The Depression Chat - Symptoms, Assistance, Medicines and More.
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I only have 4 real friends.
:(
Quality > Quantity
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
If you want to expand though; do some extra curricular activities, meet new people.
I only have one real friend
[QUOTE=Crypptic;31849620]Why were you depressed :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
Did you just follow me here from another thread?
I was depressed simply because everything sucked. I was being bullied at school, i had bad grades, i was laughed at, i never was good at anything. I think it started out when i got rejected, again.
Since then the smallest misfortune felt like the end of the world. I cried over the smallest things for a year.
Then i just somehow stopped giving a fuck. Can depression even just heal like that?
I am still sad very often as these misfortunes still happen, but im clearly not depressed.
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;31853911]Sometimes I get the urge to walk into traffic or chop a finger off, weird things to injure myself.[/QUOTE]
When i was depressed i just used to hit a wall as hard as i could in self hatred, leaving bleeding knuckles and stains on the walls.
[QUOTE=Str4fe;31858932]Did you just follow me here from another thread?
I was depressed simply because everything sucked. I was being bullied at school, i had bad grades, i was laughed at, i never was good at anything. I think it started out when i got rejected, again.
Since then the smallest misfortune felt like the end of the world. I cried over the smallest things for a year.
Then i just somehow stopped giving a fuck. Can depression even just heal like that?
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
When i was depressed i just used to hit a wall as hard as i could in self hatred, leaving bleeding knuckles and stains on the walls.[/QUOTE]
No I didn't I was casually reading chat threads.
I've never really been depressed and currently I'm really happy with my life so I try to share my happiness with others around me and try to help those who feel bad.
Analyzing bullying is always good, may I ask how you were bullied and which names they eventually called you?
[QUOTE=Crypptic;31858976]Analyzing bullying is always good, may I ask how you were bullied and which names they eventually called you?[/QUOTE]
They were just pushing me around, calling me a string bean, talking shit behind my back or whatnot.
Well that is fixed since im now at a vocational school. It was not much bullying but it was enough to be a part of my depression, tearing my self confidence up.
Not depressed now, i dont need help anymore. Just sad sometimes like everyone is.
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=minilandstan;31856171]I only have 4 real friends.
:([/QUOTE]
I have 2. Though im trying to make new ones.
Just open facebook chat, say "what's up" to someone. That really does work.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;31856171]I only have 4 real friends.
:([/QUOTE]
I have 3, it's better than nothing, some people don't have any friends
[QUOTE=minilandstan;31856171]I only have 4 real friends.
:([/QUOTE]
Better to have a few good friends than a lot of really bad friends.
I don't even know them all that well.
Had a horrible first day in school. New start? Doesn't seem like anything is gonna be better than from my last school.
Just act cool and everyone will love you
Well I don't think I like my class :v:
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;31880101][b]15[/b] bucks an hour for putting [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/box.png[/img]es in place and sorting wares at an interior/decoration store.[/QUOTE]
You serious?
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;31880202]Yes?
[editline]22nd August 2011[/editline]
Taking the bus home, eating, then taking another bus to that place thrice a week and working for 2+2+8 hours is worth the money imo
I don't have anything else to do anyways :v:[/QUOTE]
No I mean 15 is so good
I get 7 :saddowns:
I totally forgot that I didn't take my medicine yesterday, perhaps that's one reason for why this day was so shitty and I'm feeling really really stressed and sick.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm just not supposed to be happy
I've been on medication over a month with no improvement
It's why I try to be funny so much on the internet, easier
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31884140]Sometimes I wonder if I'm just not supposed to be happy
I've been on medication over a month with no improvement
It's why I try to be funny so much on the internet, easier[/QUOTE]
but why are you sad you're so awesome zeke
[QUOTE=Crypptic;31884152]but why are you sad you're so awesome zeke[/QUOTE]
internet me is the person I was in high school and/or the person I wanted to be after
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31884140]Sometimes I wonder if I'm just not supposed to be happy
I've been on medication over a month with no improvement
It's why I try to be funny so much on the internet, easier[/QUOTE]
Medicine is most likely not going to help you unless you're actually physically 'sick' in someway. Medicine hasn't helped me.
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;31884410]Medicine is most likely not going to help you unless you're actually physically 'sick' in someway. Medicine hasn't helped me.[/QUOTE]
depression is a sickness
especially when it lasts for 3 years and bring elements of psychosis with it
I know, but it's more a situational psychological sickness in most cases.
