Being depressed means feeling disconnected, isolated, or separated. Truly, depression or melancholia is the disease of our modern society. Our desire to isolate ourselves from everyone and everything when we are depressing isolates us from ourselves as well. To recognize how it feels to be depressed more people will be able to liberate and unfetter … Continue reading How Do I Know If I’m Depressed?
To let the depressed person know that she or he is not alone in his or her struggle with depression. We also help others learn to do pleasant activities again. To provide a group where members can help one another and learn new skills in taking mastery over their lives and begin to live again … Continue reading The Aims of Depressed Anonymous
Members of Depressed Anonymous Speak About Their Recovery From Depression What is the power of Depressed Anonymous? Well, first let me say that when I started attending D.A. meetings I went for a couple of months and then I stopped. Why did I stop you ask? I stopped going because my depression was so bad … Continue reading Personal Stories
We admitted we were powerless over depression – that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory … Continue reading 12 Steps of Depressed Anonymous