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what are your veiws on depression?
Are you depressed and what or who made you depressed
what are ways you feel help people with depression
these are some question i like to ask whoever reads this if you can please post with ya answer and alittle more if you know anything else about depression
The way I see it, depression is one of the most extreme forms of selfishness.
You stop caring about everything else but you and your problem even if it hurts those around you.
That's why if I ever catch myself becoming depressed, I try to pull out as quickly as possible.
What Frasbee says is true about situational depression, but clinical depression is a chemical disorder which requires medication to control.
I was diagnosed with depressing and Social Anxiety almost 4 or 5 years ago. Got rid of the depression (somewhat, until recently), but the anxiety is constantly with me.
No one in peticular made me depressed. Actually depression & SA are somewhat genetically linked. Most of my family has had it at one point. I just kept getting worse & worse over time till it hit me hard with constant panic attacks.
Medication, Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy are all good things to help battle depression.
I think I'm depressed.
I no longer find joy in anything anymore. I never want to do anything because I'm always so depressed. I've snapped at my family and my friends for no reason at all.
Ever since my girlfriend broke up with me about 8 months ago, I've been like this. I figure if I had a girlfriend I would be happy, but whenever I have a girlfriend, I constantly worry about everything. When I'm going to call her...what we're going to talk about...wondering if she's cheating on me...those types of things.
Now that I think about it, I'm always worried about something. I'm never relaxed. It's always something new. I hate it. I always get nervous around people, too. I don't know why, but I do.
I just want all of this to end...
Tiger: Yes, you do seem to have symptoms of depression. I would deffinitly suggest going to your doctor and having a long chat.
Until then, forums have always been a great place for support. Here are a couple specifically for depression. Take a look around.
[url]http://www.depression-forums.com/[/url]
[url]http://www.depressionforums.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi[/url]
Well about a year ago, I fell into depression of toooo much going on....
My girlfriend left me, Expelled from school, and everything that could go wrong went wrong.....
Btw,
Things are awesome now, the depression lasted like 2 months
same with me, ask your doctor or somebody about taking Lexapro, i took it for about 2 years, and workedQuote:
Originally Posted by Fawn
Well, it is pretty depressic when you one day discover that you are stupididly late with everything and you realize that you might never see your love again... At least I am depressed because of that, right now, pretty dam hard! I just want to screw everything and kill myself. It just so painful.
And summer is coming... It's getting pretty lonely.
it's a sad hole of self-pity.. jump out of it and let's go dancing. give us a call.
I have had depression before. For about 4 years I suffered from it. It isnt something you can just hop out of once youre in it. It is a mental disease that some people do have from genetics.
I think we as humans forget that everything that we do is controlled by our brain. Our heart just keeps us pumping. For example, the frontal lobe controls what makes us human. If we were to lose that, we would act like an animal. No account of wrong and right. Our brains are organs! They sometimes are hurt and need to be healed. Certain places in the brain though can not be healed. Permanent brain damage.
Anyhoo, with depression that certain part of the brain may have an imbalance of chemicals. In order to have those balanced you can take medication or get counseling and be "talked" out of it persay.
Tan.. I've been so drugged up, I am my own personal pharmacy. I'm constantly tired from medications, but not enough to effect my day.
Depression is a mood do to events or circumstances...it is NOT a desease like some psychonuts(psychologists) would like you to believe.
Clinical depression is not treated by psychologists, but rather psychiatrists (who has an additional degree in medicine and is a "REAL" doctor in addition to a psychologist) because it is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. There is a hereditary factor, and the depression is chronic with no apparent "cause". It is very real. It is also (which may have already been mentioned) genetically linked to all kinds of anxiety disorders such as OCD, panic attacks, etc.
That being said, I think a lot of people choose to wallow in their depression and are NOT clinically depressed, but rather enjoy the sympathy and attention they gain from being sad. It gives them a warped sense of power.
Worst feeling in the world is depression.
Or some people's lifes suck so bad that they have much to be depressed about.Quote:
Originally Posted by shh!
I thought I mentioned that clinical depression is usually defined as that which is present in the absence of other explanations...Quote:
Originally Posted by Only-virgins
Do you not believe in any chemical/psychological disorders, or do you limit your disbelief to depression?
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Originally Posted by Frasbee
Damn its nearly impossible to pull out of depression. I was in depression. 90% of depressed people just want to be loved.
For me that could of helped but i still wanna kill that son of a b*tch... :mad:
Depression is NOT a form of selfishness and anyone who things so shold be as close as I was to killing myself.
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My view on depression is that is sucks. lol I get depressed here and there and to deal with it, I do the absolute worst thing. I bottle it all up until I explode. Usually it's something small that ends up triggoring the explosion and for some reason it's usually at my parents. Thank god they love me and understand that I have issues. lol I have never gone to get professional help because it usually doesn't last more then a few days at most. If it lasts more then that, I suggest considering it. Either that or find a friend with a good shoulder and ear.Quote:
Originally Posted by devilsrage
I spent a good portion of my life struggling with depression, and it is a very tough thing to beat. It can control you and ruin your life if you really allow it to take you over. For years I was insecure, sad, anti-social, always tired, suicidal, angry at everyone who I thought had a better life than me. Any little small thing that happened that made my day worse would make me certain that the world was a horrible place and that i'd rather just die. I never smiled. I kept very few friends.
I don't know how I got out of it honestly...it was more like a slow progression. Had to start talking to myself and convincing myself that things weren't as bad as they seemed. I think now that I'm 'cured' if you could call it that. I know it sounds like cutesy crap, but its true. I'm actually I'm amazed I didn't swallow a bottle of pills years ago, so I consider it a huge personal accomplishment that I'm even here, and that I've managed to turn it around.