I meant physical stuff like, when something is wrong with your brain, biologically, like bipolar disease or adhd.
I feel like my depression might be going away, but I still have my social anxiety. This stuff I'm takin is working well against the depression.
[QUOTE=Octave;31888637]I feel like my depression might be going away, but I still have my social anxiety. This stuff I'm takin is working well against the depression.[/QUOTE]
That's cool to hear. But your social anxiety isn't going to go away as easily with medication like your depression did.
You just have to get out there and keep trying.
You can do baby steps or big boy steps, what ever makes you feel most comfortable.
Also my first day of school was chill. Most my classes don't have many of my close friends from last year, but friends from middle school, so in just a day I am rekindling older friendships.
+ getting to know some of the new freshmen, but I don't think it would be wise to dick around with them too much though.
[editline]23rd August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;31888841]
I wouldn't take medication for my depression if I had a choice. I would rather not use drugs to try and improve my life. It just doesn't seem right to go about fucking with your head with chemicals just so living is a little more bearable. :smith:[/QUOTE]
I agree, I feel that medication is a lot of cases/most cases seems to be masking/suppressing the issue.
I mean you can be "happy" on medication, but you will not be really be happy,happy; if you know what I mean.
Also zeke129, try not to get into the frame of mind of "maybe i am so post to be depressed/not be happy"
You seem like a p.cool dude on FP, and I am sure you have the capacity/ability to be that person in RL, so don't be so down on your self.
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;31885113]I know, but it's more a situational psychological sickness in most cases.
[/QUOTE]
Well I've been diagnosed with major depression which is a mental illness just as valid as bipolar and others
Why are you being an apologist for the people who deny the validity of depression in a depression thread
[editline]22nd August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;31888841]
I wouldn't take medication for my depression if I had a choice. I would rather not use drugs to try and improve my life. It just doesn't seem right to go about fucking with your head with chemicals just so living is a little more bearable. :smith:[/QUOTE]
would you say the same about chemo to cure cancer or a cast to fix a broken arm
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;31890877]No... that's not the same. I don't want to be dependent on anything.
Depression isn't going to directly kill you. Cancer can, and a cast isn't medication. Sure, maybe some pain medication but that should be temporary and I don't want to take a daily pill that messes with my head to make me happy.[/QUOTE]
The average length of time someone is on an antidepressant is eight months to a year
that's not a dependency, that's just the push needed for many people to break the cycle of depression
why are you so against medication? I used to think that way too but now that it's seemingly my only hope to get better I can recognize the merits of it
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31890763]
would you say the same about chemo to cure cancer or a cast to fix a broken arm[/QUOTE]
Chemo and a cast are something that is crucial for a recovery.
You can get over depression without medication in a good portion of cases.
Just the people I know who are medicated are not really happy, and usually just feel numb/or don't really have much of a range of emotions.
Medication thought is helpful, if the person who is being medicated is going to therapy, but just medication is just really masking the issue if it is caused by something in their life.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;31890960]Chemo and a cast are something that is crucial for a recovery.
You can get over depression without medication in a good portion of cases.
Just people who I know are medicated are not really happy, and usually just feel numb/or don't really have much of a range of emotions.
Medication thought is helpful, if the person who is being medicated is going to therapy, but just medication is just really masking the issue [b]if it is caused by something in their life.[/b][/QUOTE]
Yeah, [i]if[/i]
my life was fucking excellent until out of nowhere I changed and lost it all, get it
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31890985]Yeah, [i]if[/i]
my life was fucking excellent until out of nowhere I changed and lost it all, get it[/QUOTE]
In your case I would agree that medication is one of the only treatments.
Best of luck.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31890985]Yeah, [i]if[/i]
my life was fucking excellent until out of nowhere I changed and lost it all, get it[/QUOTE]Same with me man, same with me
And I'm not on medication scoutking, I'm on this: [url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-adenosyl_methionine[/url]
I would recommend it to anyone with moderate depression
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;31891115]In your case I would agree that medication is one of the only treatments.
Best of luck.[/QUOTE]
I'm seeing a counsellor regularly as well (and frequent followups with a psychiatrist) so it's not like I'm just popping pills and hoping for the best
I [i]do[/i] have goals (namely to have a little place somewhere rural but close enough to a city that commuting for work isn't bad if I have to) so I can live cheaply and save money to just travel
But to do that I need to get my ass to university, and to do that I need to figure out what I want to do, and to do that I need to beat this shit first
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