never since the blue pill... ;-)
Poll: How often do you get depressed?
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Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#12The expected answer for many participants here would be "never." Lifetime incidence of at least one period of depressed mood is fairly high across humankind, but that's over the course of a whole lifetime. If a young person is depressed for days at a time a few times a year, that young person has a clinical case of depression and is well advised to seek medical advice about what to do about. Both medicine and cogniti…
If a young person is depressed for days at a time a few times a year, that young person has a clinical case of depression
That is far from obvious.
The medicalization of depression is itself questionable. There are eloquent dissents by informed critics. It's certainly the majority view right now, but is more a paradigm than a proven truth, and these things are notorious for being subject to fashion. It wouldn't be surprising if, in a decade or two, the pendulum swung the other way.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#13Resist the urge to over-medicalize things: if it lasts longer than two weeks and affects your ability to enjoy life, it may be "depression". If you get dumped by your girlfriend or yelled at by your boss and the next three days really suck, it is "life".
My brother once told me: "There is a support group for people who hate their jobs. It is called Everybody, and we meet at bars starting at about 5:30."
Adjust by about six hours and it is equally true for Japanese salarymen.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#14I've learned that exercising on a quasi-regular basis 4 times a week and spending an hour by myself once a week cures all psychological ills.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#15I've learned that exercising on a quasi-regular basis 4 times a week and spending an hour by myself once a week cures all psychological ills.
Exercise: absolutely. I wish someone had told me when I was younger how dramatic an effect it has. (I mean mentally and emotionally, not physically, though obviously there are physical benefits too.) It still amazes me.
spending an hour by myself once a week
Man, I'd go insane if I only got an hour's worth of solitude a week.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#16Not sure about being depressed but there are days that I feel really down mainly because of my job situation.
It usually lasts for a couple of days but could easily be alleviated by hanging out with friends. There are times though I tend to make it worse by spending time just by myself.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#17Where is the check box for eeyore?
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#18The expected answer for many participants here would be "never." Lifetime incidence of at least one period of depressed mood is fairly high across humankind, but that's over the course of a whole lifetime. If a young person is depressed for days at a time a few times a year, that young person has a clinical case of depression and is well advised to seek medical advice about what to do about. Both medicine and cogniti…
beyondblue.org.au:
Is depression common?
Very common. Around one million Australian adults and 100,000 young people live with depression each year. On average, one in five people will experience depression in their lifetime - one in four females and one in six males.
That's out of a population of 21m.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#19People forget that depression is a normal part of life. Its normal to feel depressed just like it is normal to feel happy. What you should do is admit that you feel this way, let yourself feel those emotions, and reflect on how you want to live your life. It's part of being human.
Re: Poll: How often do you get depressed?
#20The expected answer for many participants here would be "never." Lifetime incidence of at least one period of depressed mood is fairly high across humankind, but that's over the course of a whole lifetime. If a young person is depressed for days at a time a few times a year, that young person has a clinical case of depression and is well advised to seek medical advice about what to do about. Both medicine and cogniti…
If a young person is depressed for days at a time a few times a year, that young person has a clinical case of depression That is far from obvious. The medicalization of depression is itself questionable. There are eloquent dissents by informed critics. It's certainly the majority view right now, but is more a paradigm than a proven truth, and these things are notorious for being subject to fashion. It wouldn't be su…
I agree with you about the medicalization of depression. The unspoken boogey man behind this is that the professionals say this kind of thing in the belief that medicalization is a lesser evil than the prospect of young people killing themselves. Its the old problem of whats good for society isn't necessarily good for the individuals. Wide spread medicalization of depression saves lives, but the cost is that individuals offen get medicalized for things they don't need.