Depression Live With Or Without

What is it like to live without depression?

It was the time when i was in 11th class and a girl came into my life. Everything went smoothly till the end of class 12th. We use to hangout, celebrate and share love with each other. But a moment came when we had a breakup and i got depressed with my life . I was completely lost as it was my first time when i found incomplete without someone.. i tried my level best to clear the SSC and got passed with average marks. I got admission in an engineering college in Computer Science and Engineering Field . Still she was somewhere in my memories. Then I started keeping busy myself . I started working in the event management team at my university. Now at the moment i am working in the core management team . I have my own goals in my life. I am a successful person without any depression. Heading towards my life goals . I would like to mention a line that“ Dont be a Prisoner to your past, It was Just a lesson not a life sentence “And secondly“What is coming is better than What is Gone.”So stay awake and keep moving in your life.

I feel lost without my depression?

If your depression was your identity, then you would certainly feel lost without it. Moving forward without a secure, confident identity is seriously frightening on more levels than I can even imagine.The trick, of course, is to find within yourself the seed of a more positive, assertive self-image, but that's a huge undertaking, and I don't recommend you tackle it alone. At this point, you need and are entitled to some outside guidance, because something deep inside you is resisting all the love from your caring family and friends,  lovely brother, and parents who give you everything. You say your depression came out of nowhere, but all emotions, for good or ill, have a root, be it a brain-chemistry imbalance, a suppressed memory, or an inculcated sense of shame or not deserving. Whatever the reason, you need professional help, and you need it now. I promise you, from the bottom of my heart: You are worthy. You are lovable. And you are entitled to feel good about yourself. I implore you to call your doctor, talk to a school counselor, or at least have a discussion with a trusted adult. Do it now. Please.

What does life without depression feel like?

Let me give you an analogy.Imagine depression is like slowly and almost imperceptably having all the furniture and belongings stolen from your house, so that one day you realize you are living in an entirely empty home and have lost everything that was important to you. Strangely, you find you don't care much about whether you have anything to eat off of, a front door, or indeed a form of shelter. You find yourself reluctant or unable to take any steps to get your stuff back. You become convinced you are somehow responsible for this tragedy. You know you will become and perhaps already are a burden on everyone you know. Eventually you obsess on the emptiness and loss to the point of wanting to burn down your house with yourself inside it, just to make the experience end.Then living without depression is enjoying the security and stability of your home environment, never experiencing robbery, and being able or willing to find or replace something when it does get lost. Most everything remains right where you expect it to be.In my case, the absence of depression is like the second instance but with the vague but constant, unshakable conviction that someday, your only home will be condemned and looted. Or that you will inadvertently cause a fire that burns down your building, the block, and the whole town. And knowing you won't notice until it's too late to do anything about it.

Is it possible to live without antidepressants?

Yes, I have read many credible stories of such things. It is possible to recover from antidepressant withdrawal, but it takes time and great tolerance of suffering that is difficult to describe, and often blamed on depression. You might be experiencing a symptom called derealization. I had heard of it and read about it but am not an expert.Here is something from the blog of someone who believes they have it, too:"From that point, it felt like time stopped. I literally thought I had died and entered the afterlife, because it felt like I had been suspended in time. I would look at the digital clock beside the bed, close my eyes for what seemed like forever, then reopen my eyes to discover a single minute had passed." (They say Paxil cured them of it, which is hard to believe, but I have not studied the question of drug treatments.) Link:Depersonalization and derealization disorderThis site also describes one person's experience and proposes a remedy, which I know nothing about and therefore cannot endorse.  Depersonalization RecoveryThe standard medical information  can be found at May Clinic: Depersonalization-derealization disorderYou could visit Surviving Antidepressants where you will encounter 1000s of others with difficult times after stopping or trying to stop antidepressants, and perhaps get some helpful suggestions. [Beware of the moderators. Some are irritable and some try to tell people exactly what to do. Privacy is weak, too. Things you post might be sent to Facebook or Twitter and the site's owner, who uses a  pseudonym, won't remove them.]