| Depression and how if affects us all.....
Posted: 9/27/2007 10:44:21 AM | There are so many Illness's out there...to many to list but , just my opinion but I'm thinking that because "Mental Illness" actually has the word M3NtaL in front of it...some individuals are quicker to judge one who is suffering with a "mental Illness" !
It is all about getting to know someone...Who! What! Why!When! and How a perosn is. I know that with depression, it's something like an addiction...you have to be willing to admit to yourself that something is just not right! Until then, one will not be willing to do the necessary things they need to do to get back on the track of "controlling" their illness! It isn't an easy path by no means but...it can be controlled! I have been on more paths with holes and bumps in them, but I have made it and I will continue to make it! Don't get me wrong...as I'm sure I will again have holes to step over and bumps to flatten again but I'm doing what's necessary to keep me "In Control" ! | |
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| Depression and how if affects us all.....
Posted: 12/21/2007 12:46:37 AM | | wow to be honest with u my depression started when i was 11 and then it went away and it started up againg when i was 17 but for a short time but when i turned 18 it stuck with me day in and day out when i went to sleep and when i woke up i didnt know what was wrong with me i prayed to god for it to go away but it didnt i wanted to die but i knew that wasnt the way togo my brother suffered from the samething but he took his own life? can u get back to me please | |
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| Depression and how if affects us all.....
Posted: 1/26/2008 4:51:24 AM | Many things can have a part in someone being depressed, not just people like me who live with depression everyday! Everyone has been depressed one time or another in their life!
In response to your post Snow On The Sahara...Yes! I to get the winter blues...Got to do with not enough light...the cold...SNOW...etc...
What some people that don't live with "depression" might not understand is , certain times in a depressed individuals life....certain things...certain people...certain places...etc...can trigger depression...One day feeling great..the very following day...down and out!
For me, in order to be healthy with this illness, for me the #1. thing is....I am on medication...#2. I "DO NOT" hide my illness!
I do talk about anything that is bothering me to family/friends/counsellor/.... whoever , as long as I am comfortable talking to this individual!
Realizing there is something wrong and seeking help is the beginning to being "IN CONTROL" of your depression!
ANYONE...who have been feeling:
Useless
Not sleeping well
Sleeping to much
No interest in Sex
Thoughts of harming ones' self
Eating to much
Not eating enough
Weight change , gaining or losing
No interest in doing any thing...(House work...Keeping yourself clean...walking..doing crafts...talking to people.. etc)
Ignoring the Phone...People...
Not wanting to go out in Public
Locking your door/closing the blinds or curtains
Just several signs that you may be suffering from depression...and seeing a Doctor would be the next step to the beginning of "being in Control" of it!
Again, there is no cure for Depression ...but It is Controllable! I speak from experience.......
I would like to see more posts on this thread...to make people., whether they suffer with depression Or they don't...to make them more aware of this illness.....
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Posted: 1/26/2008 5:31:17 AM | I have had all of the above. None of it is fun.
I may simply need to get my meds adjusted or changed. I already have a doctors appointment made for next month.
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| Depression and how if affects us all.....
Posted: 1/26/2008 5:37:49 AM | Yes...A change of medications or an increase may be what you need! Especially during the winter months...
Whilst you wait for your Doctor's appointment...try and do things to keep you from getting down....
Going for a walk (I know IT'S WINTER)
Talking to someone about how you feel
Posting your thoughts in here can help as well
Do SOMETHING to keep yourself occupied...
Easier said than done ..I know! Been there, done that, will probably go through it again as Depression is very "UN" predictable! | |
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Posted: 1/26/2008 5:51:03 AM | I play my guitar a lot when I really get down. I find it a great way to express what I feel (music is what feelings would sound like).
I usually do have a walk almost daily unless its nasty outside. It kinda lifts the fog off my mind.
Depression is probably the most unpredictable illness there is! I have went trough the whole rainbow of emotion in a single day at times.
Listening to certain music can help lighten the emotions (something boppy say).
Sahara | |
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| Depression and how if affects us all.....
Posted: 1/27/2008 11:30:12 AM | Have anyone ever noticed that depression often affects creative, brilliant people?
Poets, musicians, scientists, engineers, all around geniuses in ALL fields.
Some of the greatest people in our history was also some of the most depressed people in our history. Our favorite music more often than non will come from the mind of someone very depressed (we all remember what happened to Nirvana right?). Beethoven was believed to be very depressed. Einstein was probably the most depressed individual in modern history.
If anyone is fimilier with history, the great depression way back in the 1930s - 40s! There is a reason why is was called "the great DEPRESSION." Many many many many people were affected back in the day. If record keeping had been better that is was, we would probably find a very high suicide rate in the great depression (this is back when they were considered to be made of tougher stuff than people today).
