Hmm... I've had periods of being really low, because of some stuff/ppl in my life that are really close to me. After 1-2 months, I would explode on the BF, we'd get in a big fight, but I feel better in the end because I told him about it. Eventually he helps me out, makes sure I'm not lonely and such... usually I feel much better. I don't think my low periods are depression, technically, just really really really really sad times. I'm half in and half out of the stage right now, depending on who I'm with.
Like Vonnie said, I have highs and lows, but I deal on my own. In the past I've been pretty good at hiding it and I've never really exploded on anyone, or taken emotions on on any one person. When I was younger I went to group counseling for one year, but my parents put me in it only after my brother died. Single best thing they could have done at the time. I would recommend talking to a professional if you're having difficulty -- it really can't hurt.
yeah I used to be depressed every few months for a day or two. Went to a therapist about it. Talk to someone about it, I kept the thing in that bothered me for over 10 years...
Bear in mind, though, that there's a difference between sadness, tension, worry, etc. and depression. Everyone has low times, but depression is both chronic and debilitating. I think a lot of times people self-diagnose with depression, and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. In general, just try your best to improve your situation without getting too caught up in whether you do or don't have depression. If, in this mindset, your worries continue to f with you, then you need to see someone.
Depression is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but life is full of highs and lows...it's more likely that you are just experiencing one of those lows right now. Most of the time, this just means that you need to reassess your day to day life and make some changes. If you've been feeling this way for a long time, or really feel helpless, I would recommend talking to one of the counselors at school. They are really cool, and understanding. Sometimes we have a lot of things bottled up inside that are making us unhappy without us knowing it, so it helps to talk to someone like that. They are located in the medical clinic on the ground floor of the Maggie Benston Center. Here's their number if you want to make an appointment: 778.782.4615
I have to agree that depression is thrown around too often.
Theres a big difference between sadness and clinical depression.
I dont understand how some people think drugs are going to solve the problems in their life.
There have been times I've been extremely sad for a long period of time, and maybe even 'depressed', it was because of things in my life that were making me sad.
It seems like people assume everyone should always be happy, its not the truth. Being sad is a normal feeling if things in your life are not the way you like them, and nothing can change that except yourself unfortunately. Getting prof help can help if you aren't sure whats making you sad. But its a normal part of life in my opinion, in times of sadness you can discover your true strength, or things you really want in life.
I have to agree that depression is thrown around too often.
Theres a big difference between sadness and clinical depression.
I dont understand how some people think drugs are going to solve the problems in their life.
There have been times I've been extremely sad for a long period of time, and maybe even 'depressed', it was because of things in my life that were making me sad.
It seems like people assume everyone should always be happy, its not the truth. Being sad is a normal feeling if things in your life are not the way you like them, and nothing can change that except yourself unfortunately. Getting prof help can help if you aren't sure whats making you sad. But its a normal part of life in my opinion, in times of sadness you can discover your true strength, or things you really want in life.
I would have to disagree on a few things. I think getting professional help even if you know what is making you feel the way you are is completely fine. Sometimes you really need that help even if you think you're strong enough to get through it yourself. Talking to someone you trust can never hurt, and can really make you think about things in a different perspective. I think without it you run the risk of bottling up your emotions, and it's inevitable that it'll just release eventually.
If someone is turning to prescription drugs if it's not depression, that's a problem. If you're talking to a psychiatrist even if you're not depressed, that's not a problem.
i think talking it out is great, im more talking about people ive met in life saying theyre depressed, and then thinking they need anti depressants to feel normal
noone should have to feel sad or depressed but its a normal thing in life, lots of creatively great things have come out of peoples depression or sadness.
i think talking about things is the only way to resolve things ,whether its with others or extensive conversations within yourself trying to figure out what is wrong
im just against the pop a pill mentality to make it better, and that being sad isnt a regular human emotion
I've always kept my emotions inside and think it over when I sleep. Maybe the ones I've experienced are not extreme enough to make me explode.
For me it's not that they are extreme, it's the same little thing that keeps happening over and over and over again x 50 billion... Then I can't take it anymore and then I blow up.
Aren't there cases though where there is a brain chemistry problem? Or is that what people say to justify taking them.
I'd honestly like to say no, but I'm not going to cause there is a distinct possibility I am wrong--I'm not denying for a minute the logic of neuropharmacology, or that it doesn't work.
Just why would you feel sad or depressed for no reason? Maybe its for a reason you're not quite sure of or how to describe? But it is quite possible some people maybe are just sad because of some chemical imbalance...just if it is its not as common as pills are prescribed in my opinion.
Kind of like the ADHD...its like kids...hyper...hard to concentrate or focus? really?
I just truly think some people think sadness is not a normal part of human life, when it is, someone dies, you are going to be sad. You are lonely, you may be sad (depending on how you see it), you've been abused, you're going to be sad etc. Maybe there are times pills can help you cope...but do you honestly want to live off pills for the rest of your life?
