how do you recover from depression?

You are seeking professional help so hopefully you will make some progress.

There are a lot of different approaches to psychiatric treatment and what works for one person might be worthless for the next. Often it is the process of trial and error until you find a combination that works for you.

I recently watched the PBS documentary DEPRESSION:Out of the Shadows. Looks like finding the right medications is the key for most people with serious depression. Depression can be viewed as a shortage of certain neurotransmitters in the brain; anti-depressants increase the amounts of these chemicals. Talk therapy can be effective for depression as well.

How are you getting along with your therapist? Has s/he been helping? Because if you are getting frustrated, remember that there are other therapists, and there are also therapies you can do along side, and there’s other sorts of treatments (like medication). If you dont feel like you’re progressing, you really should consider telling your therapist that.

I really do wish both of you the very best. But keep the therapy in mind. It takes a long time to reverse depression, and it can be the result of a chemical imbalance in the body that needs medication to control. Good Luck!!

wow im sorry to hear that and that’s really nice :)

I have been getting therepy

Yes. Consider seeking therapy.