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I was suicidally depressed in 2017. A combination of medication, CBT, talk therapy and the love and care of other helping professionals got me better. I've never felt better. It gets better. My email is in my user info.
And when you've been severely depressed and get better, I argue you feel better than anybody who has never suffered with it.
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I believe depression is a spectrum so although I'm not depressed, I'm also not not depressed.
Right now I'm in a good place and I accredit this to a few things I did this past week:
- attended multiple virtual events (2 chat-based, 1 video)
- caught up with 2 friends via phone/video call
- went apartment hunting yesterday. Going outside for first time in a week + general excitement of moving out & exploring a new frontier is motivating
I'm 23 and I know life is a struggle. If you're reading this and are around that age + care about exploring personal development and mental health + want to connect, hit me up! Twitter - @radiunhuq
Thanks for asking :)
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[0] In case you haven't heard of SAD (seasonal affective disorder), check it out: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affe...
I want to kill myself so I'm gonna go with "yes"
I had severe depression for a few years that became debilitating at the start of 2020 causing me to be unable to socialize or work or do anything but sleep. I was a terrible friend, parent, spouse, and employee. I tried multiple anti-depressants and therapists, but nothing helped. This august I found a psychiatrist that also did ketamine treatment and it was a miracle. Literally the day after my first treatment I was…
Unless you add an offsite point of contact to your HN profile, the only way for anyone to reach out is to reply here.
-- edit: email address added
Holy crap, that's a way higher percentage than I was expecting. What are some of the reasons you all have for being depressed? Also, is this possibly a self selective poll? Are non depressed people not bothering to answer?
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As we grow up and become aware of our world, there’s too much shit going on everywhere to truly be happy anymore even if my own life was perfect, and there’s little good to look forward to.
At best we can hope for everything to keep shambling on and not collapse catastrophically. And the worst part? Even if everything did collapse it would be hard to feel sorry for us..
I daresay that never being depressed would be the odd behavior for a sane individual.
Well, let's see. My wife left me shortly before the pandemic started. I tried leaning on alleged friends for emotional support and they bailed on me. I don't have any family here in the US. The pandemic hit and I had to stop practicing my sport. My work output has been 10-20% of what it used to be even though I don't have kids to deal with, or any of the things that are driving folks crazy. It takes me around 2h to m…
Get a dog or three.
Reminder: winter is coming[0] & days are shorter so take care of yourselves pls --- I believe depression is a spectrum so although I'm not depressed, I'm also not not depressed. Right now I'm in a good place and I accredit this to a few things I did this past week: - attended multiple virtual events (2 chat-based, 1 video) - caught up with 2 friends via phone/video call - went apartment hunting yesterday. Going outsi…
I was going to say "not everyone lives in the northern hemisphere, you know", but to be fair I suppose 99% of HN lives there and the rest of us are already used to this.
I had severe depression for a few years that became debilitating at the start of 2020 causing me to be unable to socialize or work or do anything but sleep. I was a terrible friend, parent, spouse, and employee. I tried multiple anti-depressants and therapists, but nothing helped. This august I found a psychiatrist that also did ketamine treatment and it was a miracle. Literally the day after my first treatment I was…
Holy crap, that's a way higher percentage than I was expecting. What are some of the reasons you all have for being depressed? Also, is this possibly a self selective poll? Are non depressed people not bothering to answer?