Depression

[TCIB]

It is very hard to put into words but Steve gave it a damned good shot with that and i agree with it.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Maybe we all have too much info because of the web. Back in the day, you were a bit fed up, or feeling a bit down. Now we are all in a very dark place or clinically depressed.

I am sure there are folk who are in desperate need but maybe their cries for help are drowned out by people who are having a bad day.

I think most folk (me included) have had difficult times but we just find a way to get over it

That sums my feelings up too Ronnie. I find that far too many people confuse feeling depressed with depression. The same way that people confuse a head cold with flu.
I'm of the belief that a good many could be maintained via a placebo.

 

[kaz7]

If you have clinical depression then you know about it,feeling down for a short time then getting back to normal is not it

 

[Blue Maverick]

I'm just weening myself of medication now after a bout of depression last year, Christ I'd hate to come off heroin, the way your body adapts to the drugs is frightening, I'm hoping I don't have to medicate again, but it did help me through the bad patch. What I would say is go and seek help, I odd and the medication and exercise helped immensely. In fact the running I did gave me that break from the house in the day I really needed and the chemicals released in your body help greatly. Guys at work understood immensely and were a great help as well. Hope you feel better soon.

 

[kas_tippler]

You don't want to live but you don't want to die, there's no joy in life. It's a bleak existence

 

[johnny on the spot]

You don't want to live but you don't want to die, there's no joy in life. It's a bleak existence

It is. You just want the condition to cease or back off an hour and sometimes it does, only to be back at your doorstep right on cue.

The Black Dog is bang right.

 

[Summerbuzz]

Ugh, my brain is in revolt. Low and anxious for a month, am properly fed up of trying now and lapsing into self-pity. Am I ill? Just telling myself I am? Should I keep pushing even though it has made me feel worse? Should I just rest, and risk getting lazy? Lazy depression is a real thing, compounded by the disgust at letting yourself go, but at the moment I'd rather feel that than feel what I have over the last week - moments of shock and horror, feeling unsafe in public, constantly asking myself why do I feel like this, how did I get in this frame of mind, where are these blacker than black thoughts coming from, why do I have a constant headache and weak knees, why does everything look and sound different, is this my real mind reestablishing itself after a false bout of happiness or was the happiness real and this false? Am I just feeling like this because I am noticing all this stuff and using it as an excuse not to try? Can I go back to where I was or was I in somewhere unreal and unsustainable? Is this my fault or am I being stupid in telling myself it's my fault? Where did I go wrong, or did this just happen? Did I make it 'just happen' to embellish a fantasy of how futile my life is, how I'll never be anything so there is no point trying?

Shhh.. Shhhh, brain. Rest. Do small things. Keep your head. Acknowledge your feelings but take everything with a pinch of salt. Most importantly, distract yourself, keep your mind occupied.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

You don't want to live but you don't want to die, there's no joy in life. It's a bleak existence

It is. You just want the condition to cease or back off an hour and sometimes it does, only to be back at your doorstep right on cue.

The Black Dog is bang right.

Have you had a good week, Jots? You seem to be in a better place than you were a little while back.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Does it ever go away ?

sometimes its worse than others but for me it`s got more bearable over time. imo it depends what helped cause the depression in the first place.

 

[johnny on the spot]

You don't want to live but you don't want to die, there's no joy in life. It's a bleak existence

It is. You just want the condition to cease or back off an hour and sometimes it does, only to be back at your doorstep right on cue.

The Black Dog is bang right.

Have you had a good week, Jots? You seem to be in a better place than you were a little while back.

Cheers bud, worked really hard this week and have been rewarded with a good week. Good times.