Lain

Link to Crossbow's even longer list of Depression resources

More than you needed to know:

Crossbow's list of depression resources.

"You can survive suicidal feelings if you do either of two things: (1) find a way to reduce your pain, or (2) find a way to increase your coping resources. Both are possible."


Hotline in the US: 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)

Hotline in the England: 08457 90 90 90

If you are thinking about suicide, read this first! Suicide: Read This First

S.A.V.E. (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) Website (American) - includes warning signs, how to talk to someone who is suicidal, Grief, Q&A, a depression checklist, why people do it. SAVE•Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
SAVE's link page: SAVE•Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

Samaritans Website (U.K.) - Samaritans > Confidential emotional support 24 hours a day

Befrienders International Website - links to sites all over the world. Befrienders Worldwide

WebMB resources page: Crisis Resources Links Updated 05/16/03

Another very extensive directory of resources at Teradex: http://directory.teradex.com/Health_Fitness/Mental_Health/Disorders/Suicide/Support_ Groups

The Open Directory Project (currently listing 55 Suicide support goups and 278 listings for Depression) Open Directory - Health: Mental Health: Disorders: Suicide: Support Groups

Psychiatric articles: Psychiatric Matters: Suicide Prevention

Books (S.A.V.E.'s recommended reading list)
Depression & Other Brain Illnesses

Adults:

Understanding Depression - A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis & Treatment By Donald F. Klein, M.D. & Paul H. Wender, M.D.
Questions & Answers About Depression and Its Treatment By Ivan K. Goldberg, M.D.
Overcoming Depression By Demitri Papolos, M.D. & Janice Papolos
The Broken Brain By Nancy Andreasen, M.D.
You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way By Collette Dowling
On the Edge of Darkness By Kathy Cronkite
Triumph Over Fear By Jerilynn Ross
Surviving Schizophrenia By E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs By Jack M. Gorman, M.D.
Undoing Depression - What Therapy Doesn�t Teach You and Medication Can�t Give You By Richard O�Connor, Ph.D.
Choosing To Live - How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy By Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D.& Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life By Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
When Going Through Hell�.Don�t Stop! By Douglas Bloch

Children & Adolescents:

No One Saw My Pain - Why Teens Kill Themselves By Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel
Helping Your Depressed Teenager - A Guide for Parents & Caregivers By Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D. & Sarah S. Montgomery, MSW
Helping Your Depressed Child - A Reassuring Guide to the Causes & Treatments of Childhood & Adolescent Depression By Lawrence L. Kearns, M.D.
It's Nobody's Fault - New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents By Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.
Depression in the Young � What We Can Do to Help Them By Trudy Carlson
Sad Days, Glad Days By DeWitt Hamilton (a storybook for children about adult depression)
When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens By Bev Cobain
Depression - Challenge the Beast Within Yourself and Win By Cait Irwin

Suicide

Night Falls Fast By Kay Redfield Jamison
Suicide: Survivors - A Guide for Those Left Behind By Adina Wrobleski
Suicide: Why? By Adina Wrobleski
Suicide: The Forever Decision - For Those Thinking About Suicide, and For Those Who Know, Love, or Counsel Them By Paul G. Quinnett
Suicide: Intervention & Therapy - Undoing the Forever Decision By Paul G. Quinnett
Preventing Youth Suicide - A Handbook for Educators & Human Service Professionals By Marcia L. McEvoy and Alan W. McEvoy
Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guidebook for Those Who Care for Them By Rebecca Parkin with Karen Dunne-Maxim
Suicide Survivors' Handbook By Trudy Carlson
The Tender Land: A Family Love Story By Kathleen Finneran
After Suicide By John Hewitt
Why Suicide? By Eric Marcus
No One Saw My Pain - Why Teens Kill Themselves By Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel (over)
Bart Speaks Out � Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children By Linda Goldman, M.S.
When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens By Bev Cobain
Choosing To Live � How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy By Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D.& Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.

Autobiographies

An Unquiet Mind By Kay Redfield Jamison
Darkness Visible - A Memoir of Madness By William Styron
The Beast - A Reckoning with Depression By Tracy Thompson
A Brilliant Madness By Patty Duke
Conquering the Beast Within By Cait Irwin

Grief After Suicide

Suicide: Survivors - A Guide for Those Left Behind By Adina Wrobleski
Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guidebook for Those Who Care for Them
By Rebecca Parkin with Karen Dunne-Maxim
Suicide Survivors' Handbook By Trudy Carlson
After Suicide By John Hewitt
Tragedy to Triumph By Reuel Nygaard
A Grief Observed By C.S. Lewis
My Son, My Son By Iris Bolton
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One By Ann Smolin, C.S.W. and John Guinan, Ph.D.
The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide By Helen Fitzgerald
When Dinosaurs Die - A Guide to Understanding Death (a storybook for children)
By Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
Helping Children Grieve By Theresa Huntley
Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child By Earl A. Grollman
The Suicide of My Son - A Story of Childhood Depression By Trudy Carlson
Bart Speaks Out � Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children By Linda Goldman, M.S.
But I Didn't Say Goodbye By Barbara Rubel

