Do You Feel Depressed When It Is Dark Outside

Why do we feel weak and depressed when there are no reasons behind?

We feel weak and depressed because depression is a thing in our brains that doesn't have anything to do with what happens to us outside our brains. I'm a very cheerful, happy person who suffers with depression. The depression is always there, hanging like a veil over everything I do. When bad or negative things happen in my life, the depression seems worse. If enough bad things happen, the depression feels less like a veil than a dark cloud hanging over me. It's as if the cloud had weight and pressed on my body, holding me down. I start to feel like nothing good will ever happen to me again. And then, after a week or a month, I start to feel better.If I take my medication, the dark cloud doesn't form in the first place. I'm able to remember that I'm a cheerful happy person with a tendency toward depression. If if don't take my medication, my symptoms creep back and I feel worse and worse until I land in the ER with a panic attack. Anxiety and depression are boon companions.So, I take my meds.In my particular case, I take antipsychotic and anticonvulsant meds in addition to an antidepressant. I hate mentioning it because it makes me sound psychotic, but it has helped with my depression, anxiety and insomnia. I don't have seizures or bipolar disorder, just a little hypomania and panic attacks, so low doses make me feel like a regular person most of the time. I can go to work and smile and be an asset to my team. Much better than lying on the couch for days at a time, watching Law&Order reruns and sobbing, then suddenly jumping up to mop every surface in the house, make five apple pies and collapse back onto the couch to commence sobbing again. A touch of hypomania keeps us in pie, anyway.Depression is something you have to fight. See the appropriate medical professionals for help taking the edge off with medication. Stay busy and engaged with the world and the people in it. If you catch yourself on the third day of a depressive episode still on the couch blessing the guy who invented Netflix, it's time to go do something outside. And maybe call your shrink.

Why do I feel depressed when I am at home?

Well… because you’re human.In his 1977 bestseller The Shining, Stephen King portrayed how constant work and extreme isolation can have negative effects on people’s psyche, as the main characters slowly start losing their minds.Director Stanley Kubrick, who shot the widely acclaimed film adaptation a few years later, described it as "the story of one man’s family quietly going insane together."Copyright Warner Bros (Fair use license)Whether we like to admit it or not, humans are social creatures. Longer periods of social isolation will take a toll on your mind and this has been supported by extensive research. [1]I’ve experienced the same thing in the last year. My goal was to dedicate about 6 months strictly to developing my business. I actually wanted to isolate myself to prevent any distractions.However, I severely underestimated the effects of isolation.The first month, it was going great. Soon after that, things started to fall apart.I started feeling anxious on a daily basis, having obsessive thoughts and, at times, being so paralyzed that I couldn’t even focus on my work. This impacted my life in a severe way and it made me feel even worse, as I’ve never experienced something similar before.Isolation quite literally warps our minds, but each of us experience it in different ways. Some, like me, get increasingly more anxious and delusional, others get depressed, like you.[2]Solution is simple: Take a break.Meet a friend for an hour, go for a jog, or have drinks with someone. It won’t take up much of your time, but it will mean a lot for your sanity.You may argue that someone is introverted and likes spending the majority of their time alone. That’s fine, I’m that way too. But spending more time alone and spending only time alone is a big difference.Take a break once in a while. When in doubt, just take a look at The Shining.P.S. If you want to develop a strong mindset and learn to deal with anxiety, this free ebook can help. Good luck!Footnotes[1] How extreme isolation warps the mind[2] How to Achieve Greatness (Dealing with Depression) – Mind of Steel

Why do I feel depressed when I go in my room?

Habit. How often would you go in your room when you were depressed before it started effect your average mood? I’m going to guess a lot as bedrooms tend to be a place people go for comfort and there where you sleep and nighttime can bring dark thoughts. If you are in your room when you were sad enough times your brain will associate a event/place with a mood. Here’s a different example. Let’s say when you are happy you make a grilled cheese sandwich. Your brain is associating you making and eating this specific food when you are in a good mood. But one day when you are in a bad mood you make yourself a grilled cheese. Your brain gets confused. You only eat this sandwich when you are happy but you aren’t happy now. Because your brain can’t stop you from eating the sandwich, it decides you must be happy. And your mood raises. The same thing is happening when you go in your bedroom. Your brain knows this is a place where you are sad, so it lowers your mood. Read up on the Ben Franklin Effect if you want to know more about this.

I am depressed and just feel lost. What do I do?

