I have Severe Depression?
I feel hopeless because I've been severely depressed for a couple of months now. My mom and I don't have a good relationship and my stepdad and I hate each other. I have tried to tell my mom I'm depressed but she says "oh how can you be depressed" and talks about her job being stressful. I wanna tell a friend really bad about my depression but don't know how to tell them. I really need help and my friends are my only guidance I might have. I feel bad for being depressed because there are a lot of people in worse situations but I can't help it. I have thoughts of suicide and want to seek help. I can't see a psychologist because I can't afford it. I also have several reasons why I'm feeling depressed but I would only feel comfortable telling a good friend. How do I bring this up to a good friend? Should I text them or tell them I need to talk to them in person? How am I approaching this?
Is clinical depression, moderatley severe depression and manic depression the same thing?
I was diagnosed by a doctor with moderately severe depression recently. I'm confused, is this the same as the others i've mentioned? If not, what are the differences?
How serious is clinical depression?
It would be MUCH easier to have a physical ailment that people could “see”. With clinical depression you get misjudged by seeming to be lazy, anti-social, weird, etc. It’s very hard to live with and deal with. It’s very hard for people who don’t suffer with this to understand it no matter how hard you try to explain it. It goes hand and hand with anxiety as well. I started with depression/anxiety at age 21 (I am now 56). When it first started to rear it’s ugly head I had NO idea what was going on in my mind! I lost tons of weight, could not eat, cried for no reason at all. The anxiety was so bad and would strike at the most horrible times. At work sitting by my desk…BOOM…..horrible dooming anxiety……I would get my purse and just leave. On vacation; we were all walking about having fun………it hit……I just turned around and started running; had no idea where I was running too. So embarrassing……thank goodness for a good doctor and good medication I got a “handle” on it. It never leaves you, you’re never “cured”……..but you deal with it and on a very positive note it has made me a very sympathetic and compassionate person. My heart goes out to anybody suffering from this and I urge anybody going through this……do NOT self-medicate with drugs or alcohol…..seek a professionals help. God Bless!
How does one deal with severe or clinical depression? It has reached a critical point. Even suicide is on my mind. I'm in my 60's so something is wrong. What do you think?
I’m 58 and I’ve been depressed for most of my adult life. Depression doesn’t care how old you are.What’s wrong is that you’re sick. You need to treat it just as though you’d been to your physician and were told that you have developed Type 2 diabetes.The good news is that there is help. There are treatments. You can (and should) seek out a medical professional and talk about treatment options. There’s therapy, there are antidepressant medications, and there are other alternatives like transcranial magnetic stimulation, which has allowed me to get off of antidepressants after 40 years.But first you need to get to a medical professional who can give you knowledgeable advice based on your specific condition and situation.
What does clinical depression feel like?
It's quite interesting; the kind that I won't even wish on my enemies.I have an observation to share — depressed folks, specially those who have the clinical kind and have had this for quite some time have better than average sense of humour. They crack better jokes and pj(s) and puns. My theory is there are two things that are at work here (a) because they are so depressed they like to make other people laugh, it lets them feel better about themselves even if it's for a moment (b) they use it as an effective mask and camouflage. Like, who will suspect you of being depressed when you are cracking jokes?And that is one major issue of being clinically depressed — you really obsess about not letting people know. It's really hard to seek help.Triggered depression, because it's correlated to some event(s), is easier to understand.Clinical depression can also get labeled as “attention seeking behavior” or “being lazy and difficult”. Which brings us to the next issue — depression makes people mean. I can be absolutely savage and need to watch my words constantly. It comes, in part, from having a low patience threshold and continuously being on edge and in part, from the belief that you don't deserve the care, love n' attention you are getting, so you push people away.Which leads us to the next point — how it completely kills your sense of self-worth. You constantly feel guilty for every good thing that comes your way; you can't believe that people really would want to be your friends. Of course, you know you are good or cool or something but it never feels enough or okay. And you question everyone and everything who tries to be near you or care for you. And you feel so bad for taking up people's time, or space, or eating. Some days it becomes absolutely impossible to breath.There are good days, sporadically. Not enough. And they leave you feeling even worse later because you allow yourself to feel good for some hours, maybe days and then you feel even more guilty.It's like walking around with a 10 pound stone on your chest all the time and trying hard to hide it from other people. Sometimes you do put the stone down, and there are a few precious breaths of freedom but then it's back on the chest and onwards you continue.Also, the constant fascination with death. Even if you are not suicidal you think about “ceasing” a lot.As I said, I wouldn't wish it on my enemies.Originally Answered: What is it like to be clinically depressed?
What is the difference between clinical depression and situational depression?
clinical depression is a chronic cyclic issue in the brain where the chemical transfers take place. if you do not have enough of one chemical it can cause the other chemical to malfunction. Clinical depression is a mystery, but I believe that it is due to many things and they are: 1. infections-viral or bacterial and usually chronic (illness) 2. environment (pollutions) 3. social environment (situational) 4. physical trauma (ie., stroke or concussion) If trauma occurs and the issue is severe and chronic, the way the brain deals with this can actually change the way the chemicals react to one another. Situational depression is one of two 1. social environment 2. life changing occurances, ie. death of a loved one. My theory puts social environment under both classifications, however, in the first class I listed it underneath because you can have one or more combinations. I hope that made sense!
Is suicide the only real cure for major depression?
I've been on and off medications for 8 years and gone through electroconvulsive therapy. My memory is now so poor that I can't remember people's names, and schoolwork seems like such a daunting task that I can't conjure up the energy to begin it. I live with my parents and they are going to kick me out of the house soon because they think my ups and downs are just a ploy for attention, when in fact I don't want attention. My dad is encouraging me to commit suicide to put an end to the financial and emotional burden I've placed on my family. I think I've become numb to people and I dread seeing them because I fear that they will know I am dead inside. There isn't much left of me after these 8 years, I'm like a zombie now. I am beginning to feel that suicide is the best option at this point, I no longer want to make people miserable. I realize that committing suicide will hurt people but in the long run I won't have to see my children afflicted with this mental illness and watch myself die each and every day.