. Yet I feel so alone with this unhappiness that all I want to do is share these feelings with others. This is why I'm leaving this note on this paticular website. This way I don't have to show my face. This way I can somehow feel more honest. Today I collapsed onto my floor and didn't move for an hour, and then I crawled into bed for another hour. I forced myself to get my work done. It was like I couldn't move my body I was so passive. But I kept on going. I even took a walk: it was oddly warm outside for December, and the rain was light, almost like a tickling sensation when it landed me. I felt better. Then I found this site, and I feel even better now. I just needed to write a little. Thanks for listening I also write for a living. I found this site by accident while I was looking up a suicide hotline for my area. I don’t tell anyone about my depression, anyone at all. I feel like people wouldn’t beleive me if they knew just how low I really get. To my friends I’m the funny guy in my social circle. I’m well liked by many people if not everyone I know, but I don’t feel like anyone, besides a buddy of mine from kindergarden, actually likes me completely for who I am. I’m the spectacle. I’m the clown. I’m the outsider. I feel especially repulsive to women. I don’t share any of my feelings of despair with anyone because I feel unattractive to people enough. I also don’t want to seem like a burden on others. I understand that these feelings are quite common amongst many people who expierience depression and that they are mostly paranoid, beleiving that no one else really likes me. It’s just so damn embarassing for me to admit that I have these emotions. I don’t want to seem as though I’m being melodramatic or juvenile. Yet I feel so alone with this unhappiness that all I want to do is share these feelings with others. This is why I’m leaving this note on this paticular website. This way I don’t have to show my face. This way I can somehow feel more honest. Today I collapsed onto my floor and didn’t move for an hour, and then I crawled into bed for another hour. I forced myself to get my work done. It was like I couldn’t move my body I was so passive. But I kept on going. I even took a walk: it was oddly warm outside for December, and the rain was light, almost like a tickling sensation when it landed me. I felt better. Then I found this site, and I feel even better now. I just needed to write a little. Thanks for listening

]]> By: seething inside http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-266 seething inside Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:21:01 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-266 zania, lol Yeah, that was not one of my better days, but thanks for having a look none the less. i once tried to discuss it with family and got nowhere. rather, my brother "heard" but I'm not sure what he heard as I found a card in the mail from him some weeks later that basically told me that my problems were a result of my not "being right with the Lord". baptists can be so inflexible when it comes to these things. i think i laughed so hard i cried. zania,
lol Yeah, that was not one of my better days, but thanks for having a look none the less.
i once tried to discuss it with family and got nowhere. rather, my brother “heard” but I’m not sure what he heard as I found a card in the mail from him some weeks later that basically told me that my problems were a result of my not “being right with the Lord”. baptists can be so inflexible when it comes to these things. i think i laughed so hard i cried.

]]> By: zania http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-265 zania Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:18:41 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-265 @Andy, lol! I got fed up with Star Trek long ago. The scenery and the costumes kinda made me laugh too much. but I guess that's a good thing for coping with depression :) Haven't seen much of Stargate SG-1, it's not being shown on Spanish TV at the moment (and I miss half of the plot anyway when they do show it, as my brain has to cope with trying to translate the language, which means I miss most of the smart talk, which is the main thing I like about any TV serial). Like you, I like writing things down as much as typing them. Makes a welcome rest for my eyes. The trouble is, I often then re-type it to publish somewhere or another. There is always a blog of mine somewhere that can take my scribbled down thoughts; I have enough of them! ;) I haven't yet posted a blog post as expressive as Seething Inside's post though. Might just try it sometime soon :) @Andy,
lol! I got fed up with Star Trek long ago. The scenery and the costumes kinda made me laugh too much. but I guess that’s a good thing for coping with depression :)
Haven’t seen much of Stargate SG-1, it’s not being shown on Spanish TV at the moment (and I miss half of the plot anyway when they do show it, as my brain has to cope with trying to translate the language, which means I miss most of the smart talk, which is the main thing I like about any TV serial).

Like you, I like writing things down as much as typing them. Makes a welcome rest for my eyes. The trouble is, I often then re-type it to publish somewhere or another. There is always a blog of mine somewhere that can take my scribbled down thoughts; I have enough of them! ;)

I haven’t yet posted a blog post as expressive as Seething Inside’s post though. Might just try it sometime soon :)

]]> By: zania http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-262 zania Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:47:19 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-262 @Seething Inside, Sorry I missed your comment earlier on, Wordpress forgot to inform me for some reason. Yes, I agree, it's nice to have somewhere to vent, especially when no one close to you understands what you are going through. My sister has recently discovered this blog... bless her :blush: But it actually could help her too, because like me she suffers from depression and blogs about it... not very frequently though. Hey, and I've just taken a look at your post from 22nd August. Bet that helped ;) Well, I hope it did anyhow. Thanks for visiting :) @Seething Inside,
Sorry I missed your comment earlier on, Wordpress forgot to inform me for some reason.
Yes, I agree, it’s nice to have somewhere to vent, especially when no one close to you understands what you are going through.
My sister has recently discovered this blog… bless her :blush:
But it actually could help her too, because like me she suffers from depression and blogs about it… not very frequently though.