I'm more playing devils advocate with my opinions on this in regards to neuropharmacology and depression, but as I said it's quite possible I am very wrong
So on the line of a mood continuim at what point is exactly sadness? When you're happy minus one bad thought? I'm not sure how someone can wonder if they are depressed or sad, I mean you either are or you aren't? You think you are sad but not quite sure? I dont know,
I mean depression is a serious topic in relation to suicide and people hurting themselves, theres things I just dont understand in peoples heads, since I exactly, dont know whats going on in their heads
hmm.. i think i did go thru that a few years ago.. before i got into SFU... but never confirmed if it was really depression since i chose not to talk to a professional but ride it out myself.. i rmb i would have crying spells everyday.. was constantly unhappy so i had no appetite or whatsoever.. that lead to losing weight and people started noticing.. so i withdrew myself to reading books.. that was my escape.. i read thru a tonne of books that year.. mostly dark novels..
eventually it went away.. and i guess it was because i got into SFU.. new environment.. new people.. that made it easier to breathe and ppl don't butt into your business every second of the way.. but i still experience insomnia and that sudden rage that just erupts out of nowhere... it gets hard to cope sometimes.. but manageable when you find a way to release it.. i still find reading most effective cause i can just get lost into the novel... other times i would just blog.. spit out everything then sleep on it... i don't recommend talking to ppl though.. maybe cause i've had bad experience with it.. people just start digging when all you want them to do is to shut up and listen..=\
Yes, sort of. Actually, I think I was depressed for ... oh I'm not quite sure where or if it stopped, but it started early on in highschool.
I dug myself into a huge rut, felt like crap, and wore it on my face. The thing though, is if you look like you're miserable, people will avoid you and won't want to hang out with you, and won't like you, and then you'll just feel worse about yourself and dig yourself deeper. Also, if you think your life is crap, then it will be crap. If you keep looking at all the bad things, bad things will keep happening. It's a vicious circle.
So put on a happy face, as much as it kills you, and pretend to be happy, as painful as it is, and as much as you don't feel it. If you can trick a few other people, they might start to like you. If you start looking for the good, you might actually notice it. And if you fake it well enough, you might actually start to feel it.
Depression is beyond sadness. It's when you stop enjoying things you used to like doing, and nothing gets you excited or makes you feel happy anymore. I definitely know what that's like, because on a few rare occasions, I remembered what it was like to be happy, and those moments were far too seldom, and that's simply not right. Life has it's ups and downs, but when it's 95% down, there's a problem. And I don't buy that it's just the things going on in your life. That's not an excuse to let yourself be sad or upset (all the time). If you have a problem, deal with it, or adjust and accept it. It's not going go away on it's own. Just the act of fighting it should be enough to give you some hope.
Just why would you feel sad or depressed for no reason?
When you have a psychological reason for being sad, it's expressed through chemical means in your body. That's what gives you to physical experience of sadness. So, if you have a disorder that causes the release (or nonrelease, as the case may be) of those chemicals, with no need for there to be a psychological motivation for that to happen, of course you're going to feel sad. It's like having a problem with your car that sends random electrical bursts to the wiper motors. You're not pushing the switch, but the wipers move nonetheless. Why do you think so many famous people commit suicide? A normal person would be very happy to have what they have, but they're physically abnormal, and no possible combination of events could overcome their physical predisposition to depression. That's where medication becomes necessary.
People should take the best treatment available to them. If the problem is psychological, the solution should also be. If the problem is physical, then the solution should also be. And even if the problem is psychological, medication can be helpful in improving their mood to the point where they're better able to undergo useful therapy. I know a lot of depression cases are put on medication simply as a precaution against suicide, but it's only ever seen as a stopgap put in place while they undergo the real treatment, which is therapy.
i was 'depressed' for over a year when my family moved me away from all my friends and school to a tiny town, i went to a therapist, and was put on medications and neither helped, therapist ate my parents money and told me things i already know, and who knows what those pills were doing to my body
once i moved out things started to get better, i wasnt used to being happy and it kinda lingered sometimes but now im 100% fine
i know everyones problems are uniquely different so i agree with morro
i saw some random nobody celebrity on entertaiment tonight a few weeks ago (not soemthing i ever watch) and she felt the need to come out on tv and tell people she got treatment and noone needs to be ashamed of depression....i just thought what the hell? since when was depression some taboo subject, i think it was liza manelli or something? it was being made out to seem like schizophrenia, like something completely odd and to be ashamed of
I went on prozac because they thought my brain chemistry was screwed up...
There is an interesting documentary out there (i forgot the name) its basically about how in the USA psychiatrists screw people over by just putting them on drugs regardless of whether they need them or not. Apparently they make up stuff about brain chemistry just to get people on the drugs. Scary stuff.
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p.s. Fuck my life.
Went to a therapist about it.
Talk to someone about it, I kept the thing in that bothered me for over 10 years...
http://students.sfu.ca/health/counselling/index.html
Theres a big difference between sadness and clinical depression.
