I am now 17 and I've suffered from severe depression for years now.
It started getting better circa 5 years ago, when I dedicated my soul, and got even worse recently.
I also observed that crippling gender dysphoria grips me since youth, even if I have very few memories, as if my life was thrown into oblivion. I see a psychiatrist and at this point, since we believe a major trauma could have occurred, I'm willing to take medication to help my mental state.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't lost hope. In my childhood I was a very devoted christian child and this didn't help me at all when depression started to manifest, I self harmed and tried to kill myself before getting to know Satanism, and it gave me a chance to live differently, a chance that I, now, am incredibily grateful to have had.
The problem is, I've tried many times to meditate and in general to start meditation programs, but I couldn't keep it up, as depression, social anxiety and many other things I've became too "lazy" to identify anymore stop me before I can make any progress.
I tried to summarize my entire life, or what I remember by now. Have any of you experienced this?
Is there any way I can keep up with meditation even while being depressed?
My problem is the beginning and the perseverance, I haven't found any problem, ever, when I meditated.
Thank you for your time, sorry if I made any mistakes since English is not my first language, and sorry I wrote too much.
I hope I can find help here.
It started getting better circa 5 years ago, when I dedicated my soul, and got even worse recently.
I also observed that crippling gender dysphoria grips me since youth, even if I have very few memories, as if my life was thrown into oblivion. I see a psychiatrist and at this point, since we believe a major trauma could have occurred, I'm willing to take medication to help my mental state.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't lost hope. In my childhood I was a very devoted christian child and this didn't help me at all when depression started to manifest, I self harmed and tried to kill myself before getting to know Satanism, and it gave me a chance to live differently, a chance that I, now, am incredibily grateful to have had.
The problem is, I've tried many times to meditate and in general to start meditation programs, but I couldn't keep it up, as depression, social anxiety and many other things I've became too "lazy" to identify anymore stop me before I can make any progress.
I tried to summarize my entire life, or what I remember by now. Have any of you experienced this?
Is there any way I can keep up with meditation even while being depressed?
My problem is the beginning and the perseverance, I haven't found any problem, ever, when I meditated.
Thank you for your time, sorry if I made any mistakes since English is not my first language, and sorry I wrote too much.
I hope I can find help here.