The next time you turn on the radio, or decide to browse your history, or marvel at some new wonderful building, bridge or structure, just think about who may have been behind the creativity and the genius of it. | |
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Posted: 2/27/2008 3:44:33 AM | Depression > Some Television Commercials says it all...."Depression can get ANYONE at ANYTIME...doesn't matter who you are...what you look like...how rich or poor you are...Depression doesn't care...It can get any of us!
Alot of people look down on the ones who suffer with this illness...Saying things like..."She's/he's just looking for attention"..."There's nothing wrong with him/her...he's/she's just looking for pity"...and so on...
For anyone who may read this thread and this particular post...If you fall under this category of people...STOP!
If you DO NOT understand the "Mental Illness Depression"....for your own sake as well as perhaps someone else's, get some information on it and try and understand what it is all about!
As an individual who suffers with DEPRESSION....take my word for it when I say...
#1.I do not look for pity, nor does anyone else who suffers with this illness...
#2. I do not look for attention...and again nor does anyone else who suffers with depression...
#3. Anyone who has this illness can not control the fact that they do...but with the right help...medication(as some do need it), understanding and support, We can be IN CONTROL of our depression....It isn't curable but Is controllable...
So the next time you see a commercial...or hear about someone that suffers with Depression, take a few minutes and think about what that person may have to go through in the run of an hour...a day...a week...and so on! It's a struggle but we can and we do survive....
Remember..."One day at a time".....
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Posted: 2/29/2008 11:55:47 AM | Huzzah, and well said.
This is my first time visiting this particular topic and I'm glad that I did. It's nice to see more people that understand what it's like to deal with depression. People that won't point fingers and say, "Oh, she's just a pity case."
I am too well aware that depression is real. I've been dealing with it since I was a child, even though I was finally diagnosed 10 years ago. Up until that point I had doctors, teachers, and my own parents saying that I was only looking for attention. Or it was puberty. And once I had my son it was supposedly only baby-blues. Until I changed doctors. I had been feeling particularly bad and recognized the signs that I was spiralling downwards again so I went to my new doctor and explained what was going on. From there, to a specialist and a psychiatrist. Diagnosis: clinical depression bordering on being bi-polar.
But, even with that piece of paper in my hands I still had a fight on my hands to make people take me seriously. Even with all the meds I had to take to drag me out of the deep, dark place I was being accused of lying. The only person that saw it for what it was is my son.
No, depression is no joke and it can hit at anytime. And it is truly "one day at a time." | |
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Posted: 2/29/2008 4:55:45 PM | Yes it can hit at anytime! I remember as a child being unhappy and sad numerous times...I was diagnosed in 1998/1999 with clinical depression! Now when I look back to my childhood...I see where I suffered back then as well, just didn't know what was wrong!
I to have been accused of "looking for attention" ... I've been "pitied"...I've been looked down on...and on it goes!
Living with this "Mental Illness" day in and day out...is very frustrating! If some of the people out there that have looked at people who suffer with this illness as people who need pity, or looking for attention and so on....If they had to endure just ONE day living in our boots...then and only then would they think and feel differently!
We do not look for pity...and we are not looking for attention!
Quite the opposite actually....
When I am not feeling well and I am depressed...I lock the world out! Blinds/curtains are closed...doors are locked, phone is turned of or I just don't answer it....
As for pity? He!! no! I'm just an individual who is trying to get through one day so I can make it to another....and hope the following one is alot better!
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Posted: 4/22/2008 4:50:41 AM | I agree with you 100% "Still Of The Night"....
Seems as if it was moving along pretty good in the beginning... I to suffer with the battle of ""depression""!
Which has been to say the least, quite a battle for me in the past few weeks.
Due to having to endure some things ((I'd rather not say online)) my depression has been an "UP" hill "DOWN" hill lately!
Depression is an Illness that is so Frustrating...Confusing...Hard to Understand Battle that one is unfortunate to have to suffer!
Curable , no it isn't but it is controlable....Even though it is a hard battle to fight...
I suffer with this illness and yet I still don't understand it to somewhat!
The only thing I can do is try and fight it with all my being and stay "In Control" of it............as well as anyone else who suffers with it....
Good luck to all and try and remember that there is light where there is darkness...
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Posted: 5/13/2008 5:48:30 AM | It is good to be back and to see that this thread I started so long ago is still on the go...
Looks as if it has slowed down some but at least it's still here, up and running, well walking more like it 
Again, it would be SO nice to see more people in here posting opinions and or thier own personal experiences, or someone they know that suffers with depression...
DEPRESSION hs been hidden away for TOO LONG!
So come on, post something, talk away for talking always helps, keeping it in only eats away at you!
