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  1. 1. Depression

    • I am depressed all of the time.
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    • I am depressed 60-99% of the time.
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    • I am depressed 40-59% of the time.
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    • I am depressed 20-39% of the time.
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    • I am depressed < 20% of the time.
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    • I am never (or almost never) depressed.
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ITT: Being depressed means just being down/sad.

 

That definition outright sickens me. Kindly don't use such a definition for quite a serious condition.

 

I think of depression in "stages", minor depression meaning sadness, while major depression actually becomes a condition.

 

Others think differently, but I use "depressed" to explain myself many times.

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ITT: Being depressed means just being down/sad.

 

That definition outright sickens me. Kindly don't use such a definition for quite a serious condition.

 

I think of depression in "stages"' date=' minor depression meaning sadness, while major depression actually becomes a condition.

 

Others think differently, but I use "depressed" to explain myself many times.

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Well. Unlike a majority of people here, I actually suffer from depression in every sense of the proper word. Would you like to know my medical, BSP and Support Plan to handle it so you and others don't make a mockery of this word?

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ITT: Being depressed means just being down/sad.

 

That definition outright sickens me. Kindly don't use such a definition for quite a serious condition.

 

I think of depression in "stages"' date=' minor depression meaning sadness, while major depression actually becomes a condition.

 

Others think differently, but I use "depressed" to explain myself many times.

[/quote']

 

Well. Unlike a majority of people here, I actually suffer from depression in every sense of the proper word. Would you like to know my medical, BSP and Support Plan to handle it so you and others don't make a mockery of this word?

 

In my terms, that'd be major depression. That's... pretty serious.

 

And I'm not making a mockery of the word; I am simply giving my opinion on how I break up that word into stages.

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ITT: Being depressed means just being down/sad.

 

That definition outright sickens me. Kindly don't use such a definition for quite a serious condition.

 

I think of depression in "stages"' date=' minor depression meaning sadness, while major depression actually becomes a condition.

 

Others think differently, but I use "depressed" to explain myself many times.

[/quote']

 

Well. Unlike a majority of people here, I actually suffer from depression in every sense of the proper word. Would you like to know my medical, BSP and Support Plan to handle it so you and others don't make a mockery of this word?

 

In my terms, that'd be major depression. That's... pretty serious.

 

And I'm not making a mockery of the word; I am simply giving my opinion on how I break up that word into stages.

 

So you diluted a word to make someone feeling "sad" sound more serious than it is? Or possibly to trick yourself into feeling compassion when someone is "feeling down"?

 

Hehe, if you've not the kindness to do it naturally without tricking yourself, don't do it please. You shame us all for doing so.

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I haven't done this in awhile.

 

 

de⋅pres⋅sion

 

4. sadness; gloom; dejection

 

5. a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason

 

I'm thinking of depression as 4, and you as 5.

 

Does that make me wrong?

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I'd classify 4, as a Popular Definition akin to using a word for Slang. Thus, should only be used in company if you cannot find the words to suffice. You are not wrong, but you are far from right.

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What do you do when you are depressed?

 

Only rarely do I ever get despressed. Instead of eating some chocolate' date=' I eat a lot of chocolate.

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l drink.

ALOT.

Depends though. Sometimes l call a friend over and we smoke some green together. Or l 'social' drink.

Either way, i'm usually pretty depressed, even when i'm happy. Maybe it's just school, l dunno...

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And that's what you'd classify it as.

 

Me' date=' on the other hand, use it to depict a more extreme version of sadness.

 

Neither of us are wrong here, so why accuse me of mocking depression?

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Pride? Having exact and ongoing experience with it?

 

Also, you're just pulling crap out of your rear. Using such an excuse would be like saying... "When I say Pie, I mean a sort of cake that you bake with slightly different ingredients". It's not wrong, but it's far from right. It's still pie, and should not be called Cake.

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I feel apathetic a lot :/

 

AM I DEPRESSED :(

 

Apathetic means not caring. No' date=' you're not depressed.

 

And that's what you'd classify it as.

 

Me' date=' on the other hand, use it to depict a more extreme version of sadness.

 

Neither of us are wrong here, so why accuse me of mocking depression?

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Pride? Having exact and ongoing experience with it?

 

Also, you're just pulling crap out of your rear. Using such an excuse would be like saying... "When I say Pie, I mean a sort of cake that you bake with slightly different ingredients". It's not wrong, but it's far from right. It's still pie, and should not be called Cake.

 

Why can't you accept the fact Dark is right? There are many different kinds of depression, one of which being extreme sadness. :/

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And that's what you'd classify it as.

 

Me' date=' on the other hand, use it to depict a more extreme version of sadness.

 

Neither of us are wrong here, so why accuse me of mocking depression?

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Pride? Having exact and ongoing experience with it?

 

Also, you're just pulling crap out of your rear. Using such an excuse would be like saying... "When I say Pie, I mean a sort of cake that you bake with slightly different ingredients". It's not wrong, but it's far from right. It's still pie, and should not be called Cake.

 

CANT YOU SEE THIS FIGHTING IS TEARING US APART

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Hey, hey.

 

Icy, I understand you are officially, and clinically (Which I believe is the correct term) depressed. I believe that when someone starts a discussion of, and misinterprets (or you feel have misinterpreted) a condition that you have, it is highly offensive, regardless of intentions.

 

However, Dark here (despite having a history of religion bashing) is being honest, and sincere about this. He isn't trying to offend or hurt you. He simply has different meanings of the word, which may or may not offend you.

 

Please, Icy, I understand you are highly offended, but he is not trying to mock depression.

 

I believe that depression is a little more of a serious term for what you are saying, Dark, but it is your opinion. Very little, am I sad or angry, and when I am it isn't for very long.

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Hey' date=' hey.

 

Icy, I understand you are officially, and clinically (Which I believe is the correct term) depressed. I believe that when someone starts a discussion of, and misinterprets (or you feel have misinterpreted) a condition that you have, it is highly offensive, regardless of intentions.

 

However, Dark here (despite having a history of religion bashing) is being honest, and sincere about this. He isn't trying to offend or hurt you. He simply has different meanings of the word, which may or may not offend you.

 

Please, Icy, I understand you are highly offended, but he is not trying to mock depression.

 

I believe that depression is a little more of a serious term for what you are saying, Dark, but it is your opinion. Very little, am I sad or angry, and when I am it isn't for very long.

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*growls* Fine...

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Also, you're just pulling crap out of your rear. Using such an excuse would be like saying... "When I say Pie, I mean a sort of cake that you bake with slightly different ingredients". It's not wrong, but it's far from right. It's still pie, and should not be called Cake.

 

That parallel isn't even close to what the situation is right now.

 

If I went to someone (assuming a normal person) and showed them pie and cake, they'd be able to tell the difference.

 

But if I went to someone and told them to define "extreme sadness" and "a clinical condition which involves extreme sadness" (or whatever definition 5 was), they'd give me the same answer.

 

Some words can be taken more than one way, and I don't think you understand that.

 

I am talking (in this thread) about minor depression, something I classify as sadness. Sure, depression is a more extreme term than sadness, but that's what this thread is about. Anyone can be sad.

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