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Hey Anon,

Sometimes, therapists stop being helpful. Or medications stop being effective. You should find a psychiatrist or doctor that you can talk to about trying different approaches. I know that sounds awful and tedious (It once took me almost 6 months to find a new medication that helped my major depression. But when I found one that helped it was AMAZING), but it can be very helpful. It’s also possible that medication or therapy won’t help. But you can’t give up. Keep trying things  <3 Here are some helpful links:

Therapy

50 Signs of Good Therapy

Having issues with therapy?  Here are 50 Warning Signs of Questionable Therapy

21 Tips for getting the most out of each therapy session

6 Ways to open up to your therapist

What should happen in a session

Social Anxiety

Here is a great explanation of anxiety and some self help tips.

This is a guide to Muscle Relaxation that might help your anxiety.  

Here is also an article on social anxiety disorder self help tips.

Here are some exercises you can do that helps to keep you in the present and to control anxiety grounding techniques.  Mental grounding exercises. Physical grounding exercises. Soothing grounding exercises.

Here is a online self help book that has some self help tips and information on social skills training.

Social Anxiety Support

Anxiety management techniques

Depression

Help Guide A site containing articles to help understand, help numbers,  “tool kits”, and self help.

Mental Support Community A forum to talk about regular unipolar forms of depression and how it affects your life.

Mental Help A site that has basic information, resources, articles, and a list of books that might be helpful.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

FacingUs Clubhouse Wellness Tracker, Wellness Book, Crisis Planning, Etc.

Mood Gym is an interactive website that allows you to learn cognitive behaviour therapy skills for preventing and coping with depression.

What is dysthymia? This is an submission from a follower explaining dysthymia.

What is the difference between dysthymia and major depression?

The black dog institute has some great resources for depression and bipolar disorder.

This is a link to a great workbook you can do to teach you about coping with depression.

What HelpGuide has to say about coping with depression

Teen version of HelpGuide for depression

WebMD has some natural ways of coping with depression

Right now, I’m laying on the couch, and I can hear my husband reading our four year old a bedtime story using silly voices.

John D. Mayer - Psychology Today article April 2014 (trigger warning on article: bipolar, suicide )

Mental illness isn’t a choice, NOBODY should be made to feel ashamed of something they didn’t ask for.

probably definitely not true (via anachronistic-nostalgia)

example shitty conversations: me: “i have ptsd” person: “from what” me” “childhood abuse and rape” person: “but you act fine” *few days later* me: *has flashbacks* person: “you need to like calm down and get over it this is ridiculous

me: “i have bipolar” person: “but youre not crazy like at all ur super chill you seem fine” *few weeks go by* person: “I cant believe you never told me ur fucking crazy, emotional cry baby! you just want attention”