I dont understand how some people think drugs are going to solve the problems in their life.
There have been times I've been extremely sad for a long period of time, and maybe even 'depressed', it was because of things in my life that were making me sad.
It seems like people assume everyone should always be happy, its not the truth. Being sad is a normal feeling if things in your life are not the way you like them, and nothing can change that except yourself unfortunately. Getting prof help can help if you aren't sure whats making you sad. But its a normal part of life in my opinion, in times of sadness you can discover your true strength, or things you really want in life.
If someone is turning to prescription drugs if it's not depression, that's a problem. If you're talking to a psychiatrist even if you're not depressed, that's not a problem.
lmfao
noone should have to feel sad or depressed but its a normal thing in life, lots of creatively great things have come out of peoples depression or sadness.
i think talking about things is the only way to resolve things ,whether its with others or extensive conversations within yourself trying to figure out what is wrong
im just against the pop a pill mentality to make it better, and that being sad isnt a regular human emotion
Just why would you feel sad or depressed for no reason? Maybe its for a reason you're not quite sure of or how to describe? But it is quite possible some people maybe are just sad because of some chemical imbalance...just if it is its not as common as pills are prescribed in my opinion.
Kind of like the ADHD...its like kids...hyper...hard to concentrate or focus? really?
I just truly think some people think sadness is not a normal part of human life, when it is, someone dies, you are going to be sad. You are lonely, you may be sad (depending on how you see it), you've been abused, you're going to be sad etc. Maybe there are times pills can help you cope...but do you honestly want to live off pills for the rest of your life?
I'm more playing devils advocate with my opinions on this in regards to neuropharmacology and depression, but as I said it's quite possible I am very wrong
So on the line of a mood continuim at what point is exactly sadness? When you're happy minus one bad thought? I'm not sure how someone can wonder if they are depressed or sad, I mean you either are or you aren't? You think you are sad but not quite sure? I dont know,
I mean depression is a serious topic in relation to suicide and people hurting themselves, theres things I just dont understand in peoples heads, since I exactly, dont know whats going on in their heads
eventually it went away.. and i guess it was because i got into SFU.. new environment.. new people.. that made it easier to breathe and ppl don't butt into your business every second of the way.. but i still experience insomnia and that sudden rage that just erupts out of nowhere... it gets hard to cope sometimes.. but manageable when you find a way to release it.. i still find reading most effective cause i can just get lost into the novel... other times i would just blog.. spit out everything then sleep on it... i don't recommend talking to ppl though.. maybe cause i've had bad experience with it.. people just start digging when all you want them to do is to shut up and listen..=\
Yes, sort of. Actually, I think I was depressed for ... oh I'm not quite sure where or if it stopped, but it started early on in highschool.
I dug myself into a huge rut, felt like crap, and wore it on my face. The thing though, is if you look like you're miserable, people will avoid you and won't want to hang out with you, and won't like you, and then you'll just feel worse about yourself and dig yourself deeper. Also, if you think your life is crap, then it will be crap. If you keep looking at all the bad things, bad things will keep happening. It's a vicious circle.
So put on a happy face, as much as it kills you, and pretend to be happy, as painful as it is, and as much as you don't feel it. If you can trick a few other people, they might start to like you. If you start looking for the good, you might actually notice it. And if you fake it well enough, you might actually start to feel it.
Depression is beyond sadness. It's when you stop enjoying things you used to like doing, and nothing gets you excited or makes you feel happy anymore. I definitely know what that's like, because on a few rare occasions, I remembered what it was like to be happy, and those moments were far too seldom, and that's simply not right. Life has it's ups and downs, but when it's 95% down, there's a problem. And I don't buy that it's just the things going on in your life. That's not an excuse to let yourself be sad or upset (all the time). If you have a problem, deal with it, or adjust and accept it. It's not going go away on it's own. Just the act of fighting it should be enough to give you some hope.
People should take the best treatment available to them. If the problem is psychological, the solution should also be. If the problem is physical, then the solution should also be. And even if the problem is psychological, medication can be helpful in improving their mood to the point where they're better able to undergo useful therapy. I know a lot of depression cases are put on medication simply as a precaution against suicide, but it's only ever seen as a stopgap put in place while they undergo the real treatment, which is therapy.
once i moved out things started to get better, i wasnt used to being happy and it kinda lingered sometimes but now im 100% fine
i know everyones problems are uniquely different so i agree with morro
i saw some random nobody celebrity on entertaiment tonight a few weeks ago (not soemthing i ever watch) and she felt the need to come out on tv and tell people she got treatment and noone needs to be ashamed of depression....i just thought what the hell? since when was depression some taboo subject, i think it was liza manelli or something? it was being made out to seem like schizophrenia, like something completely odd and to be ashamed of
jack black is the man!
and Tenacious D is the best comedy band of all time
the movie is so awesome, lol