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Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by redisman »

werber wrote: post #21
pcbro141 wrote: post #2

I'm curious how everyone here is doing mentally. Do you consider yourself depressed, whether or not you've been clinically diagnosed?

I dealt with depression when I was younger, and being completely isolated due to the current world situation has brought it back. I am situationally depressed from a lack of human contact. I feel awful on a regular basis, and I wish more people would come out and just say it now. It's not rare or precious or embarrassing, it's just being human.

I was always pretty good at being a loner and my current situation I’m not living alone but man it’s weird that things like not going inside the grocery store anymore make me feel like a part of the human experience is missing. Seeing the country (US) about to plunge into new depths this winter with no leadership is hard to stomach.

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by s5300 »

ardit33 wrote: post #38

Nope... I am the opposite. Kinda calm, and enjoying NYC/Manhattan being a quitter place. I am mostly an introvert though, but had some major FOMO before covid. I attribute this sense of tranquility/calmness as all that FOMO is gone, since pretty much everyone is in the same boat. I also have created a routine and I go out every day, and work outside for at least one hour. Before it was in the parks, but now that is a…

So, to precede your good intentions:

Step 0: Be in a good place in life and have money.

If only things could be so simple...

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by firekvz »

Not depressed myself but like 90% of the people I know is depressed, and it has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me, I live in a country with a huge economic crisis that have led people to the most horrible suffering you can imagine without being in a war state. Most of the causes for the depression are systematically caused by the government, people even ignore their mental health and are just struggling to survive.

What makes the whole thing worse is that there isn’t much help available, really few people can afford to really get professional help and there is no public help, some NGOs are doing the best they can but it’s impossible to help a society where mostly everyone has depression.

I am not familiar at all with any psychological studies being done in my country, but I believe that a lot of people in the field would like to work in here, there is so many things to study and observe.

For those wondering, my country is Venezuela

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by outside1234 »

I had an inability to focus and paralyzing procrastination until the election was decided. And then, like a miracle, it went away. :)

Not making a political statement with that, but we have a ton of stuff weighing over all of us right now, so be easy on yourself if you feel a bit down or unable to do anything like normal productivity - you are definitely not alone.

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by matthewheath »

Yes. I started a new job (software engineering again) at the start of the pandemic. I feel like I burned a bridge with my manager prior to leaving so ... I won't be able to return to that company in the future.

Haven't really spoken to anyone outside of work (tiny company, too) since March. Left to my own devices at work. Haven't seen anyone in person since April.

Spend most of my days online and alone. Attempted suicide over the summer. Not eating much, rapidly losing weight.

It's my birthday in a few weeks and most days, I don't want to live to see it.

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by radihuq »

edjrage wrote: post #108
radihuq wrote: post #102

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…

> winter is coming 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.

Haha my intention was less "northern hemisphere master race" and more "hey I know you already know this but remember that the change in season can affect your mood"

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by throwaway45349 »

tsjq wrote: post #48
rubatuga wrote: post #20

A yes/no questionnaire is the worst possible way to poll this issue.

This post looks like a promo for that site, and likely they're setting a ton of tracking cookies and sell our data to a ton of advertisers

Baseless HN conspiracy theories about privacy never cease to amaze me.

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by patcon »

Remote work is not for me. I'm struggling pretty hard. I miss people. I miss my sense of being good at the parts of work that involved people. I'm shit at working alone. I'm not productive like some are, and all my best assets were how I could support people around me and help them love what they were doing. All I have left of work are the parts that make me feel badly every day.

Fuck this pandemic.

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by nitrogen »

throwaway45349 wrote: post #58
Koliakis wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No social contacts with friends or strangers who could become friends (or even a partner). So loneliness and lack of intimacy. The latter is a killer.

For sure, this is a big reason. I'll be 21 when this is over, this year of youth is never coming back.

In hindsight your early 20s are a lot more fungible than it seems at the start. 20-25 you can really do a lot of the same things. Heck, even your 30s you can do a lot more than you think you can when you're looking forward from 20.

Also keep in mind that everyone your age is in the same boat this year.

Re: Ask HN: Are you depressed?

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Post by kortex »

patcon wrote: post #128

Remote work is not for me. I'm struggling pretty hard. I miss people. I miss my sense of being good at the parts of work that involved people. I'm shit at working alone. I'm not productive like some are, and all my best assets were how I could support people around me and help them love what they were doing. All I have left of work are the parts that make me feel badly every day. Fuck this pandemic.

Network effects, mate. I'm in the same boat. Zoom/hangout meetings just aren't the same magic as walking down the hallway and knocking on a door/cube.

There's still nothing widely used that compares to a whiteboard, either. Drawing tablets haven't caught on yet.

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