Height of Depression

OP does not know what depression is.

Depression is a serious thing, I like to call what I have misery.

Deleted User wrote: »

Those who suffer from clinical depression. I won't be insensitive as to compare my trivial annoyances...

Yea, but you know what the OP means though don't you, it's like when i get hungry and i tell myself I'm starving, I'm not really but you get the point, you can be insensitive if you want, I'm sure people with actual depression won't get too bothered about someone on the internet exaggerating their emotions a tiny teeny little bit

Reading the opening post

If you can go out to the pub or wherever, you are most likely not clinically depressed. Bored maybe.

threetrees wrote: »

If you think that's depressing then you've never been depressed. Try not being able to get out of bed in the morning, feeling totally and utterly useless, worthless and unloved. That is depression.

I think it’s surely a question for the individual themselves to answer as to what causes them to feel depressed. The idea that others can answer that question on behalf of someone else is, in and of itself, I think anyway - depressing.

Not being able to get out of bed in the morning, feeling totally and utterly useless, worthless and unloved is not depression. They are symptoms. My point is that it isn’t for other people to tell someone whether or not they are or aren’t experiencing depression. It’s causes, symptoms and effects can be different for everyone. I think we need to get away from this often promoted narrative that a person can only be experiencing depression if they fit a specific set of criteria.

That’s the basis of a clinical diagnosis, certainly, but IMO it’s limiting the scope of our understanding of depression and what causes it and how to treat it and alleviate the symptoms while addressing the underlying cause of the persons experiencing ill mental health, and if possible - to determine ways and methods to prevent people from experiencing ill mental health in the first place.

Or, y’know, we could get hung up on labelling it like it’s just another identity for people who are into that sort of thing, and not the mental condition that it has actually been recognised as such that there are different circumstances, levels, and degrees to which it can impact upon a persons ability to cope with life and the nuances of mental health.

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I think it’s surely a question for the individual themselves to answer as to what causes them to feel depressed.

My thoughts exactly, plenty jumping down the ops throat for what they perceive not to be depression, do they own the rights to the symptoms of depression, no way should they be dictating what defines depression.

I think a lot on here feel the need to stand up for something defined by a narrow set of parameters, "you couldn't be depressed if you're able to get up in the morning " what a load of bull, the banks don't give a fcuk if you're depressed as long as you pay the mortgage, depressed or not life goes on and bills have to be paid, but lets not get in the way of the faux outrage brigade willing to identify/pretend to have depression just to sound righteous on an anonymous discussion forum

There's actually quite a few of us dealing with depression (and the often co-morbid anxiety) in the LTI forum here if any of you want to maybe drop in and just say hello or even just take a look at what some people go through.

I can't say I've been the most severely affected by any stretch of the imagination but even in my limited experience, I've found a bit of human contact, even over a forum, can help.

Look up the word depression.

Then be grateful you don't have it if this is all that "depresses" you.

For me it's being at the sea side/beach.
It's a very happy place but it can also feel very lonely looking out.