Hey, and I’ve just taken a look at your post from 22nd August.
Bet that helped ;)
Well, I hope it did anyhow.
Thanks for visiting :)

]]> By: Andy Alt http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-260 Andy Alt Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:01:52 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-260 Writing helps with depression. I notice if I have a lot of thought running in my head, and they're the sames ones for two hours straight, I can write about it or about anything to express my feelings at the time and afterwards I'm settled a bit more. Writing doesn't cure depression and anxiety but it can help. Blogging doesn't help much if typing causes you pain and you're stressed out feeling forced to write. Fortunately one doesn't have to be a blogger to write stuff out. Notepads and paper, my friends -- or as Dr. Leonard McCoy from Star Trek would say, "stone knives and bear skins." If you're depressed, start watching episodes of Stargate SG-1. The television series is much more enjoyable than the movie with Kurt Russel and James Spader. It's got lots of heart, humor, and smart-talk. I'd been a hard-core Star Trek fan most of my life, but after getting into Stargate SG-1, a lot of the Star Trek episodes are kind of blah to me. I'm kind of depressed about that. Writing helps with depression. I notice if I have a lot of thought running in my head, and they’re the sames ones for two hours straight, I can write about it or about anything to express my feelings at the time and afterwards I’m settled a bit more. Writing doesn’t cure depression and anxiety but it can help. Blogging doesn’t help much if typing causes you pain and you’re stressed out feeling forced to write. Fortunately one doesn’t have to be a blogger to write stuff out. Notepads and paper, my friends — or as Dr. Leonard McCoy from Star Trek would say, “stone knives and bear skins.” If you’re depressed, start watching episodes of Stargate SG-1. The television series is much more enjoyable than the movie with Kurt Russel and James Spader. It’s got lots of heart, humor, and smart-talk. I’d been a hard-core Star Trek fan most of my life, but after getting into Stargate SG-1, a lot of the Star Trek episodes are kind of blah to me. I’m kind of depressed about that.

]]> By: seething inside http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-248 seething inside Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:07:51 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-248 i think that as a place to vent, a blog is an amazing thing to have, especially if you need to talk it out without exposing yourself. i went through a stage where i tried to reach out to my family and friends and in the end, they didn't really understand or want to hear. a blog, even one set up anonymously, is a great place to let it all go. maybe it's read, maybe it's not but in the end it is just a means to an end that allows the darkness to be a little bit lighter. i think that as a place to vent, a blog is an amazing thing to have, especially if you need to talk it out without exposing yourself. i went through a stage where i tried to reach out to my family and friends and in the end, they didn’t really understand or want to hear.

a blog, even one set up anonymously, is a great place to let it all go. maybe it’s read, maybe it’s not but in the end it is just a means to an end that allows the darkness to be a little bit lighter.

]]> By: Depression Help - Waking Up and Writing It Down | Fraying Edges | Depression Help http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-11 Depression Help - Waking Up and Writing It Down | Fraying Edges | Depression Help Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:40:39 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-11 [...] many things going on inside your head to focus on the job in hand. But writing down your feelings, in a blog or on paper, may help to bring those emotions and constraints out and eventually calm your mind so [...] [...] many things going on inside your head to focus on the job in hand. But writing down your feelings, in a blog or on paper, may help to bring those emotions and constraints out and eventually calm your mind so [...]

]]> By: zania http://frayingedges.com/2008/05/does-blogging-really-help-you-cope-with-depression/#comment-9 zania Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:11:45 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/?p=15#comment-9 Thank you so much for visiting here Cosmo. Your blog has so much to offer people who suffer from depression while this one is only in its infancy. I really do recommend everyone visit http://www.walkingtheblackdog.com/ - depression sufferers, those who know someone with depression, or those who simply want a realistic take on the human condition. It's well worth a visit and many return visits. Thanks again for visiting :) Thank you so much for visiting here Cosmo.
Your blog has so much to offer people who suffer from depression while this one is only in its infancy.
I really do recommend everyone visit http://www.walkingtheblackdog.com/ - depression sufferers, those who know someone with depression, or those who simply want a realistic take on the human condition. It’s well worth a visit and many return visits.
Thanks again for visiting :)

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