Hi my name is matthew i have suffered from
depression for the last 3 hours really and
i went on prozac for about 5 months but at
the time i thought my depression was
because of my acne but now i realise it
wasnt it was all in my head and at the
time i look for problems anywere so i went
on accutane which stops acne i was on that
for 5 months and my spots al went but i
still didnt go out and when i got off the
accuntane i started to become very
nervouse arounf people, always get
embarrished around people, start to sweat
all the time which made living really hard
to bare. i have tryed to o.d once and
altough i wouldnt do it again i think
about it alot as a easy way out. now i
think everything is a problem like always
weighting myself, i exercise bout 4 times
a week 40 mins each time. i hate looking
in the mirror, went i go to bed at night
my belly is always rumbling even though i
eat what im supposed to eat can any1 tell
me what that is with my stomach. Also any1
else had these experieces and is it really
worth all the pain im going thorught
thanks for reading this.
Hi my name is matthew i have
suffered from depression for the last 3
hours really and i went on prozac for
about 5 months but at the time i thought
my depression was because of my acne but
now i realise it wasnt it was all in my
head and at the time i look for problems
anywere so i went on accutane which stops
acne i was on that for 5 months and my
spots al went but i still didnt go out and
when i got off the accuntane i started to
become very nervouse arounf people, always
get embarrished around people, start to
sweat all the time which made living
really hard to bare. i have tryed to o.d
once and altough i wouldnt do it again i
think about it alot as a easy way out. now
i think everything is a problem like
always weighting myself, i exercise bout 4
times a week 40 mins each time. i hate
looking in the mirror, went i go to bed at
night my belly is always rumbling even
though i eat what im supposed to eat can
any1 tell me what that is with my stomach.
Also any1 else had these experieces and is
it really worth all the pain im going
thorught thanks for reading
this.
Hello, Matthew. I had a similiar problem
when I was 13/14..around in that age. To
fix it, I stuck up my shoulders, sucked in
my gut, and put on my happy face. When I
turned 15 that is when I learned a very
valuable fact of life: we overexaggerate
things on ourselves that other people
don't notice. My father told me that there
are only two things people notice: 1.
Dirty clothes (not a stain or two, but as
in wearing them for weeks at a time) and
2. body odor. He said that as long as you
have clean clothes and do NOT have a body
odor, then people don't care if you have a
weird hair do or you have acne all over
your face. And, when he said that, I
checked it out on myself. I found that I
stare at people with dirty hair and
horrible BO rather than staring at
heavyset people with acne. Hope I helped.
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Akkette
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Australia
Posted: 04-15-07 07:18am
Sometimes we will convince ourselves that
our depression is because of a particular
problem such as acne thinking that
everything will be better once that goes
away however deep down we know that there
is much more and we use that as an excuse
as its easier than facing the truth.
I was like yourself and getting embarrased
around people. I would blush bright red (i
have very fair skin) when ever i would
need to speak in front of more than one
person or someone of the opposite sex i
would go bright red and i would hide my
face hoping that no one would notice. You
should speak with a Dr about this as
medication may be avaliable to help reduce
the redness.
If you are not taking meds then you may
want to speak with a dr about that. Meds
helped me with my depression and the
blushing. Im not saying they are the
answer but might me wirth considering. If
you dont like the medication you are
currently on/have been on the dr may be
able to recommend something else for you I
can confidently say that i am more
confident now that i can remember ever
being. Althought i still dont like talking
in front of people i am not as petrified
as i was.
Exercise is definately one of the best
things you can do but it does seem as
though you are being very hard on
yourself.
