Is anyone clinically depressed?

Can't really say much but goodluck man, stay strong.

 

umm i mean depression is depression diagnosed or not. there is no way for a doctor to tell if anyone is any more depressed than the next person based on like brain scans or anything. so i mean basically if youre fuckin depressed, youre depressed. happens to everyone in varying degrees.

hope this helps some

 

I was acctually diagnosed with it when I was younger after my rents died and all that shit. I did real shitty in school, no real friends, stayed to myself, kinda just did nothing. When I was real young I was persrcibed to Prozac but it didn't do shit so I stopped and everything is decent now I guess.

 

Fucking horrible. period. No questions asked. My sister was diagnosed with severe depression. Dominated her whole life. Not anything i would wish on anyone. I've been pretty depressed as of late.

 

oh, well.. i was depressed for a while in high school and for a bit after. my mom passed away when i was 15.. 4 months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. and i was pretty close to my parents. obviously i was pretty bummed for a while, and still get bummed from time to time. i think about her a lot and if she would approve of me, but i know she would. got hard to focus on school and work and shit. hard to focus on the future, hard to focus on things that bring you joy when you are depressed. hard to find motivation. but im convinced anyone can overcome it, its just a matter of wanting to, putting yourself in a better situation, and making yourself see the good that surrounds you, and taking the best from your past experiences. and understand that what depresses you will probably always be there, no matter how bad or not bad or how long it bothered you or went on

 

hate to say it bud, but if youre questioning it then its probably depression.

ill put it this way, its real easy for me to get in a sad mood and really let it bring me down. it used to be real hard for me to pull myself out of it, because once you get so upset youre just a wreck and down on yourself too.

what i realized is the happy things are still going on in the world, and there is plenty of beauty around us. you just gotta really try hard to focus on that, and realize that you've got the rest of your life ahead of you. the only one we know we are guaranteed. might as well spend it as happily as you can, because in the end, what else can you get out of life? eventually money, material things, success, dont matter. what matters when youre laying in your deathbed is were you happy with how you lived your life?

edit: to your question, for the longest time it was real consistent. like basically the last 2.5 years of high school i didnt give a fuck about school or work and didnt really think about my future. went into a cocoon and kind of stuck to myself in a time where most kids are out being real social and shit. and part of it was, a lot of things reminded me and still remind me of her. and so on a daily basis im constantly reminded of her, and when i was younger the feelings this brought were more sad, empty, lonely, feel like i was wronged.. but as i got older i dont focus on the bad stuff, but on the good things. so now when i think of her i think of how she did this for me, or that, or how certain things affected me for the better.

doesnt mean i cant just start bawling my eyes out on the drop of a dime tho. that pain will always be there somewhere

 

I guess I could say the same. Just wait and you'll come out of it eventually, keep yourself busy.

Sounds like you should mix it up a little, go do something or eat some shroomies.

 

yeah id absolutely say those are symptoms of depression. try and find a new hobby or work something else out before you go to the pills though, just my 2 cents. anti-depressants have a lot of potentially negative effects, not to mention you have to keep using it, takes a while before they work, etc. etc.

i know you said no drug advice but just understand its not the key to being happy, finding a reason and actually believing youre happy is what makes you happy. the pills will just hide that if you dont have it.

 

Okay, I'm just going to pour out in this thread.

I was never diagnosed as depressed, but I don't need any dumbshit doctor with a piece of paper to tell me that. I know, for a fact, I was chronically depressed throughout my childhood. You may ask why or how I became depressed and I'll tell you straight up. At age 5, my brother was diagnosed with cancer. At age 9 my house burnt down to the ground and my beloved dog died a few weeks after, I lost every possession I ever had. I had to move alot throughout my childhood to random motels/hotels and apartments.

I had to grow up QUICK. So that means, I realized alot of shit that I wasn't suppose to at a young age. Which, technically ruined my well-being and many other things, such as my education. I never really had much friends, but I blame that on myself. I never spoke a word to anybody. I was that fucked up by all of the unfortunate things that happened to me and my family. Man, I've seen alot of shit I wasn't suppose to see, I could go on all night about the shit that happened to me.

But I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm here to tell you; Life isn't what it seems to be.

 

Don't be sorry buddy, I understand that this shit happens for a reason.

What's the reason?

Well, my friend, you have to go through hell to get to heaven.

 

i've know something was wrong w/ me since i was idk 13-14. i have mood swings. sometimes i'm in a great mood. then bam i'm down for no reason. sometimes something triggers it. but for the most part i don't notice, it just happens.



ok i'm busy so i'll get back to this later. well really and i'm in one of my good moods so i'd rather not think too much about being depressed right now