Trust me, BEEN there and DONE it!  < That's what I felt like doing when I have kept quiet! (( Minus the smile on the face))
Come on members, keep this thread going, help someone who may suffer with this illness, perhaps even help yourself through a rough time...
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| Depression and how if affects us all.....
Posted: 5/18/2008 6:23:14 PM | Seems as if no one got much to say on this topic. There are so many out there I am sure that also suffers with "Depression"! I would like to see more replys in here, thus far there hasn't been many, I'll have to keep my eyes open and hope that it changes!
ANYONE out there that suffer or know someone taht suffer come on aboard and post a comment on this topic..
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Posted: 7/2/2008 1:46:06 PM | Hi Cindy,
I also suffer from depression, as well as anxiety (primarily social anxiety). I've lived with A&D the majority of my life, but have only been treated for it since 2003. I've been on POF off and on for the past few months since I moved out to Corner Brook a few months ago (from St. John's) and have met a few nice people on it, and some not so nice. I've learned that it's important to be happy with yourself first and to not expect that being with someone in a relationship will make you happy (or "cure" your depression). I've also learned not to get my hopes up too fast with regards to dating (even though it is hard, esp. when you meet someone that you really like) - if you meet someone and like each other, great (whether it be as just friends or more than friends); if it doesn't work out, then you haven't lost anything and it's not the end of the world.
That's all I have to say right now, but I'll post/reply if other thoughts come to mind. | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 3:10:31 AM | Hi "largetripletriple"...
Thank you for commenting on this thread.
"DEPRESSION" is a fact of life! "EVERYONE" in some way...shape...or form, has experienced being depressed!
Some just experience what one would refer to as a "down day"! Many different kinds of depression...BUT being depressed, is just that!
It is to bad more people doesn't understand this illness and look at it with a different outlook!
Happiness doesn't begin or end with one being with someone! You are so right when you said, "IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF FIRST"!
If one isn't happy with theirself, they sure as he!! ain't going to be happy with someone else! It would only cause more unhappiness in the long run...
As for "dating" and getting your hopes up...
I have been single now a year and seven months... in the beginning I did have my hopes up... but as time went by, I changed all of that and now...
I don't have my hopes up when it comes to dating someone!
I am very content with being single... having "My Space"... and being who and what I want to be without the "drama" that sometimes goes with dating / being with someone!
No expectations...... No heartbreak !
It is the best time I have felt in a long time! Content... Happy... Full of life... and I live it to the fullest, one day at a time.
Life is too dam short to be unhappy, depressed or to have regrets!
If I meet someone and start dating him, I do...BUT I don't live my life focused on finding that "certain one"!
cindy is back (((Hugs))) | |
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Posted: 7/16/2008 12:58:11 PM | Hi, glad to find this thread and I admit I haven't read every post yet as my concentration isn't in peak form at the moment, but just wanted to drop in and join in iff no one minds.
I've been diagnosed with depression and on meds for 5 years now and about 3.5 years ago I had a spell in hospital as well. I take two drugs, have done for 3.5 years in various doses but am going to swap one of them tomorrow night for a different drug (don't worry it's been prescribed by the psychiatrist I'm seeing). As well as meds I've had counselling and a lot of CBT, which at the moment isn't worth the ink taken to write it down - no doubt CBT is good but to me when I do get down CBT becomes an academic exercise, I know what I should be thinking but it has no effect. the last 6 months have been hell but no suicidal thoughts only that I don't want to go on but I couldn't do the suicide thing because of my boys, it would devastate them.
Anyway enough waffle, someone asked about a leaflet for family and friends and the nearest I can find is a link to the summary of a very good book on depressive illness, "Depressive Illness - curse of the strong" by Dr Tim Cantopher. http://www.dep-end.org/cantopher1.htm (sorry dont know how to do links on here so you'll have to cut and paste). there may also be something on the Priory Healthcare website, there definitely used to be but i don't think it was anywhere as good as Curse of The Strong.
Take care.
Tom Hark, Staggering on thru life. 
Edit: Oops, sorry just realised I've posted on a "foreign" area of the site, I was searching for any threads on the topic and didn't see the locale. :o(
Edit2: http://www.priorygroup.com/pg.asp?p=pctselfhelpguides there is a leaflet on here about depression and a number of other related illneses. | |
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Posted: 7/19/2008 2:13:39 PM | I am going to post a link to a support group I found. I do not even bother to open facebook anymore since I found this site.
http://dailystrength.org/home
If you truly need someone to talk to or is having trouble coping, this site is very much worth looking into.
*** In case anyone wondered who I chose this name***
Pinky - My foolish, crazy, fun loving side
The Brain - My sinister, intelligent side | |
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