I've suffered from depression for years but never plucked up the courage to go to the doctors about it. The thing is, it seems to come and go. I can be fine for a few weeks (not manic at all, just fine), then I get a few weeks where I REALLY struggle to get through every day. This cycle seems to go on continuously for several years. I know a lot of it is due to stuff that I have been through, but is it normal for depression to come and go like this?
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Yes it can happen like that. It is very much what happens to me at the moment but I'm medicated. It is best to visit your doctor and talk about it with him/her.
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Please go to the doctor sweetie - it sounds as though you are suffering from depression and medication can help a lot.
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Hi Kayjay. I know a doctor who did a presentation on mental health and dealt with depression. He gives so me really good insight. Let me know if you're interested in viewing this presentation. If you're hesitant about going to a doctor, you can use this as a first step.
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I would say yes - absolutely, actually.
Among depression I have OCD, insomnia, dyslexia, ADHD, and germaphobia. All of that means nothing, I am just providing perspective.
There are people out here really "messed up in the 'head'," but in the end it doesn't matter either.
On a very scientific note, the waves of depression you may feel are perfectly natural - as natural as sinusoidal waves.
Every day should be a struggle because life is incredibly hard. Think about all the atrocities in life: it is a blessing any of us will ourselves out of bed at all.
The fact you feel the way you do may be a good indicator you are moving along the right path in life. I would say worry of you wake up with no worries or qualms about the new day; then you should seek out help.
Most all the biblical heroes were depressed despite their fame we acknowledge today. Even Christ resonated with our suffering, although He was only one of very few of us who could keep it together 100% of the time (He is [the word of] God after all.)
Talk to our Father.
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If encourage you to get medical or non-medical interventions as you need.
Here is a really good resource that has helped me recently in my 20 year plus struggle with quite severe mental illness. It goes through this very question you are asking and many others. Spend some time looking at all the items to see if any of it speaks to you:
Depression | Brad Hambrick
Here is a really good resource that has helped me recently in my 20 year plus struggle with quite severe mental illness. It goes through this very question you are asking and many others. Spend some time looking at all the items to see if any of it speaks to you:
Depression | Brad Hambrick
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I've had trouble with it since I was about 14. Now I am 47. So, yes it can come and go like that.
counseling and medication can make the valleys less deep though, as well as prayer.
counseling and medication can make the valleys less deep though, as well as prayer.
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