How do you deal with depression and anxiety?

[Anonymous]

I noticed my music taste change taste changed a lot in my early teens because my mood started always being in a low state. For me, it seems like I'll always be suffering from Depression and anxiety and I find myself drink, smoking and using marijuana to try and escape the hell of it all. From my own experience, it always hits the worst at night and I wanted to please know how you are dealing with this problem? Sorry if this is hard to talk about, I hate it too.

[Anonymous]

Hey,
I'm really sorry to hear that. Now, I can tell you what you need to do all day but the question is: Do you want to get out of this hole you fell in? Because YOU have to want to make yourself better. If you say yes, then the first thing you need to do is find yourself a therapist or counselor. Next, you need to tell someone what you plan on doing, a friend, mother, father or sibling this is called accountability. I say this because we often say we want to something but when see how hard the ride is, we give up. So telling a reliable person in our lives will make us accountable. But at the end of the day, you have to want it for yourself.
YOU have acknowledged that you have this problem which is hard for many to do, so your on the right track.
Best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Going to the gym helps my anxiety

[Yanoa_Yanza]

I keep on fighting because I want it to get better, even if the light isn't in sight, I try to see it as a chance to learn about myself and improve myself

[Anonymous]

By refusing to feel sorry for myself.