I really feel for any of you dealing with this, because I know how ****ing awful it is. It is beatable though.
;)
I referring to what Shh! said was "situational" depression.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkDwarf
Clinical I understand is different.
But the other form really is a form of selfishness.
I stand by what I said.
So do I. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Frasbee
By the way, depression of any sort feels awful to the person who is experiencing it, but there is an "up" side. Depression and despair (and really, any profound emotion) leads to emotional growth and is the stuff that fuels truly great works of art. I do not advocate medicating oneself unless depression is very extreme. Our society tends to want to drug itself (either through prescribed medication or self-medication via drugs/alcohol) to point where we do not feel any uncomfortable emotions, but that really only stunts our growth potential.
I don't think you ever where depressed. I don't know why..but I just don't believe you. Once it hits it almost never lets go untill all requirments in that persons head that would make them happy are achieved. Then again I bet their is billions of different types of depression and the word is probably as relative as love is.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesummer
Oh my god OV, I honestly can't believe you just said that. It's kinda insulting when I personally think about the torment I went through. I'm not talking about a year here dude, I'm talking about like......10 years. Which is a lot considering I'm only 25. And I never also claimed to be rid of it....I do struggle with milder bouts of it now and then....but it's not like someone falls into depression and stays that way until the day they die. God, honestly....
Just out of curiousity, what in your expert opinion makes you think I'm shitting you?
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Originally Posted by bluesummer
Lots of people want pity and pretend they are depressed. Only 25? ...jeez...im 22 and I am starting to think my life is over and you are using the word "only". I guess I am thinking of depression in the way I have it. I am never going to get rid of mine. Also some people say they are depressed over the smallest things and that can annoy me. I dont even know if I consider what I am depressed but rather just angry, bitter about life..and ..just upset with how everything works. Not to sound sexist or anything but girls seem to over-react and get depressed because they didnt freaking get a hot dog or the jeans were sold out lol.
OV, you are not calculating into the equation the hormone changes that affect females. Of course we seem to have irrational thought patterns; we are somewhat enslaved to our cycles.
Also, I thinka good deal of angst suffered by the young is normal. After all, there are so many unanswered questions, the future is undetermined, relationships are being negotiated, etc. It pretty much sucks! (Usually gets better, though, so chin up!)
BlackRose I dont think what you had was depression. Sadness maybe but depression lasts much longer and the majority of the time you need help to get out of it. Its a complete mind alteration in a way.
I totally agree with Shh! You really do grow a ton from the experience. You can see things on a level you couldnt see before.
To say that any girl who is experiences depression really isn't just 'because she's a girl' is just plain unrealistic. Mine was based on my family environment growing up (which I won't go into). So to have already been through and past it at 25 is not impossible....people grow up and move past things and realize that some things aren't worth throwing your life down the crapper for......Quote:
Originally Posted by Only-virgins
OV to be fair, in your own opinion your own 'depression' seems quite genuine and 'real' (maybe in your eyes more 'real' than anyone else's); but from an outside perspective, based on your previous posts, anyone here could just as easily say that we think your 'depression' is also self-manifested. All I'm saying is don't be so quick to judge....everyone's situation is unique.
One thing causes depression...and that's Satan. Satan wants to keep you from accomplishing what you need to accomplish, so he causes illness and puts fear and worry into your head. He causes you to become selfish, which causes you to not care about others.
If you have God in your life, though, you can get through this. If you ask God to help you, and you're sincere about it, he will help you get over your depression.
Sometimes, depression might cause you to have to take medication. But if you have God in your life, you really shouldn't have to, as long as you believe.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!Quote:
Originally Posted by cu_tigers90
Aw man...
That was good.
I haven't had a good laugh like that in a while.
Is this a joke? Because I don't know if I should be laughing or insulted...Quote:
Originally Posted by cu_tigers90
Bah.Quote:
Originally Posted by shh!
Just laugh.
I'm so offended by it I can't help but laugh.
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Originally Posted by cu_tigers90
Uh.............yeah.
Sounds like Satan has a better plan then god and is winning LOL. Hillarious post.Quote:
Originally Posted by cu_tigers90
uhhh. What does someone elses view on my depression matter to me?. Offcourse my depression is self-manifested...the better question is ..What isnt? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bluesummer
There is no God, there is only Satan! Hahahahaha! And he rules the world!
Actually, christians made Satan evil. As for the christians themselves.
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Originally Posted by Only-virgins
Hm, OV I can never tell if you're attempting humor or just being a dick.
I will take the optimist's side and assume you are attempting humor.
:bored:
I was being serious a bit. Everything to you think and everyway you feel is done by you...though I "DO" not want to change my depression because in my mind it is supprorted with good enough reasons. I will continue to be depressed untill reasons will come that change that. I know everyones situation is unique. I just fail to see you point in that statment that its not.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesummer
Hey, whatever works right.
Well Ive been depressed since I was about 12 or 13. At first it got blamed on hormones, then I thought I had issues with my sexuality, but once they were resolved I was still depressed. My doctor diagnosed me with clinical depression and anxiety about two years. It was fairly mild for years before I actually forced myself to go see a GP, but got worse after that, maybe that was the situational influence, and my reaction to having to accept that there was something wrong. I've tried counselling which didnt work because it's clinical, and have been on and off AD's like a yo yo since I got diagnosed.
For me anyway I never "enjoyed" my depression; somebody mentioned the power it gave you over other people, and I know some people sort of enjoy being miserable, or if youre younger, you might see your place in the family as the Problem Child, so if those problems go away, where are you left? With me, it was never like that, I did everything I could to avoid other people finding out for years. It was never attention seeking in any way shape or form.