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline Personality and Addictive Disorders: An interactive self-help guide
by Ph.D. Joseph Santoro, Ph.D. Ronald Cohen (Contributor)

I Hate You - Don't leave me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
-- Jerold J. Kriesman, Hal Straus

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping when Someone you care about has Borderline Personality Disorder
-- Paul T. Mason, et al

New Hope for People with Borderline Personailty Disorder: Your friendly, authoritative guide to the latest in traditional and complementary solutions
Neil R. Bockian, et al; Paperback

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderlline Personality Disorder
by Marsha Linehan

Lost in the mirror: an inside look at the borderline personality disorder
by Richard A. Moskovitz M.D.

Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
by John F. Clarkin (Author), et al

Even More Crisis Lines:

Suicide Hotline Numbers
"If you are thinking about suicide... Read this first": from Metanoia.org

Hope Line Network: (800) SUICIDE
Crisis Counseling: (800) 999-9999
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): (toll free) (866) 615-6464
National Foundation for Depressive Illness: (800) 239-1265
National Mental Health Association: (800) 969-6642
Suicide Prevention (800) SUICIDE
Covenant House Hotline: (800) 999-9999
Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: (800) 448-3000 or (800) 448-1833 (TDD)
In the UK:The Samaritans 08457 90 90 90
In Ireland:The Samaritans 1850 60 90 90
International Suicide Helpline Numbers

Domestic and Child Abuse
Friends of Battered Women and Their Children: (800) 603-HELP
National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE, (800) 787-3224 (TDD)
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: (800) 656-4673
Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Child Find of American Hotline: (800) I-AM-LOST (1-800-426-5678)
Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 677-1116

Addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous (212) 870-3400
Narcotics Anonymous (818) 773-9999
Focus on Recovery Helpline (Alcohol & Drug Treatment): (800) 234-0246
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group Services: (800) 356-9996, (888) 4AL-ANON
National Helpline: (800) COCAINE
Substance Abuse Treatment: (800) 622-HELP
National Association for Children of Alcoholics: (888) 554-COAS
Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education: (800) 279-6361

Elder Care
American Association of Retired Persons: (800) 424-2277
Eldercare Locator Information and Referral Line: (800) 677-1116
Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 879-6682
Hospice Education Institute: (800) 331-1620
Medicare Telephone Hotline: (800) MEDICARE
National Council on Aging: (800) 424-9046
National Institute on Aging Information Center: (800) 222-2225
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association: (800) 634-0245

Missing Children
Child Find: (800) I-AM-LOST
Child Help USA Information Center: (800) 4A-CHILD
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
National Child Watch Campaign: (800) 222-1464
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence: (800) 422-4453 (child abuse); (800) 799-7233 (domestic violence); (800) 787-3244 (TTY)
Vanished Children's Alliance: (800) 826-4743

Volunteering
American Red Cross: (800) HELP-NOW
Make a Wish Foundation: (800) 722-9474
Organ Donor Hotline: (630) 758-2600
Volunteers of America: (800) 899-0089

AutumnColorsღ

Thanks for the new thread!

Recent news on my job. My boss said she wants to keep me still for help in the department so Im going to be working in two department to pick up more hours. I use to only get 25 hours but now Im up to 40 hours with working in two departments. I just hope Im more in the other department then in the one where the meanies are

Lain

Let's hope so

Jay

don't know situation but i hope so too.

body so unmotivated today...

AutumnColorsღ

I feel real depressed today, and its not just my job this time.. Its stuff in general. I know I shouldnt be feeling sorry for myself and I need to take more changes in my lifestyle for the better. Ive just been depressed on how I lost connect in all of my High school friends and I dont really have any friends at work who I can hang out with outside of work, and Im not in a relationship either which is making me feel lonely. Im starting to feel like Im not attractive like I use to be. Never had trouble when I was a teen in having a boyfriend and now it feels like there isnt anyone out there for me who is interested in me or vice versa. My sister said I should go out more instead of just working alot, take a personal day off and go out with a friend but like I said, I dont have any friends anymore that are available to hang out and I can be a shy person to try to make new friends especially at my work.

Anabela

Jenny: making new friends is sometimes difficult. After a certain age, people already have their group of friends and you feel lonely if you don't have friends.
Hopefully, you'll make new friends in the new department you're going to. I made great friends at work. And when I started going out with them, they would introduce me to their friends and then I became friends with their friends aswell. Maybe that will happen to you too.
And your sister is right. If you don't go out much, you won't meet guys.

