.Corgi Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Discuss depression. I just came out from a period of depression. It feels weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I've been depressed before. It's a sucky feeling, but I'm way past it now. WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME ONLY MAKES ME STRONG, LIKE BIG IRON MAN! Note: There's nothing wrong with going through depression, it happens. But if you try to tell me "omg my bffl kissed mah gf of 2 weeks omg im so depressed =((" then I will hang you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Yea it happens, I'm still on anti-depressants getting review on them in August to bring the dosage down (I've gotten over my self harming now). I can't stand when people do that Akira, so I agree with your comment. I think mine stems back to when my grandfather died within a few years of my grandma dying. My voluntary jobs help though. The school kids are great (although today it was more like pulling teeth) and the charity shop I feel really appreciated =D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I always seem to be more depressed during the wintertime months. It must be SAD or something... I just feel a lack of energy when it's cold out. xD I find that exercise and a good night's rest help get rid of depression. At least, in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Winter is a time alot of people feel depressed, that's why my doctors have waited until the summer months before reassessing me. Wish I could get a good night's sleep lately, I keep waking up tired...and I don't think I'm even going deep enough to dream lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Starrk Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 When I get bored, for some reason I feel depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Interesting, I really love Winter time and find that the coldness gives me energy whilst the hot Summer makes me feel lethargic. Each to their own I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 [quote name='Akira' timestamp='1308253825' post='5288178'] I've been depressed before. It's a sucky feeling, but I'm way past it now. WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME ONLY MAKES ME STRONG, LIKE BIG IRON MAN! Note: There's nothing wrong with going through depression, it happens. But if you try to tell me "omg my bffl kissed mah gf of 2 weeks omg im so depressed =((" then I will hang you. [/quote] 'Depressed' is simply a feeling of general unhappiness. Depression is a legitimate medical condition that leads to a feeling depressed. However, that does not mean it's the [b][i][u]only[/u][/i][/b] thing that leads to feeling depressed. I don't want to be mean, but don't go thinking that they're not depressed. It's not fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I just think people misuse the word sometimes. Often they are young so to be fair they aren't going to fully understand such emotions. But, now and again, I really do just need to tell people to GROW A PAIR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vough Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 [quote name='Akira' timestamp='1308255358' post='5288265'] Interesting, I really love Winter time and find that the coldness gives me energy whilst the hot Summer makes me feel lethargic. Each to their own I guess. [/quote] This. I don't understand why our gym teachers think if it's 100 degrees outside it'll help us run better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Depression is one of those terms that can be used, but not really meant. That's what I believed when the doctor first gave me anti-depressants, I think that I couldn't stop crying when I went to see him (from being over tired from 5 weeks of bad sleep (well worst sleep I've ever had)) made him believe so. The main reason he gave me them was to try and aid my sleep since sleeping tablets had failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirr Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I have manic depression so I don't really get sad [i]over[/i] things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Well I think most people here know I suffered badly from depression for four years, and only recently felt myself that I was free from its clutches. Was on Citolopram for eight months (kinda came off them without seeing doc first but meh, its been a while and I feel good) and its been a long time since I self-harmed or had any real breakdowns. Think the major factors in this escape were getting a job I love to get me out and feeling I'm doing something, and finidng a good group of friends and indeed the rugby club who have made me very happy. So yeah, proof things can get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frunk Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 I am depressed right now due to not studying, being unemployed and flat broke, not to mention single, and feel frustrated at my seeming lack of options. The fact that it's Winter here in the Southern Hemisphere compounds the problem. I've always hated Winter and live for Summer. Nonetheless, I don't know nor really care if am just depressed or have depression. It's not as if one is any more desirable than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Bahamut I had to be on Citolopram, it was too strong for me really, especially since I wasn't getting the exact same combination of ingredients each time (it was a different manufacturing), so messed me up repeatedly. Frunk, I understand that, that brings me down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Nothing Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 I never understood anti depressents. Depressents are an emotion...so...isn't Pot and alcohol the only real "Anti Depressent"? This is why I hate doctors. They get paid to prescribe people to medicine (no, they really do. Most doctors are sell-outs). People get addicted to that medicine, and the companies make big money. If you're depressed, don't go to the doctor about it. They'll keep you on medication you don't need for so long that your brain will get fried. How do I know this? It happened to my aunt. The doctor prescribed her so much medication (anti-depressents and pain killers) that she never came out the same. She got addicted to a bunch of drugs and we had to snap her out of it. She's still not the same, though. So, if you're depressed, find out why. Go to therapy. Only you can get yourself out of depression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yes but emotions are caused by chemical reactions in the brain. That's what they target. I don't agree with the comment about all doctors wanting you to go on medication. One of the doctors I saw didn't want me to go back on medication, he prefered if I just went to counselling, but another did give me anti-depressants. I think it was more of the placebo effect that made me feel better not the actual tablets. I admit they do go for the more easy method of just giving tablets alot of the time. My doctors want to get me off these tablets, but they want me to do when there's less chance of stress among other things causing it to flare up again.....I've been bounced off JobSeekers Allowance and Employment and Support allowance for the last 2 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Nu-13 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 [quote name='Akira' timestamp='1308255358' post='5288265'] Interesting, I really love Winter time and find that the coldness gives me energy whilst the hot Summer makes me feel lethargic. Each to their own I guess. [/quote] Huh, just like me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 @Yin: I always got quite paranoid that I'd always get mine in a different pack every month. Yeah, some doctors are jerks, but some counsellors were useless for me, went through several. You just need to keep trying to find people you get on with well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Revan of the Sith Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 This thread is depressing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Well then don't post in it. @ Bahamut, the counseling the doctors refered me to was awful, I didn't feel like I'd achieved anything. The last time I ended up going to the doctors about it, my doctor recommended the YMCA for counselling, but they told me they were full so refered me to someone else. I was a bit worried at first since they were working out of a Baptist church, but it was great, it really helped me to work through everything, I felt they explored everything that could have caused it rather than touching the surface like the last one. There's still issues, but it was great getting what I needed to off my chest. My dog has been my saviour in regards to this when I felt really low, I went out because if I didn't take him out I worried no one else would and his knee would come out of place.....I never want to see him like that again....unresponsive, shaking and just not breathing properly. Even though one of his knee's have now been sorted out (his other needs doing) I still feel a little guilty if I don't take him out, even if I feel very low. If I'm honest I don't even know if I'd be here if it wasn't for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Sorry don't think I got all that. Your dog has dodgy knees which get worse if it's not walked regularly? I get that going out with the dog is theraputic though. My early counsellors were rubbish, because they were specialised in drug rehab, alcoholism and teenage parents. Why I was referred to them I don't know. But I met this 'life coach' who was teaching at a short hospitality course I attended through job centre. We keep in contact but the sessions have been really relaxed an informal, but shes given me some real visual techniques and stuff that have focused me on what I want to do. I've been more able to express myself and find new joys (like my fanfic writing for one). This has got my life that was stuck in a ditch moving forward, and that feeling of going forward has helped a lot. As well as supportive friends who have had more patience with me over the last four years than I deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Î’yakuya Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Loneliness is my aspect of depression. It comes and goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Like bisexuals, the internet is crawling with so-called "depressives". I've actually lived for years with a real manic depressive/anorexic, and it isn't a phrase to be bandied about like some kind of proud hipster label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagamine Len Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I don't get so much 'depressed', but rather 'melancholic'. Also, that word sounds cooler and will annoy people less. Usually happens around Autumn, but I guess that's because a lot of bad thing throughout my life have happened then. Even so, depression doesn't just adversly affect the person with it. One of the things that happened one autumn is when I stopped living with my mum, who was depressed, and very much so. I lived with my dad, but little brother went to a foster family on the other side of the country. Entire thing sparked a change in my life, and still is causing some change now. However, I, like you guys, do get annoyed when someone over reacts because of some trivial situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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