Clearly you have not even been reading my posts. I dont have depression. I have anxiety and OCD. I dont think therapy will work for me because historically, it never has. I have been to many different therapists over the last 14 years. How much time and money do I have to waste on it before I am allowed to conclude that it doesnt work? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Especially if it costs $60 and several hours per week to do so.
I wont take medication because the side effects are too risky. Maybe your side effects are just sugar cravings but that means you are one of the lucky ones. Most people experience many negative side effects and have to take multiple psych meds to cancel out the side effects of each one.
My dad is on antidepressants (he is forced to take them so he can continue to receive disability payments and avoid being homeless) and he has gained about 50 pounds, has high blood pressure and edema, and has so much short-term memory loss that he will never be able to re-enter the workforce. My high school best friend became a completely unhinged narcissistic psycho, as well as suffering from hallucinations and sleeping 15 hours a day, after going on Prozac. My husband gained 50 pounds after going on psych meds and benzos caused him to develop anger problems, plus he got addicted to them -- he eventually went off all meds and was able to recover without them. Prozac has been linked to literally thousands of suicides and homicides. You can die from or be severely fucked up by benzo withdrawal -- it's one of the most dangerous drugs to quit. And all of these drugs can be hepatotoxic over time.
You are assuming Im not accepting these suggestions of "therapy + medication" because my "depression" (which I dont even have anymore btw, as I said previously) renders me unable to "accept help." But I have legitimate reasons for feeling the way I do about therapy and medication. You are discounting my opinions because you think they are coming from a mentally ill person. And you know what that makes you? A person who is perpetuating the stigma of mental illness by invalidating people based purely on their diagnoses. Congratulations. I hope you are pleased with yourself.
Anyway thats not even what this post is about. This post is about finding ways that I can HELP MYSELF to get better without therapy or medication. So unless you have suggestions related to that, go away.
Clearly you have your own agenda to push based on your own life experiences, rather than actually listening to what I am saying, so please dont respond on here again.