I speak as someone who has suffered from depression multiple times in the past five years. It's not just feeling sad for a while, it's actually very difficult and painful. Physically, I felt like I had no energy whatsoever. I could barely muster the fortitude to drag myself out of bed in the mornings and I never had any enthusiasm for going to school. I had these inexplicable feelings of guilt and despair (often for no reason whatsoever), and it got so bad that I had this sickly feeling in my gut all the time. I found myself thinking about death quite a bit; a few years ago now, I actually had a moment where I was staring at a knife. I isolated myself from other people as much as I could, and I felt like nobody actually wanted to be my friend anymore. I've spoken to psychologists and school counselors, I've been to therapy, and eventually I took antidepressants.
Anyone who tells you to simply snap out of depression has not experienced it themselves, nor are they educated on it. It is more than simply a period of emotional difficulty, it's an actual mental sickness that requires nurture in order for there to be recovery.
We all get depressed..but a few suffer from depression...we all feel cold but it rarely turns into a cold.
True clinical depression is a devastating condition and not to be confused with feeling sad, grief and loss. Clinical means it has been formally diagnosed by a doctor... depression is characterized by the patients inability to function normally, being overwhelmed by negative thoughts, unable to sleep, eat, work, eat properly, poor self care, lack of sex drive, irrational behaviors and suicidal or reckless thoughts...they may well have distorted ideas and most significantly...not be able to find a way out. Sufferers talk about circular thinking or a downward spiral..nothing can be done to make things better..except maybe death.
It affects people differently and they handle it differently and it should be treated according to their particular needs...what works for me will not work for you. Often medication can help break the cycle and counseling can bring an awareness or closure, people can develop coping strategies and for most...life simply moves on, things change and they leave their depression behind.
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I speak as someone who has suffered from depression multiple times in the past five years. It's not just feeling sad for a while, it's actually very difficult and painful. Physically, I felt like I had no energy whatsoever. I could barely muster the fortitude to drag myself out of bed in the mornings and I never had any enthusiasm for going to school. I had these inexplicable feelings of guilt and despair (often for no reason whatsoever), and it got so bad that I had this sickly feeling in my gut all the time. I found myself thinking about death quite a bit; a few years ago now, I actually had a moment where I was staring at a knife. I isolated myself from other people as much as I could, and I felt like nobody actually wanted to be my friend anymore. I've spoken to psychologists and school counselors, I've been to therapy, and eventually I took antidepressants.
Anyone who tells you to simply snap out of depression has not experienced it themselves, nor are they educated on it. It is more than simply a period of emotional difficulty, it's an actual mental sickness that requires nurture in order for there to be recovery.
We all get depressed..but a few suffer from depression...we all feel cold but it rarely turns into a cold.
True clinical depression is a devastating condition and not to be confused with feeling sad, grief and loss. Clinical means it has been formally diagnosed by a doctor... depression is characterized by the patients inability to function normally, being overwhelmed by negative thoughts, unable to sleep, eat, work, eat properly, poor self care, lack of sex drive, irrational behaviors and suicidal or reckless thoughts...they may well have distorted ideas and most significantly...not be able to find a way out. Sufferers talk about circular thinking or a downward spiral..nothing can be done to make things better..except maybe death.
It affects people differently and they handle it differently and it should be treated according to their particular needs...what works for me will not work for you. Often medication can help break the cycle and counseling can bring an awareness or closure, people can develop coping strategies and for most...life simply moves on, things change and they leave their depression behind.
Hope that helps
*You always think sad and down thoughts
*When you aren't thinking down and depressed thoughts you feel something is wrong or missing
Sorry i am afraid that's all i know from first hand experience
:)