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If you have "the blues" and they WON'T go away (longer than a month or two), if you are lethargic, sleeping more than normal, using sleep to avoid daily activities, if you are frightened, with no apparent reason, if you are worried, and nothing can calm the worries, if you stop eating, or are eating too much, if you don't want to leave the house, or even leave your bed...
These are all symptoms of depression, with possible complications of anxiety. Depression is not something you can focus your mind upon and overcome on your own. It is not a symptom of lack of will power, or of emotional weakness. It's a PHYSICAL problem like a broken leg.
If you fell off the roof of your house and broke your leg, you wouldn't try to treat it yourself, or ignore it and hope it would get better, or listen to people tell you "it's all in your mind, snap out of it."
Depression is the same thing. It's caused by an imbalance of the chemicals in your brain that signal messages from one brain cell to another. The tendency towards depression can run in families. Stress can trigger it.
See your doctor. Oftentimes, your family doctor can diagnose and treat it with medication. If you don't respond to medication within a week or two, you might need the medication changed, and maybe a referral to some short term counseling.
It CAN be treated. And from personal experience, I can tell you, when the medication begins to work, you feel like an entirely different person. The change is phenomenal.
Peace be with you,
~VOW
These are all symptoms of depression, with possible complications of anxiety. Depression is not something you can focus your mind upon and overcome on your own. It is not a symptom of lack of will power, or of emotional weakness. It's a PHYSICAL problem like a broken leg.
If you fell off the roof of your house and broke your leg, you wouldn't try to treat it yourself, or ignore it and hope it would get better, or listen to people tell you "it's all in your mind, snap out of it."
Depression is the same thing. It's caused by an imbalance of the chemicals in your brain that signal messages from one brain cell to another. The tendency towards depression can run in families. Stress can trigger it.
See your doctor. Oftentimes, your family doctor can diagnose and treat it with medication. If you don't respond to medication within a week or two, you might need the medication changed, and maybe a referral to some short term counseling.
It CAN be treated. And from personal experience, I can tell you, when the medication begins to work, you feel like an entirely different person. The change is phenomenal.
Peace be with you,
~VOW
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Blessed-one
a long journey ahead
hard to tell, when you keep thinking about the thing that bothers you and can't get it out of mind? and everything is grim? um....
i was wondering one time whether i was suffering from depression, gosh... that was really strange.
i was wondering one time whether i was suffering from depression, gosh... that was really strange.
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Good question. I had to go to a counselor to figure out I was depressed. I couldn't think. I couldn't function. I slept all the time. I didn't get excited or really enjoy anything. I didn't care. I wasn't sad or anything.
If medication ends up being one of your options, get a good doctor. It's worth it to shell out the extra cash.
If medication ends up being one of your options, get a good doctor. It's worth it to shell out the extra cash.
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What was said above, also insomnia can be a sign. Mine got really bad last year and while i'd been prone to oversleeping normally, I developed insomnia to the point that I would get about 4 hours of good sleep a night. If you have recurring thoughts of self-destructive (burning, cutting, suicide), talk to someone professional asap.
There's still quite a stigma about mental illnesses, but more people suffer than one would think. Naturally, this implies there's quite a support system out there.
If you want to talk to someone who's been through the depths of her own private hell and come out the other side, say the word and I'll give you my e-mail.
There's still quite a stigma about mental illnesses, but more people suffer than one would think. Naturally, this implies there's quite a support system out there.
If you want to talk to someone who's been through the depths of her own private hell and come out the other side, say the word and I'll give you my e-mail.
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