have you ever suffered depression?

have you ever suffered depression?

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how did you handle it?

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@lemondrop said
how did you handle it?
self medicated valium & whiskey tried the docs all he offered was talking therapy.

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@lemondrop said
how did you handle it?
Do you mean "Clinical depression... A mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life."? [from the web]

Or do you mean it in its more colloquial or vernacular sense: feelings of disappointment or gloom [minus a mental health aspect]?

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In elementary school, grade 5, 1956, I believe it was, the teacher whacked me, on the upper arm, with a pointer(I was disrupting the class and likely deserved it) which left a, “depression” on it.

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@fmf said
Do you mean "Clinical depression... A mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life."? [from the web]

Or do you mean it in its more colloquial or vernacular sense: feelings of disappointment or gloom [minus a mental health aspect]?
a feeling of doom and gloom
losing interest in things

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@lemondrop said
a feeling of doom and gloom
losing interest in things
You may be in need of professional help!

Not advice from people here unless they specialize in depression.

-VR

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@lemondrop said
a feeling of doom and gloom
losing interest in things
What Very Rusty said if it's clinical.

If it's the sort of depression that everybody all around the world felt, except Italians, after the EURO 2021 final saw ENGERLAND LOSE, then go on a bike ride, do circuits in the gym, cook something, watch a favourite film, eat chocolate ice cream etc.

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@fmf said
What Very Rusty said if it's clinical.

If it's the sort of depression that everybody all around the world felt, except Italians, after the EURO 2021 final saw ENGERLAND LOSE, then go on a bike ride, do circuits in the gym, cook something, watch a favourite film, eat chocolate ice cream etc.
Chocolate...really?🤔

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@lemondrop said
how did you handle it?
Hypnotherapy, followed by more traditional psychotherapy.

This was clinical depression caused by PTSD. Once I found the right therapist, the depression was gone in one year, the PTSD itself hung on for 19 more years.

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@suzianne said
Hypnotherapy, followed by more traditional psychotherapy.

This was clinical depression caused by PTSD. Once I found the right therapist, the depression was gone in one year, the PTSD itself hung on for 19 more years.
I'm glad it worked

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@lemondrop said
a feeling of doom and gloom
losing interest in things
Yes. I moved away from the situation which was causing the depression. Took about six months to clear my head and get back on my feet again.

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Dang, poor devil.

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@suzianne said
Hypnotherapy, followed by more traditional psychotherapy.

This was clinical depression caused by PTSD. Once I found the right therapist, the depression was gone in one year, the PTSD itself hung on for 19 more years.
I am sure we have all had some depression at different points in our lives. This damn Pandemic hasn't helped people's state of mind for sure.

Of course some much more severe than others. Mental health is being talked about more openly now than it once was which a good thing.

-VR

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@very-rusty said
I am sure we have all had some depression at different points in our lives.
"All" of us?

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@lemondrop
Have I ever suffered depression? no. And I'm very glad for that. I have seen how it can affect people and it's a testament to the human spirit how anyone survives serious clinical depression. Truly inspiring people out there who keep going. If you are depressed, clinically depressed, then I encourage you to seek help (and if you can't get the services that help, paying privately for help).