I dropped out of college due to suicidal depression, so, yeah, it's out there and it's horrible.
Poll: What do you think of depression?
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I was diagnosed with pretty minor depression but i basically got over it. It sucks but honestly if you go through your life saying "who cares?" it becomes a lot better.
Depression isn't fun, but sometimes I feel like there's two types (in my experience). There's the "bad shit happened to me and I hate myself" depression and the "I'm arbitrarily miserable today" depression. I guess both are equally relevant, but I've never used it as an excuse.
By "encountered", does the poll mean you've had depression yourself, or have known others with it? (Or both.) I've got a clean bill of mental health myself, but I used to know someone who *said* they had it. Took it with a pinch of salt, because this was one of those people who thought a self-diagnosis from Professor Wik I. Pedia held as much weight as a diagnosis from a qualified psychologist. She had a different disorder or syndrome every month (the effects of which would be exaggerrated for a few days, then forgotten all about and never mentioned again), and took pride in her "sociopathic tendencies" and "very dark sense of humour". You know the type of person I'm talking about.
I also had a friend who genuinely did have depression (and hated people like the one I described above). I don't coddle people, but I sympathised and helped wherever I could. It's kind of a shame when genuine problems are undermined by either attention-whores or melodrama. Treating such a serious issue so lightly, like it's a new trend that's "cool" or "popular" to have, is just so damn ignorant. It's like when in some high schools it was a trend for teenage girls to get pregnant because all their friends were. Depression ain't an accessory, kids.
I also had a friend who genuinely did have depression (and hated people like the one I described above). I don't coddle people, but I sympathised and helped wherever I could. It's kind of a shame when genuine problems are undermined by either attention-whores or melodrama. Treating such a serious issue so lightly, like it's a new trend that's "cool" or "popular" to have, is just so damn ignorant. It's like when in some high schools it was a trend for teenage girls to get pregnant because all their friends were. Depression ain't an accessory, kids.
"You know what I do when im feeling sad....I stop feeling sad and be awsome instead...True Story."
Depression is pretty serious stuff. If you by any chance are able to make it through your depression (although it can be a long shot)you get the reward of not being eluded afterwards. What I mean is this - optimistic and pessimistic people are eluded people, according to psychology. It's as if in their eyes they see a different version of reality than a realist does.
So IF you make it out of the big down low of your depression and you enter a state of borderline/moderate state of depression you'll be in the depressive realism turf, which means you'll be more in touch with reality than other people (optimists and pessimists). It's a tough road and you'll never see a world made of pink clouds and big smiles everywhere but at the same time you'll be immune to pessimistic views of situations....well you'll see big smiles...you'll just know how to identify fake ones better. I dunno if this happens to everyone but fortunately it happened to me and I think that it can probably happen to most if not all others. Oh most people will find you annoying for always seeing the world with its true colours and in HD, instead of pink/brown static filled coloured glasses. People who dismiss depression are eluded. It's a defense mechanism their brains developed in order to be able to cope with reality, because reality isn't what they thought it was when they were 4 and were running around thinking their parents were superheroes.
So IF you make it out of the big down low of your depression and you enter a state of borderline/moderate state of depression you'll be in the depressive realism turf, which means you'll be more in touch with reality than other people (optimists and pessimists). It's a tough road and you'll never see a world made of pink clouds and big smiles everywhere but at the same time you'll be immune to pessimistic views of situations....well you'll see big smiles...you'll just know how to identify fake ones better. I dunno if this happens to everyone but fortunately it happened to me and I think that it can probably happen to most if not all others. Oh most people will find you annoying for always seeing the world with its true colours and in HD, instead of pink/brown static filled coloured glasses. People who dismiss depression are eluded. It's a defense mechanism their brains developed in order to be able to cope with reality, because reality isn't what they thought it was when they were 4 and were running around thinking their parents were superheroes.
