[ SECRET POST #1818 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1818 ⌋


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Comments

[damnated.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily.

A couple years ago I got diagnosed with clinical depression by a Psychiatrist, and, surprise surprise, I had no MAJOR LIFE ISSUES/PROBLEMS behind it. It was, as far as I was told (to more detail, but I honestly can not remember right now) it was a chemical issue in my brain. Pills were very helpful and made me feel better. :)

[childings.livejournal.com]

Just to piggyback on this comment, sometimes the symptoms of depression aren't as simple as feelings of sadness or despair, either. Sometimes it's more like just feeling... nothing. Or losing interest in things you used to love doing (like writing or drawing).

I'm bipolar and ever since I moved to this crappy state I lost access to the Lamictal I was taking. I've been surprisingly "normal" mood-wise, only one major manic episode in over a year and I don't feel depressed, but I've also been totally unable to draw or do anything creative which is very unusual for me. I just don't have any interest in it anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

This was sort of what happened to me. I was apathetic toward pretty much everything. First it was stuff I actively disliked, then stuff I liked, then basic functions like eating. I just...couldn't bring myself to do anything.

[(Anonymous)]

That pretty much sums up how I used to feel a few years back. I would spend pretty much all my time in bed and only dragged myself out for work because I couldn't bring myself to give a shit about anything. I never hit the "skipping basic functions" stage, so I managed to pull myself out without meds. I never thought of it as depression at the time, though. Just... apathy.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

To be fair, I didn't seek help until I realized that I had essentially stopped eating, and that was roughly four months after the apathy first took hold. I was still going to work because I didn't want to lose my job, but I was skipping classes at university because I couldn't muster the energy to make myself go, and my creative endeavors had ceased entirely except for a few sporadic manic episodes where I wouldn't sleep and instead would write for twelve hours straight. I thought I'd merely burnt myself out (trying to be the perfect student, daughter, friend, employee, person, etc.) up until people started complimenting my figure due to the rapid weight loss (ha, so not helpful now because it's kind of messed up my body image).

When I first talked to my therapist and filled out the little form thing to scale depression, she said that I was one of the most severely depressed patients she'd ever had that hadn't been hospitalized for it first, but I wasn't really sad at all. I just couldn't bring myself to care anymore.

I'm not taking much of it, but the medication I have helps a lot.