If you have thoughts of suicide you should talk to a doctor as soon as you can. Depression is horrible, and things probably feel hopeless at the moment, but depression lies and things can be changed.
There are some excellent, evidence based, modern talking therapies. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is probably the most well known. You may need some medication and support until you're ready to get started on CBT.
Discussion about depression treatments can be frustrating. People sometimes try to make a distinction between types of depression - "My depression can't be treated by a talking therapy because it's not just in my head. It's real, it must have an organic cause, it must be a weird balance of brain chemicals". This is not true. While we don't know a huge amount about depression or about medication to treat it we do know enough to do a good job for many people.
Obviously I'm not a doctor and this isn't medical advice. But you really should go and talk to a doctor as soon as you can. It'd be great if you could make the appointment today.
May I ask what country you're in? Feel free to not answer this question.
There are some excellent, evidence based, modern talking therapies. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is probably the most well known. You may need some medication and support until you're ready to get started on CBT.
Discussion about depression treatments can be frustrating. People sometimes try to make a distinction between types of depression - "My depression can't be treated by a talking therapy because it's not just in my head. It's real, it must have an organic cause, it must be a weird balance of brain chemicals". This is not true. While we don't know a huge amount about depression or about medication to treat it we do know enough to do a good job for many people.
Obviously I'm not a doctor and this isn't medical advice. But you really should go and talk to a doctor as soon as you can. It'd be great if you could make the appointment today.
May I ask what country you're in? Feel free to not answer this question.