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Im finding my depression becoming worse as time goes on. Everybody who i surround myself with that has success in their lives in any way, i should get motivated but i don't. It just makes me even more depressed and in some cases i get extremely jealous. Medications don't affect me and i usually just get into arguments with therapists about my way of thinking. (basically i don't learn very well unless some some sort of visual example is presented to me which you cant provide examples with anything mental.) I also dont sleep very well so alot of racing thoughts are apparent. So any other effective ways to combat this?

I thought of my own depression as like being surrounded by a dark spooky forest, with each tree representing every single bad thing that had ever happened to me. Medication can help you forget that you're lost in there but it's not the real solution. You have to work your way through it, feeling each tree for it to disappear and see that bit more clearly. It's very very hard and you most likely have to go through much darker areas to come out of the other side. From other people's perspective, it looks extremely self-indulgent and unproductive, so they're always trying to pull you back from venturing further. It's always the quick fix that everybody wants for themselves and each other, but depression builds up over years and years, it's going to take just as long to unravel it.

Yeah that's pretty much what i mean. I don't know how to work through it. And as i said, medication doesnt do anything to me. Not even negative side effects. no effect whatsoever.

The idea may be silly but...
you seem to be a visual thinker.
How about starting a webcomic about how you feel?

I wouldnt call it silly. That kinda makes sense. It would be much easier if i knew others who thought like that too so it would be easier for me to learn certain things