Eventually, however, counseling will probably require you to additionally actively change your circumstances in one fashion or another. Moving to the action component of counseling usually is the most difficult, but once you begin, milder forms of depression usually begin to clear up rather readily. For the more severe or longer standing forms of depression, psychiatric assistance in the form of medications might also be necessary. In order to get better, you need to actively work in counseling and in your day to day activities to resolve the underlying unresolved problems which fuel the depressed feelings. Meeting regularly with your psychiatrist or family practice physician, as well as with a counselor, is probably going to be necessary in the same way that a diabetic needs to see his or her doctor on a regular basis in order to maintain a stable insulin level.
Depression is a complicated and difficult issue to live with.
It is much more common than the average person thinks, and if you are experiencing it during your academic career here at Tech, it is really extremely useful to have a knowledgeable professional available for you to talk to as you learn to understand, manage and hopefully resolve as much of the depression as you can. Don't isolate yourself. Come in and talk with one of us about what's going on.