In this post I'm going to discuss the commonly asked question, Can you overcome Depression/Anxiety without a psychologist or Antidepressants.
The answer is NO.
Why?
Having anxiety/or depression is annoying and can ruin the daily routine and even lives.
There are plenty of types of anxiety and depression. You can feel anxious by literally anything. I mean, I felt anxious just by eating. Yes, that happens. so as depression. depression can come to you even if yesterday you felt good and happy.
Once you're suffering from anxiety/depression, it's really hard to overcome it. You won't know how hard it is until you suffer from one of this ( I hope you won't ). but if you already suffer from one of this, you know what I'm talking about. and even that you know how hard is it to live with anxiety/depression, you still think you can overcome it by urself, And I see a lot of questions about that and about overcoming anxiety/depression without any outside help.
I thought as well that I can overcome it without any help.
After trying for approx a year, I saw that my anxiety and depression just kept developing to this huge and annoying thing that's ruining my life. so, I started seeing Psychologist after a lot of time of thinking about it. It cost me around 120$ for each meeting, and I met my Psychologist twice a week for almost a year. Yes, It's a lot of money. but what is money compared to mental health and happiness?
Trying to overcome anxiety by urself can work only if you'll give yourself goals that you need to achieve each and every day. I don't want to ruin your plans, but it just won't work. And I'm not talking about my own experience but I checked it for days over the internet and the majority of the people can't overcome it by themselves. It's just too damn hard. the anxiety controls us, it will make it impossible to achieve your goals.
trying to overcome depression by urself just can't work. no matter what you'll think about, or what you'll want to do, You'll feel depressed and you won't want to get up and do something. You feel like you just want to sleep, eat and watch TV ( and sometimes not even that ) and then go back to sleep. You feel like you have nothing to do in this world and your life sucks. believe me, I've been there.
Stigma
There's a stigma that is common in every country in the world that going to Psychologist and/or taking antidepressants is making you a crazy person, I don't know where we all got that from, maybe movies? but it's common to think so. I mean, I thought so. that was the main reason for me to not take antidepressants.
And of course that it's not true. going to therapy/or taking antidepressants don't make you crazy but makes you human.
Good and Friendly Psychologist/and Psychiatrist
It's super important to pick a therapist you like and not someone who considered good by other people.
I've met 2 Psychiatrists before I chose the third one to be my Psychiatrist. the 2 other Psychiatrists I met were so cold and annoying to talk to. when I talked to them it felt like they are seeing me as a customer and not as a human who has depression. they talked to me like I'm a patient that needs diagnose and cure. I seriously wanted to wake them up but I chose to just skip them. Until I found a great Psychiatrists that is actually caring for me. ( I met only one Psychologist and she was my Psychologist for a year + until I felt like I don't need it anymore )
Find a therapist you like, It will be easier for you to share which will eventually help them to help you better.
Conclusions -
Going to Psychologist/taking antidepressants don't make you crazy but makes you human. You will be shocked about the number of people that used to go to Psychologist/goes now in your extended family.
It's important to pick therapist that you like and not a therapist that acts like a robot.
It's important to believe in yourself. pills won't do magic, it just helps you and gives you a push.