How often do you feel depressed? And how do you face it?

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Indigo

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solis said:
Saying depression simply comes from chemical imbalances is straight up dangerous. There is ALWAYS a root cause.

Medication might help for acute, severe cases but it shouldn't become a habit to take them regularly.
Mental illnes medication can have severe side effects and the fact that some doctors are handing them out like candy is alarming to say the least.

Medication never permanently healed anyone's mental illness. It doesn't make you truly happy and anyone with a good eye can recognize the typical "psychopharma smile", because it doesn't look genuine at all. It's just like mind-altering drugs.

Even more important than medication is actual therapy. And there are many forms of therapy aside of the "regular" talking therapy.
Each person is an individual so there is no one-size-fits-all solution that works for everyone.
In order to tackle the root cause deep psychology is sometimes necessary.


Quickly ingesting medication without second thoughts will just "fix" symptoms on a surface level but it will never heal your soul.
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Those are superficial issues.
Not underlying, subconcious issues.
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Where did i talk about medication?

I didn't say medication would fix that shit at all. My original post had 0 mentions of medication.

If i thought just a simple medication could fix it that easy, Depression just wouldn't be a problem in our world.

Saying it's a chemical imbalance isn't a "just" explanation, because it isn't easy to solve at all.

The pharmaceutical industry just wants to make money out of you, so they will fill the shelves with a bunch of stuff that won't fix your depression, just like they do with so many other conditions.

In no way did i say that depression being a chemical imbalance means that fixing it is just taking medication.

Even actual therapy feels very predatory, with how many mental health professionals out there treat their patients with depression with so little care (many even despise and judge their patients) and spend years eating up their money without giving them any actual progress.

Both of these things cause most people to stay depressed for years, even if they are actively seeking a way to fix it, in fact the treatment even makes it worse for them. A lot of those people also suffer from suicidal ideation.

So sorry if i don't like the idea of telling these people that spent years of their lives trying to fix it, who think about killing themselves on the daily, that they are just in a "emotional state" and you can "just fix it". if you do that, you are making their lives even worse and basically contributing to their suffering.
 
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Ballel

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DoctorIndigo said:
Where did i talk about medication?

I didn't say medication would fix that shit at all. My original post had 0 mentions of medication.

If i thought just a simple medication could fix it that easy, Depression just wouldn't be a problem in our world.

Saying it's a chemical imbalance isn't a "just" explanation, because it isn't easy to solve at all.

The pharmaceutical industry just wants to make money out of you, so they will fill the shelves with a bunch of stuff that won't fix your depression, just like they do with so many other conditions.

In no way did i say that depression being a chemical imbalance means that fixing it is just taking medication.
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I'm glad you cleared this up!:catsweat:
Many people (especially health professionals) use the "chemical imbalance" excuse to fill patients up with medication.
The pharma industry might be one of the biggest and most profit oriented criminals of our time.


DoctorIndigo said:
Even actual therapy feels very predatory, with how many mental health professionals out there treat their patients with depression with so little care (many even despise and judge their patients) and spend years eating up their money without giving them any actual progress
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This is true as well.
Therapists are intrusive, manipulative and disrespectful. They never helped me in any way, shape or form.



DoctorIndigo said:
So sorry if i don't like the idea of telling these people that spent years of their lives trying to fix it, who think about killing themselves on the daily, that they are just in a "emotional state" and you can "just fix it". if you do that, you are making their lives even worse and basically contributing to their suffering.
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I didn't say this.
Depression is not the same as being in a bad mood.

What many people don't seem to understand is that having a life that seems "perfect" on the surface might really not be perfect at all.
Having a job, family, friends or whatever are the things society deems necessary to achieve happiness.
Doesn't mean that you actually enjoy this kind of life.

Let's face it, many people these days live their lives entirely devoid of any purpose.
They work jobs that they hate, they feel the need to buy all sorts of unnecessary stuff just to "keep up" with the others and to be accepted, admired, respected by people they actually don't care about.
It's a very shallow life.

No one actually wants to live like this.
It is only natural that we have no motivation to do things that we don't really want to do. That we want to end a life that we don't even like.


The rampant depression and suicidality are a symptom of this profoundly sick society.
It shows that we have to change things or we'll all go down and end in misery and death.
 
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Kiwipom

Kiwipom

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Nana said:
Some ppl in here thinking that depression gets from being unproductive or shit like that, or having too much free time or that u can just move on easily

But depression is bigger than that, it hits all kind of ppl for whatever reason, for some it is just short-term feeling and others really struggle bad with it for years

For me for as long as I can remember I have dealt with depression, happiness seem always temporary and being depressed and hopeless is what is the norm for me, although I know what's the reason behind my depression but I can't really change it. It is not that easy to just move on so you shouldn't tell ppl that if u don't understand their struggles, and I hope for everyone that dealing with depression or any kind of other negative shit that life will treat you better and everything will work for you in the end <3
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You should definitely go and try it
It might be the best solution for u
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I hope things gets better for you sis:smoothy:
 
Gol D. Roger

Gol D. Roger

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Never been there but I can confirm that it's really dangerous, not just to you but also to those around you, sometimes, as well. Mental issues are as real as physical issues. Seek help; it doesn't matter if it's professional or not—it helps most of the time.
 