Well, that's easy. If someone is just mopping, you can tell by the mop in their hand, the wet floors around them, and the bucket of water they will have near them. If they are mopping in a public or work area where many people will be walking through, you should also be able to spot various "wet floor" signs near the person mopping.Twilight_guy said:
...Yeah, I know you meant moping. I just couldn't resist.
If I ever overcome depression I can see myself becoming manically happy and outgoing.Eternal Taros said:
I refuse to help myself, in a way. From my point of view it is utterly impossible for me to help myself, but from any other point of view it seems absurd that I think that way.Jamboxdotcom said:
I was manic depressive (am? It's under control). It's very real. I put on about seven stone in just over a year, stopped playing all my sports, dropped out of college, lost all my friends (I say lost, I actually told most of them to leave) and tried to commit suicide.
Given my history, sterling student, active sportsman, musician and very well liked with an active social life. Big change happened and here's a hint, it wasn't just teenage angst.
There's a difference between depression and being a bit depressed. The latter is common, normal and a-ok, the former is devastating. Stigma against it has only made it worse.
ManueleunaM raises an interesting point about elusion, it's certainly true that most people who come out of depression see the world more realistically (lord, I'll look for the studies if needed but I'd rather not and it's too late to go hunting now). Of course, I'd rather not have lost some four or five years of my life to something I still have to fight but still, it's a nice consolidation.
Given my history, sterling student, active sportsman, musician and very well liked with an active social life. Big change happened and here's a hint, it wasn't just teenage angst.
There's a difference between depression and being a bit depressed. The latter is common, normal and a-ok, the former is devastating. Stigma against it has only made it worse.
ManueleunaM raises an interesting point about elusion, it's certainly true that most people who come out of depression see the world more realistically (lord, I'll look for the studies if needed but I'd rather not and it's too late to go hunting now). Of course, I'd rather not have lost some four or five years of my life to something I still have to fight but still, it's a nice consolidation.
What one of my teachers said was that it was because some people were so bad before starting medication that they couldn't even come up with the will to kill themselves.Seanfall said:
Depression is a disease and it should be treated. It's also probably over-diagnosed and many people think that being depressed is the same as being sad. It's not. In depression there are neurochemical changes in the brain. A depressed person can't have a single happy thought or take pleasure from anything. You don't get depressed because something bad happened to you, you get sad.
I have it, and up until recently it has been really bad, as in there were days at a time I couldn't even get out of bed and I'd sleep somewhere between 14-16 hours a day and eat very little. My relationships with friends were ruined, my grades dropped from almost all A's to B's and C's. This was also coupled with anxiety, so I had frequent panic attacks. Before I was put on Antidepressants I had at least one mild one every day.
I'm a lot better now, though, which means I'm actually going to college and going out and doing stuff and talking to people on a regular basis. I can drive a car without the temptation to drive myself off a bridge and I can hold scissors without wanting to stab myself with them. I didn't want to be like that. Trust me, it's been hard work to stop myself from thinking like that, but after almost 4 years of being on the drugs, I finally feel like a functioning, normal human being, and I love it.
I'm a lot better now, though, which means I'm actually going to college and going out and doing stuff and talking to people on a regular basis. I can drive a car without the temptation to drive myself off a bridge and I can hold scissors without wanting to stab myself with them. I didn't want to be like that. Trust me, it's been hard work to stop myself from thinking like that, but after almost 4 years of being on the drugs, I finally feel like a functioning, normal human being, and I love it.
It must be nasty. I may have a slight case of the ol' bipolars, but I'm hesitant to self-diagnose because it tends to make things worse.
Some of the problem probably stems from the fact that when you sad and say yeah, I'm depressed and melancholic your technically corrected maybe psychology just needs to come up with a name for it not in the dictionary already.
What I've always wondered is whether it is an actual disease, or more like a predisposition to a personality type. In which case, do people call it a 'disorder' because they see it as a negative disposition, and would they call something a disorder if it made someone predisposed to confidence or happiness or something that people strive for?Julianking93 said: