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If you want some decent funny non league stuff I can highly recommend checking out the YouTube channel for a nice chap called Ogmios. He watches and commentates on Hackney marsh Sunday league matches but in a very chilled fashion.
This thread is testament to the fact that depression is a lot more widespread that most of us think but it is beatable.
I went though a lot in the past 4 years and I have come out the other side felling better equipped and stronger as a person because i now know what tried to kill me. Mine was primarily anxiety driven and my head felt like constant feedback. I would get panic attacks, avoid social situations, snapped at everyone, berrated myself at the slightest chance and started walking on the edge of the curb hoping a car would catch me.
If I have any pieces of advice it is this:
1) Medication worked for me for a while but it took 3 changes to get it right. If you go down this path make sure you let your GP know if it is screwing with you in a bad way. Most modern SSRI's will smooth out the bumps that bring you down and they also smooth out the peaks but they can buy you time to heal.
2) I hated CBT therapy and it pissed me off at every turn but as with above I found an alternative that did work for me. As it's been said in this thread there is no one size fits all solution so don't be afraid to challenge your treatment. You may need to go private as NHS has so little funding for this and you will be on a huge waiting list.
3) A key for me was understanding my triggers, I read a bunch of blogs (which helped) and listened to some podcasts (Ricky Grovers Happy and You Know It podcast is pretty great) and now I can avoid the shit that sets me off or at least rationalise it.
4) Exercise has been mentioned a lot for a good reason.
There are a bunch of talkiing groups out there now for men, I didn't have one available where I live at the time but that would of been good for me. As my dad used to say " There is always someone who has it worse that you which is why Eastenders is popular"
I went on safari in Namibia, it is a lot less developed than SA or Kenya and was pretty good value. I got to see most of your big ticket animals and even stayed in a Cheetah rehabilitation center. The other thing that is a bit nuts about Namibia is it was a German colony for a fair while so you can find Bavarian style buildings in the desert. Also very nice beer. A+ Would do again.
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