Depression …

kylew · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:08

jp_bl_68 said:
You're an idiot. This is why medical threads aren't aloud.

lol

Guile · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:10

Wake up. Go and find some nature. Stop being a 21st century man.

jp_bl_68 · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:10

kylew said:
lol

TurnipHead · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:11

I wasn't depressed until I clicked this thread.

gee3000 · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:12

I've suffered from depression since about 16/17 (25 now) and only started getting away from it in the last year or so. I found that the following really helped me:

Telling someone about my depression (a girlfriend who was totally understanding, but try confiding in family or friends, they will never let you down)
Dealing with past issues (family probs in my case, talking about them and accepting them helped)
Gym (really helped me boost my morale and self-confidence, helped me get rid of that 'can't be bothered to do anything' attitude)
Being honest with myself (helped me value myself and allow me to be myself)

One thing I can say is that most of it was self inflicted, as if I didn't want to come out of the depression. You have the power to do and be whatever you want and to come out of it whenever you choose to, it all comes down to making that decision

Efour · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:14

can someone tell me what it feels liek to be properly depressed,not just fed up with it all? or is that depressed?

depressed with what the way life has dealt you a duff hand or depressed just mr Negative Jack dee x 100 cos im jack dee x 100 but i dont really wanna end it all ?? I dont get it...

anuraj · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:16

I've been depressed for like 3-5 days before. I was just crying on my own. Thank God I have my mum.

gee3000 · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:17

Efour2 said:
can someone tell me what it feels liek to be properly depressed,not just fed up with it all? or is that depressed?

depressed with what the way life has dealt you a duff hand or depressed just mr Negative Jack dee x 100 cos im jack dee x 100 but i dont really wanna end it all ?? I dont get it...

Depression to me was 'feeling' completely void of feelings, as if everything was empty inside and nothing outside mattered. Nothing and no one was important and nothing had purpose. All this bundled with an immense loneliness.

kylew · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:18

Efour2 said:
can someone tell me what it feels liek to be properly depressed,not just fed up with it all? or is that depressed?

depressed with what the way life has dealt you a duff hand or depressed just mr Negative Jack dee x 100 cos im jack dee x 100 but i dont really wanna end it all ?? I dont get it...

If it's sadness, it's generally not depression. If you're bummed out at having bad luck it's definitely not depression. It's like what I was saying in my earlier post, people use "depression" interchangeably with "sad" or "down".

If you're feeling down and talking about it, it's okay to just say you're feeling down, it doesn't have to be labelled as depression.

Jack Dee is just a miserable git, it's part of his act too and has absolutely nothing to do with depression, and feeling suicidal isn't "depression" it can be an aspect of it though but not everyone who suffers from depression (which isn't feeling sad or bummed out) is suicidal.

kylew · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:19

anuraj said:
I've been depressed for like 3-5 days before. I was just crying on my own. Thank God I have my mum.

What was it over? Sounds like you were just feeling sad.

anuraj · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:23

kylew said:
What was it over? Sounds like you were just feeling sad.

It was a bit like suicidal no one wants me. I'm a piece of turd sort of thing.

Efour · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:25

I find it fascinating and if more people have the courage to post how it felt to them id love to know.... Hope this doesn't get deleted. I fear it may.

Would you call someone depressed if they didn't want to fit into the whole 2.2 children mortgage, car, 2 package holidays a year routine??

kylew · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:25

anuraj said:
It was a bit like suicidal no one wants me. I'm a piece of turd sort of thing.

Sounds like a growing up emotional break down to me.

Depression doesn't like 3-5 days.

anuraj · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:26

kylew said:
Sounds like a growing up emotional break down to me.

Depression doesn't like 3-5 days.

I thought it was depression.

kylew · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:27

Efour2 said:
Would you call someone depressed if they didn't want to fit into the whole 2.2 children mortgage, car, 2 package holidays a year routine??

Not sure how anyone would classify that as depression, it's just a case of not conforming to what are considered social norms?

It's like saying some one who doesn't want to work a 9-5 is depressed just on that basis.

Vonhelmet · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:28

I've been treated for it in the past, but I think what I really have is dysthymia and some kind of anxiety thing.

It sucks.

kylew · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:28

anuraj said:
I thought it was depression.

Depression is a medical illness, and the word "depression" is misused by large amount of people when they mean feeling sad. Depression doesn't really revolve around emotional feelings and that kind of thing.

Joshy · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:29

Efour2 said:
can someone tell me what it feels liek to be properly depressed,not just fed up with it all? or is that depressed?

For me it is having almost no "real" emotion other than a severe burning hatred of one's self and of life in general.

Hyburnate · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:32

gee3000 said:
I've suffered from depression since about 16/17 (25 now) and only started getting away from it in the last year or so. I found that the following really helped me:

Telling someone about my depression (a girlfriend who was totally understanding, but try confiding in family or friends, they will never let you down)

Dealing with past issues (family probs in my case, talking about them and accepting them helped)

Gym (really helped me boost my morale and self-confidence, helped me get rid of that 'can't be bothered to do anything' attitude)

Being honest with myself (helped me value myself and allow me to be myself)

One thing I can say is that most of it was self inflicted, as if I didn't want to come out of the depression. You have the power to do and be whatever you want and to come out of it whenever you choose to, it all comes down to making that decision

I've done everything but the bottom two. I'm off too buy a rowing machine cause I'm a whimp.

Efour · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:34

You sound Knowledgeable Kylew

how do they test for it then is there a chemical marker they can just find in your blood? Or is it a case of if you answer 20 questions and 15 of them are in a certain way you pass the threshold for it ?

How hard would it be to lie to convince someone you were depressed? What are the key signs i should look for in someone thats properly depressed not just pee' off?

soz if i keep asking the same things, i really should go to sleep v. tired.