I've also been very depressed lately.
I shouldn't because I have a very good friend of mine staying at my house for the next days. I haven't seen her in the last 3 years so it feels great to be with her again. But she came in the worst time for me. I have been feeling really bad and my medication makes me sleep a lot.
I stopped taking the pills while she's with me because I want to do things and I want to go out with her. But I've been feeling really low.

*Jamie*

The problem is, what if you're not the type of person who enjoys going out on your own and/or doesnt have any friends to go out with

Ditto

Jenny What did you do as a teen that you're not doing now

AutumnColorsღ

Jamie- Well as a teen I didnt have to work as much as I do now. My parents told me that they wanted me to pay more attention to my studies then work. Even though they regret doing that now, they wish that I got use to working instead of being kinda new at it. I got my first job when I was 19 and Im going to be 22 soon, so Im still kinda new with working. When I wasnt working, I had alot of time to hang out with friends and go out places every weekend, and I would met guys all the time, plus I was more thin back then too (im overweight now, I was about 110lbs and now Im 130lbs and Im only 5' tall) which is why I feel that guys arent attracted to me anymore like they use to be. After High school, I started working alot, and my friends worked as well but I stopped going out with them, mostly because I started feeling depressed. My parents said that depression runs in the family, mostly on my dads side. For awhile, I stopped calling my friends and just went to work, came home, got online for awhile and then went straight to bed, I would ignore my friends calls, and I would get this attitude whenever someone would talk to me for a period of time. This went on for about a year until all my friends just lost touch in me all together. Like they give up on trying to be around me. I dont blame them though because I was the one who give up on them first.


Anabela- Im sorry to hear about your issue. Have you told your friend about how you feel?

Lain

Aww Jen- I'm so sorry to hear that You've ballooned to 130lbs In my point of view, 130 is nothing I wish I could have that weight. But it always depends on height.

Anabela- Do you feel comfortable talking to your friend about what you're going through?

I was feeling really down today. So I went out to have some time to myself. I don't really know why I keep getting this stressful feelings so all I did was write in my journal of what happened in the past. Strangely, I felt a lot better after having written a hateful lettter about my ex. A letter that I wish I could write to him but never had the guts to do so.

Robsessed_MeesterManic

Yeah well I know I'm the type who don't have any friends around to go out with though I don't really mind going spending alone time since I'm kind of a loner myself.

Anabela - Has your friend sensed that you don't feel good btw? And I can relate to the sleepiness that's why I've been laying off the medication myself but then I think my PMS is even more extreme now, I find myself losing my temper a lot these days at even the slightest thing. It might be a wiser move to take them again but then I want to be able to make use of my time amply.

Safin

Hi jen. What if you would try to call your old friends? Maybe they would like to hear from you.
When I started dating my friends I kinda lost contact with my friends too since I'm hardly ever around. But whenever they see me it's like nothing happened, we still have a good time eventhough it's not that often...
Hope the new department has nice people!! But don't get too stresses with all the work and take a day off now and then, maybe you can hang out with your sister and later on with her and her friends...
Hope you're ok

*Jamie*

Jen Kris is right. 130 pounds isnothing. You'll still attract the guys when you decide to go out with whomever, maybe not the quarterbacks, but you'll still attract them. Then again, I'm the correct weight for my height (6'2") but I still feel like I'm overweight. Does your work have social events? If not, you could always suggest it to someone, even if it's just a group of you going out for a drink after work sometime.

LostinKP I know what you mean. I think of myself as a loner a lot, but maybe that's simply because I am on my own so much, but given the opportunity, I'll go out with a friend to have a little fun. It's sometimes easier just to think that nobody likes you, than to ask people and find out for sure - or to think that someone won't like you than to ask them and find out that they don't ( or that they do, but only as friends )

Robsessed_MeesterManic

Well I did hung out with different groups of people from the internet due to some common interests more than once actually but those occassions didn't really go all too well for me. And actually it's not that I'm totally not in favour of trying to meet new friends like that but I don't think I would want to hang out with that many peeps together again in future. Probably just one or two as company in future would be good enough for me.

*Jamie*

Well, that's all you really need, one or two. I've gone the same route with net friends but at the end of the day, you're still on your own no matter how many or how few net friends you have. I have 1 friend off the net who I don't see very often, but that's OK too. I think I was put on this earth to suffer, and suffer I do. I just have my "plan" to look forward to and hopefully it'll end the suffering ( at least on my part )

Lain

Hey you! Don't say that. But I'm pretty sure everyone feels the same way about their purpose of being on this Earth