Struggling with Depression: Coping with Trauma from the Past

What is ECT? You have to be committed to do it?

My psych np is having me trying a therapy called ECT. It looks scary but there’s a lot of good work behind and good results. It’s safe and effective in most patients. I am in the same boat as you. I just finally broke down recently and told them how I actually feel.

I know it's a really common answer but getting a journal can really help. I write down all my depressing thoughts and then sort of collage over them. It helps me to acknowledge my "negative" feelings while also overwriting those messages with "positive" ones. It won't solve the problem but being creative helps me a lot. I can send you some examples if you're interested, it's a little hard to explain. I don't do journals like a lot of people do and I end up glueing a LOT of weird things in my journal (receipts, med bottle labels, syringe wrappers)