TLDR: What helped you manage your depression? 


I was put on antidepressants as a 12 year old when I came out to my parents as being suicidal. I stayed on them until I was abou 17 or 18 but I just hated how they made me feel. I was so numb and couldn't feel any emotions on the tablets so I felt I was better off being depressed than numb to the world. 

I'm now 23 and have just started seeing a psychologist who suggested that I have never really gotten over being depressed. And I think I know deep down they are right, especially with the shit show of the last few years. 

I guess my question is to all you like minded people, how do you treat your chronic depression? Have you had similar situations with the medications? I just need to hear what has worked for other people, just so I know there is a way through this.