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LETS ALL LAUGH AT PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION!!
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Its indescribable when you put that mask down and just simply be who you are and the world, miraculously, doesn't end.
No more pretending, no more worrying about the mask slipping, no more trying to be Mr Perfect and no more fear of not being perfect. Give yourself the right to be human and just... unclench.
So happy for you Drumpot. So so happy. 0 -
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In fairness it can affect you depending on the job you are applying for.
Well obviously if your arm is broken and you're taking a medical to be a pilot then it might be an issue there. But if you can manage your arm's condition after treatment then it shouldn't really be an issue. There might be a note made of the possibility of you being the type of fellow susceptible to arm breaks but nothing more about it.
Metaphor aside : 20-25% of people who apply for jobs will have suffered depression at some point in their lives. If a company thinks a past history of treatment of depression (they can only find that out with your consent) is reason to reject your application then it's probably for the best you're not working in that environment anyway. (What would happen if you were to suffer another episode in an environment like that?). And, yes, these companies do exist. But the only way to overcome the stigma is to assume it's not there. If you act like you're trying to hide something you think others would be ashamed of then they're going to see it that way. But if you approach it the way Dev does, that's it's just another illness then at least then you'll give them something to think about. In other words you're not going to overcome a career stigma by accepting there is one. Btw, there mostly isn't. 0 -
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indeed,a broken arm or physical disability is accepted and more easily accomodated by jobs than mental impairments of any kind.In fairness it can affect you depending on the job you are applying for.
the unipolar/bipolar spectrums still have a long way to go to being understood,many people in this country with severe depresion have been discriminated against in jobs because they are automaticaly assumed to be unreliable bad workers without real impairment-taking time off when very ill,taking time off for hospital visits etc and unless they are classed as disabled under DDA rules its even more difficult for them to get support and understanding.
-a favourite support staff of mine had a accute crisis through severe depression due to past life problems and she ended up being sectioned- the organisation here never bothered to find out how she was or to tell her dont worry her job is still there,no one did, they just began interviewing new staff.
*polar depressions are awful illnesses,what hope will people be able to have if the only stable things in their life are being taken away from them?
efb,
am hoping have read the correct post here but woud recommend seeing either another gp for second opinion or if possible a different pysch,we are always told we arent the doctors but they arent the ones who live with us to see the reality or know how we feel on them-no one does,we all have different neurobiology setups and can react to medications in different ways,if believe the medication is to difficult to cope with ask about possibility of changing to another.
am really struggling with severe depression at the moment and had had cymbalta daily dose increased past sixty mg last week which is starting to work-exactly one week on now,and for several years now the damn pysch still has never took notice of the fact am suffering from episodic pyschosis to [diagnosed] which he thinks isnt pyschosis but is the brains attempt at communicating problems from withinside because of classic autism making it impossible.
so thinking there are cameras in the walls and light fittings [and smashing the bulbs out of the ceiling with sticks]/baricading self in room;paralysed with fear and rage thinking support staff and family have been sent here to injure self/having insects crawling under skin/seeing gigantic spiders fall everywhere/feeling them when they land on self/being told by weird voices in head to do criminal acts is-communicating?
BS.
wish was able to access another pysch.0 -
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Good for you! Don't be scared. Get your money's worth. Really, there is little point in going in there and pretending to be someone else. He (or she) will end up trying to help that "someone else".HI
I have made a appoint with a psychologist, appoint in the new year, I am hoping for the best, am so scared, nervous, but hopeful
Take a deep breath and go in and completely and utterly unburden yourself. Tell them absolutely everything if you can, or as much as you can, at the time. Trust me, its scary alright but once you get going it will feel better. Please believe that.
I'm so chuffed for you, you've taken the hardest step now. Every bit gets a littttttttle bit easier now. Do it. You deserve your life. 0 -
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I hate that "pity" crap, or the "walking on eggshells" crap. I kinda feel like "the only difference between me and the rest of you is that I'm being honest, open and healthy about it"
Just continue being you and they will fall back into normality. Take it as a sign of their desire to help and concern for you (positive) instead of the "crap" I mentioned above... (I struggle with that you see ) 0 -
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This is where it's get tough. It's great that you're trying to help him but you need to realise that if it is depression, for him to make any effort at all can be an absolutely massive thing. Think of something simple that you'd do without thinking. Suppose you dropped a penny on the floor. You'd just pick it up without thinking about it. With depression, the depressive can find that task, that very simple task, of picking up the penny to suddenly become a bit of an ordeal. Simple things which many people do everyday without thinking suddenly becoming mountains and then coping or dealing with life's little problems becomes hard and if there is a serious problem, like say, unemployment, then it becomes massively hard to deal with.
+1
As a parent of a son aged 18 who suffers from depression,panic attacks and social anxiety, I can agree wholeheartdly with this. He's on medication,seeing two diff professionals and is doing much better but what we can do without thinking is a massive effort to my son anyway.
Just wanted to say thanks to Jernal for what he said , often thought it but didn't have the words to explain properly 0 -
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I don`t need a doctor to know, that im depressed, even tho went to my GP, said how I feel about my life, about myself, lost over 8 pounds of my weight, they are blaming my diet
Doctors have not an earthling clue what's going on in one's head and easy for them in that position of power, to come up with an excuse such as fingering the dietary factors etc...and missunderstandings with with my partner, but can`t explain why am i crying with no reason, having no interest in anything, if start to do something, quit it in week or two. Now i`m wearing kids size clothes for a year (because of my diet), have no friends simply because don`t feel like talking with anybody, constant anger and sadness, lonliness in me.
Have you actually sat down with your partner and explained how you felt? Your partner needs to show support or understanding and back you to the wall and fight for you... not in the sense of arguing or fighting, rather, more in the positive, as in, helping you and making sure you're okie and help fight for your life...I use to be different.
And i cant myself.
tried to ring up helplines for depression, but for me its just not working, i dont trust anybody, even myself, my partner and me have everyday arguments about every little thing you can imagine, anger builds up quick.
I am affraid to to stay alone, meaning, partner is gonna leave me, because i dont want to help myself, im not trying, but if you are depressed, u dont look forward for new hobbies, traveling and stuff right?
I call myself helpless.
Its what depression does to you, exactly that, no motivation, no energy, no joy in anything and finding even the most simplest of mundane tasks extremely difficult.
You are not alone and commend you for bravery in writing this down in how you are +1!
Keep writing if you have to, and show it to your partner to enable to see what others have written here on this thread.
Lots of internet hugs to you.... 0 -
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