I'm sorry but I just don't know why so many people say they are depressed and most are young people.  Back in my younger days, btw I'm 63, depress was almost unheard of.  What has happened to our society that so many people claimed they are depressed?  Is it a trend?  A cop out?  Something that you forced yourself to think or do?   I remember a Chinese poem that was written 1000 years ago that goes like this 少年不識愁滋味 愛上層樓 愛上層樓 為賦新詩強説愁 而今識得愁滋味 欲說還休 欲説還休 卻道天凉好個秋 translation: when I was young, my innocent mind couldn't understand what sorrow was, and I went up to the high tower thinking I can force myself to learn about sorrow so I can write a poem about it.  Now that I know what sorrow is, I am speechless and I can only utter what a nice autumn weather.  Why, why are some many people feel depressed?  The world is almost the same except now you guys have so much more things to entertain you and so many toys to play with as well social media to hook you up with anyone you want at any given moment.  I started working at age 13 delivering toys to stores before going to school.  My days then was up in the morning at 5, went to pickup the toys with my bicycle and get everything done by 7 so I can start class. Y 7:30.  We don't get off until 6pm and that was 6 days a week.  We don't have tv or video games. What is happening to our society that make you so depressed?   Do you even know how short life is and how precious each moment is?   You want to know what REAL depression is like?  Well let me suggest a visit to the mental hospital.  Then you know.  And if you don't want to get out.  Let me suggest you watch the movie "one flew over the coco's nest" with Jack Nicholson or "girl interrupted" with Angelina Jolie.  And if you like to read how about "running with scissors".  When you can identify with those characters maybe then I will believe you.   Right now I am going to talk with my imaginary friends like the one in the "hunchback of Norte Dame. "

What does being depressed feel like?

Many people think depression is staying at home, hiding under the covers and crying their eyes out. That’s not what depression is.There are times when you go out and laugh with friends. Then there are times when seeing other people laughing making your heart feel heavy. Thinking that you don’t deserve that kind of happiness.You lay awake at night, letting your mind drift of on its train of negative thoughts. Thinking of all the unhappy things that happened that day and unable to stop yourself from your bad coping mechanisms.Depression is feeling lonely even when your are with your friends. You cannot tell them how you feel because of the fear of being judged. Laughing along to their every joke while feeling that if your smile faltered even a little bit, they would notice.You feel so empty yet you have so many emotions bottled up that your heart feels heavy.Its being around people but wanting to be alone. And when your’e alone, you don’t want to be lonely.Depression is also doing your everyday activities with indifference. So much shit happened, that you don’t even care anymore.This poem is the most accurate way depression feels like.( It is not mine, credit is given )"Depression does not always meanBeautiful girls shattering at the wristsA glorified, heroic battle for your sanityOr mothers that never got the chance to say good-byeSometimes depression meansNot getting out of bed for three daysBecause your feet refuse to believeThat they will not shatter upon impact with the floorSometimes depression means That summoning the willpower To go downstairs and do the laundryIs the most impressive thing you accomplish that weekSometimes depression meansLying on the floor staring at the ceiling for hoursBecause you cannot convince your body That it is capable of movementSometimes depression meansNot being able to write for weeks Because the only words you have to offer the worldAre trapped and drowning and I swear to God I’m tryingSometimes depression means That every single bone in your body aches But you have to keep going through the motionsBecause you are not allowed to call in to work depressedSometimes depression meansIgnoring every phone call for an entire monthBecause yes, they have the right numberBut you’re not the person they’re looking for, not anymore."—by Hannah Nicole , twentysixscribbles

I sometimes feel depressed and lock myself in a dark room and cry. Is this normal?

Is it normal ! Well, for unhappy people in an unhappy world, it is ‘normal’ or common.But it is very abnormal and completely unnecessary, highly undesirable, if you consider that deep inside you, in the very core of your being, lies boundless joy and peace awaiting discovery !As a youth, I have gone through great frustration ; the injustice and the double standards in the world vexed and angered me so much ! But then slowly but surely, as I took to spirituality and yoga practice, I realized under my great Master’s grace that the world as a training ground would always be imperfect by design ; we are here to change not the world, but our own selves, and surprisingly when we do that, thousands change by our example. In the midst of imperfection in the outside world, we must seek the perfection hidden within.Let’s do something about it, I am willing to help you discover that joy, that perfection right within you. The remedial action is two-fold : wisdom about who we are, why we are here on earth, why there is so much suffering, and how to heal it etc. the other part is some simple, actionable holistic techniques on daily basis. No religious dogma is involved here ; any one can do and benefit from these.Please write to me at hansyoga@gmail.com with some simple information about yourself so I can understand the challenge better viz. how old are you, what do you do, what are in your own view your real challenges, any recent or old but unforgettable tragedies that keep haunting you, etc.I need your name for another reason : to arrange free daily healing prayers for you for three months, and to pray for you myself.Cheers, you don’t have to cry in dark - if you must cry, cry openly in joy, or in compassion to less fortunate brothers and sisters in this world, but never in personal sorrow !Anyone reading this and needing help on similar matters, is welcome to write to me. I promise help. Let us together create more awareness.Hans Dholakia # Life Coach Blending Science with Spirituality / Yoga-Meditation # Holistic Health & Luminous Learning Inc