Can Depression Really be Treated?

[ClownW0rld]

I've tried the medication + therapy combo and nothing has worked long term. Can anything else really be done to improve one's symptoms?

 

[BitterlyAlive_]

What kind of therapy have you tried? Perhaps it hasn't addressed the root cause of your depression…?

 

[gomenasai]

I think if you can find some purpose in life, that could keep you going even if you have a tendency to be depressed. There would need to be some strong motivation for you to want to stick around

 

[FuneralCry]

Maybe you should post this in the recovery section. It sounds like a recovery question. To me feeling depressed can be a rational response to life circumstances rather than a 'mental illness'. The existence of life in itself is depressing.