For those who have dealt with depression, has anyone ever told you that "you like being depressed"?
6 Answers to "For those who have dealt with depression, has anyone ever told you that "you like being depressed"?"
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No but I have been told to "snap out of it"! That is something you can't just snap out of!
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I am so sorry that was said to you. hugs!Like (1)
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There are two basic forms of depression; Clinical/Biological or Situational Depression. Clinical/ Biological happens and it could hit you when you are the happiest you've ever been. It happens when the synapses in your brain do not produce enough Serotonin, Norepinephrine and Dopamine. These are chemicals your brain needs to keep you feeling "normal", or in a balanced mood. You can feel a range of feelings, such as happiness and joy which are not present when depressed. Situational Depression is when something happens to you that makes you very unhappy, such as losing a home or, God forbid, the death of a child. It happens outside your brain and with time, you eventually learn to accept it. The short straw between the two is Biological and without replacing the chemicals naturally, which is in my experienced opinion was impossible to do. I believe NO ONE, not even a Psychiatrist with multiple degrees, truly will ever understand it if they have not lived with it. Oh, they will say they know, but they don't. You will be very disappointed by the ignorant comments people without it will say. To "snap out of it, get over it, why don't you try this or that or ANYTHING said by people who never walked in your path, is just ignorance; even the therapist who told Feelingkindadodge, it was his 'safe place' is speaking from their buttocks." If Feeling Kinda Dodge was Situationally Depressed maybe that could be true, I haven't had that type, so I don't know. If I had to choose, I'd deal with a bad situation, rather than be so unhappy, death seems like a good option to relieve your unrelenting emotional torture day in, day out due to a lack of chemicals that are so difficult to replace. It is the worst thing I have had happen to me in my entire life. When someone so ignorant tells a Clinically/Biologically or as mine is called, Severe Depressive Disorder to "snap out of it." Educate them. Or have them message me on this site. I will tell them why it is idiotic to say such a STUPID thing.
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I understand lydream. Clinical Depression is so horrible, death seems like a way out of hell. I remember thinking this thought when I dragged myself to the dreaded grocery store: "If all these people in line feel as bad as I do, there would be fewer lines in the check out line." I am not kidding. The mind is a beautiful thing to waste. What a living hell to endure!
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somebody told you s......like this. i wonder...... nobody wants to be depress but im sure that when you are depress you take bad choices.
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You haven't the slightest idea of what depression feels like.
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i had depression for 25 years and i manage to cure it i know very well what i'm talking about i change at least 10 doctors from the bullshit that i heard,and i dont want to hear any more bullshit, from doctors mistakes i count get up from the chair and i was catatonic and know i'm ok.you just want to hear what is convenient to your ears....
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I used to have anger problems and sometimes people told me that I liked being angry. It made me want to beat them up.
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I would want to beat them up too.
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Yes!! My therapist said it's my safe place. I was a bit freaked out when he said that but, upon reflection, it made sense to me.
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If that makes sense to you, you were not Clinically or severely depressed. It is very, very far from being SAFE! Does suicide seem like a reasonable option, or SAFE? To you I feel absoutely guilt free saying, SNAP OUT OF IT!!!
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Posted by Shuhak Mar 30th, 2012 at 5:51PM
No, but they have told me to just "get over it".
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Reply by TireSoup4 Jul 2nd, 2012 at 3:21AM
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