I panicked when I felt sucked into bottomless pit of happiness? What should I do?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

“I’m not alone in this.” Depression may seem like a lonely road, but talking about it shows you how many others actually get it. You don’t have to feel like damaged goods for what you’re going through. Others may be experiencing the same feelings as you, hiding your feelings actually deprives you of an opportunity to connect.


“I am…” “I am” statements may not seem helpful at first, but if you use them daily and repetitively, you start to get the message. Tell yourself “I’m strong enough to keep going.” “I’m brave and I will get through this” “I will feel better” “I will find a way to feel better.”


“I have people to talk to.” You may not feel like you have support during this time, there’s always someone willing to listen. If you’re unable to voice your thoughts and feelings face to face, try chatting, anonymously online.


Mantras on getting through the darkness… Darkness mantras are motivational self-talk that relates to your dark situation. Repeating them to yourself makes it easier to acknowledge that you have to weather the darkness, for it to get lighter. Tell yourself “Today, I may not be the best me, but I will get through today and see tomorrow. It’s ok to have a bad day but tomorrow can be better.” Or, try a more traditional set of mantras to ascend from the depression hole: “From falsehood lead me to truth; From darkness lead me to the light; From death lead me to immortality.”


“It’s okay.” People who don’t understand depression will say “Let it go”, “Get over it” etc. They make you feel blamed for how you feel. But it’s ok to feel this way. It’s OK to be a mess and fall apart. Remember it’s ok, you deserve support and understanding when you fall apart. “It’s okay if you fall apart sometimes. Tacos fall apart all the time, but we still love them.” –Gabriel Iglesias, Fluffy


“I’ve been here before.” If you’ve experienced depression before, you know what it’s like, the ups and downs and the staggered parts. The feeling of going two steps forward, one step back. Once you learn what coping tools work for you to get through, remember you know what to do. Tell yourself that you’ve been here before, you crawled out of the pit before. You know what to do, and you know this feeling passes.


“Slow down…” There’s a state of panic that comes with depression, you don’t know why you are feeling this way and you want to feel better ASAP. As hard as you try, you keep falling back into depression’s endless darkness, and it’s scary. It feels like something’s wrong with you. This panic may come from fear of judgement, immense frustration, or even shame for your depressed feelings. When you’re in the depression pit, it’s important to take the pressure off yourself. You don’t have to feel good right now, and you don’t have to do things at anyone’s pace but your own. Break your day down into smaller segments and get through them part by part. Tell yourself to slow down, calm down and let yourself go through the depression. Tell yourself it’s ok to take things slowly to reduce the pressure that’s keeping you down.


Hype yourself up - Be your own hero Physically get up, shake your body so all your senses are alert and tell yourself how awesome, brave, strong, amazing or fearless you are! Give yourself a pep talk, visualize the outcome, play the music loud and get excited! Say to yourself: “I’ve survived 100% of my bad days so far, I can survive this too.” When it feels like you’re drowning in the depression pit, take some time out to talk to yourself. Instead of just imagining, actually talk to yourself.

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Those are things to tell yourself when you are in the depression pit.