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Hanners220

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@soheilhazrat I won’t be of much help because I haven’t experienced depression in a way that would lead me to seek help.

As an outside perspective, I view our minds as gardens. We all have flowers and weeds, but for some, it is easy to tend to the weeds. Whereas a person with depression may experience an overgrowth of weeds, or they can be doing everything in their power to get rid of the weeds and prevent them from coming back but need more help. That process may take longer than others but it isn’t a race.

Also I view mental health as important as physical health. The human mind and body is complicated. It gets sick. Does anyone look at a person with cancer and say why are you sick? I view depression the same way. I hope you find the help you need and start healing.
 
soheilhazrat

soheilhazrat

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Hanners220 said:
@soheilhazrat I won’t be of much help because I haven’t experienced depression in a way that would lead me to seek help.

As an outside perspective, I view our minds as gardens. We all have flowers and weeds, but for some, it is easy to tend to the weeds. Whereas a person with depression may experience an overgrowth of weeds, or they can be doing everything in their power to get rid of the weeds and prevent them from coming back but need more help. That process may take longer than others but it isn’t a race.

Also I view mental health as important as physical health. The human mind and body is complicated. It gets sick. Does anyone look at a person with cancer and say why are you sick? I view depression the same way. I hope you find the help you need and start healing.
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Thanks, its been better lately i was way worse few months ago, i was just afraid it might come back so i wanted to talk with people and this forum was one if it.
 
IceWitch

IceWitch

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A lot of piss poor armchair psychiatrist on here I see. :seriously:

Unless you've actually experience real depression, maybe stfu cuz you don't know what your talking about.

Yes, I have suffered from Depression and it does help to talk to a professional. They will help guide you through it and teach you proper methods to alleviate your symptoms and depending on the severity of your condition you may find medication helpful.
 
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Cuistot

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Van said:
Any idea what's causing it? Cause a very common cause for depression is feeling a lack of purpose or escape. Think of a video game; when you first get it, you're very excited and playing it everyday. Soon enough, you start to get bored of it cause you've done the same thing numerous times over, feeling no more enjoyment. Imagine if you had no choice but to play that one game again and again, now replace the game with life.

Doing the same thing over and over again can easily make one unhappy as nothing exciting and motivating is happening anymore.
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You didn’t have to describe my current status like that bro…

Finding escape from the mundanity of every day life is fucking tough lol
 
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Formerly Seth

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I learn to live with it. I have some down moments but at the end of the day you can't just sit in the corner and hold ur legs tight and cry because it won't pay your bills, won't feed you and etc.

It is a bit weeb ish to say but living is like an IRL rpg game and a very unfair RPG game.

I know not everyone is as I won't say strong I doubt I'm strong mentally stabilized mentally but you can't give up on living because you will end up a bum sleeping under the bridge and die.
 
kumae

kumae

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I was in depression 5 years ago everything i did i did it wrong family,college but the problem was that i had a bad year and one year later i realized i wasn't happy with my studies because of how assholes were my college teachers i wanted to be a lawyer but they ruined it so i dropped and managed to get a job in a new city though i don't work anymore and i didn't get too much money i felt very happy because i prefered working than studying a carrier that i didn't like rn i'm not working anymore but i'm studying something that i like
 
MonsterKaido

MonsterKaido

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IceWitch said:
A lot of piss poor armchair psychiatrist on here I see. :seriously:

Unless you've actually experience real depression, maybe stfu cuz you don't know what your talking about.

Yes, I have suffered from Depression and it does help to talk to a professional. They will help guide you through it and teach you proper methods to alleviate your symptoms and depending on the severity of your condition you may find medication helpful.
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Your opinion is 100% right? Lol
 
BakiDou

BakiDou

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Depression and sadness are an important part of life, it is natural to feel any of this, how do you cope with the loss of someone or sudden dissease, or any negative stuff? Being depressed or feeling sadness this is how a normal person cope, we evolved like this. It is what it is boys and girls, this is the reality:finally: The stuff of legends:finally:
 
park_min young

park_min young

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Doing something you like and also exercise is a good start. When your body feels good and healthy, your thoughts can clear up. Talking to someone you’re close with might also help
People deal with emotions in their own ways and I’m no psychologist. If it’s really bad depression, professional help would probably be the best
 
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