depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
Summary of Article by Forand and DeRubeis (2013)
Summary of Article Forand and DeRubeis (2013) describe the research involving anti-depressant medication would suggest that only taking the drug is not enough. Currently, most anti-depressant medications are prescribed by primary care physicians, who typically are not specialized in mental health issues. It is suggested through the article that evidence-based therapies accompany the pharmacological treatment.
By Dr. Reanna Waugh PhD5 years ago in Psyche
The struggle is real
I am struggling today. Everything hurts. Everything! No one talks about how depression is not just being sad... It's all the emotions all at once. Without rhyme or reason. It's being fatigued from blinking and breathing. It's seeing your phone ring and not wanting to answer cuz then you have to explain why you sound tired. And if I tried to explain... They probably still wouldn't understand. I'm not lazy, I'm not procrastinating I'm not super sensitive even though I cried when someone told me to smile.. Im fighting a battle inside that no one can see or hear but me. I try to stay busy. So busy I don't have time to feel anything. Too much of any of those feelings can send me spiraling out of control. When you see yourself slipping and there's nothing you can do but hold on for dear life. It's scary. Today is hard. Today I struggled and I know will struggle again. That's the nature of this beast. It's okay to struggle. It's okay to say it out loud, it's okay to cry. What's not okay; quitting.
By Alina Robertson5 years ago in Psyche
Depression
There are things that are hard to express to people. Things that you just don’t get unless you’ve lived it. Depression is one of them. It’s not sadness, or the blues. It’s not feeling down. Honestly, to me, it’s more like not feeling at all. It’s the desperation to feel anything. Even if that thing is pain. Even if it is every bad dream you’ve ever dreamt. Every time you’ve ever been afraid. All of the negativity in your head, gushing out so that you feel something. It can’t use the good memories or the jokes that make you laugh so hard you can’t stop. Those things just won’t do, they are too temporary. If depression is really going to remind you how to feel, so that you feel something, it has to hit hard. It has to go deep, to the things that weigh you down.
By C. S. Phoenix 5 years ago in Psyche
The Final Breath
Later started his thanksgiving holiday differently this year, previously he’d be back at home helping cook and prepare on thanksgiving eve, but this year he was in a hotel with a guy he met from a dating app. His name Matt: a handsome guy, but damaged. He came back to town from the west coast and he was going crazy being back in his toxic household. Later could also sense he was hurting. Later was a deep empath and healer, so naturally, he wanted to heal Matt but Later failed to realize that “you can’t heal everyone” and that people can only save themselves. Later tried to lend a listening ear, a compassionate heart, but Matt couldn’t see it. He was too blinded by his thoughts and the hurt that he was enduring that it capsized Matt. Later on in the day, it was about 1 pm they got food. Later practically fasted the last two days, so this was his first meal. The food also gave him enough energy to think and lie down for a while. Matt was sitting up on the bed chilling, and Later was adjacent lying down both of them in their worlds. Later then began to think, and think. It was the first time he sat down with himself and indulged his mind. Later finally felt his feelings, and he decided that today I’m going to feel this, and he began to cry. He cried, and cried. Then he laughed. Matt noticed and replied, “I can’t tell if you’re laughing or crying?” Later wiped his tears, and replied “Both” Matt tried his best to comfort Later by rubbing on his back and giving encouraging words, but he wasn’t listening only projecting his own experience onto Later.
By Deandric TV5 years ago in Psyche
Depression Explained Using the MCU
Before we start, I'd like to make two side notes. First, this article is based entirely on my personal experience with depression. Second, my personal experience with depression goes back about 6 years when I was first diagnosed with depression after leaving the military. That being said, let's get to the subject, shall we?
By Anthony Hall5 years ago in Psyche
Learn about depression
It’s around that time of year where many people in the world take a heavy toll with their depression. I am one of those many people. Being an individual with depression and educating others about depression is a personal duty of mine. You may ask yourself why, why does she feel so responsible to teach others about depression? Because of the stigma that comes with it. Depression is more then sadness and its not an out for those who have it either.
By Lavinia Guadalupe5 years ago in Psyche
What it is like to live with Major Depression
Five years old – that’s the first time I remember thinking that if I wasn’t around then everyone would be happier and better off. I remember seeing the commercials asking people to “adopt” one of the starving children in Africa and I felt, no, I knew deep in my soul that it was somehow MY fault that those children were starving. I remember thinking that if I ran away, then any problems my parents had would be gone. As I grew older, running away morphed into killing myself. Those starving kids in Africa, well, they were still somehow my fault and any problems my parents had were still my fault. If my parents were struggling financially or couldn’t afford something that my sister or I wanted, I just knew that if I hadn’t been born, then none of that would have been a problem. I never told my parents how I felt. I never told anyone. I didn’t want to hurt anyone by telling them. I never told anyone about my suicide attempts. I knew that no one would understand just what it is like to live with and battle Major Depression.
By Julie Botsay Jacobson5 years ago in Psyche
Fighting Depression with Gratitude
I'm so happy to be living a privileged life with so many opportunities. And no. I'm not rich. I do not have a net worth of up to a million pounds. But... I'm alive, I have a job, I live in a house, and I have food and clean water.
By Amby O Asonye5 years ago in Psyche
The Mind of a Depressed Soul
Depression isn’t something I would wish on my worst enemy. I get so frustrated with myself at times for my lack of understanding of what is going on inside my OWN head, and I imagine I am not alone in those frustrations. However, as I was deep in thought earlier, trying to comprehend this latest tormenting depression spell, I was hit with a new perspective. It was like my “aha” moment. I am finally beginning to see a very important aspect of understanding myself and my life, which oddly enough, is that understanding this also encompasses an understanding that NOT understanding is okay.
By Annie Mae Edwards5 years ago in Psyche
