Does anyone here suffer from depression?

[Ichirou]

I suffer from intermittent deep depression.  It happens to me about four or five times a year.  I think it partly has to do with the weather, partly to do with the shit that happens to me in my life...right now I think it's because of some stuff that's gone down the past couple of weeks including my being really sick for a couple of days, discovering that the girl I like is dating some aussie douchebag, having my friend be transferred to another school, seeing my students' graduation ceremony...just a lot of stuff like that.  I'm also slightly worried about the future - who will I be teaching in the next school year, who will I be working with, will I get along with them, etc.

Blah, I hate feeling like this.  I just want to curl up into a ball and sleep 24 hours a day.  Added to this is the cold weather.  I just want it to warm up already.

[Flannel Boy]

I have had clinical depression for over a dozen years.

It's also tied to the weather, cold, cool, warm, hot, cloudy, rainy, hail thunder, sleet, snow, tornados, etc.

[Ichirou]

I have had clinical depression for over a dozen years.

It's also tied to the weather, cold, cool, warm, hot, cloudy, rainy, hail thunder, sleet, snow, tornados, etc.

Yeah, it is definitely seasonal in my case too.  How do you handle it?  Are you on any medication?  Do you see a psychologist?

[MrAngryFace]

Youre talking clinical right? Cause almost everyone suffers the chemical balance issues related to depression

Whenever I get depressed I remember how hard it used to be, or how hard it is for other people, and I sorta just get over it. Also the older you get the easier it is to poo poo life "events" cause when you've lived long enough you realize they werent as important as you previously thought.

[bagofeyes]

Yes, my whole family does

[Flannel Boy]

I have had clinical depression for over a dozen years.

It's also tied to the weather, cold, cool, warm, hot, cloudy, rainy, hail thunder, sleet, snow, tornados, etc.

Yeah, it is definitely seasonal in my case too.  How do you handle it?  Are you on any medication?  Do you see a psychologist?

Yeah, by seasonal... all four seasons.
I used to take drugs. Zoloft, Prozac and paxil. I had severe withdrawal from trying to quit paxil so I won't even start. I’m thinking of taking the House root and pretend I have cancer.

[Beezy]

I've been depressed a lot lately. I'm not used to this.

[Madrun Badrun]

yep for over a year.   It was such a waist of a year and a terrifying time.  Sooooooo glad I'm out of it now. 

[Ichirou]

I've been depressed a lot lately. I'm not used to this.

Crystal Kay will never even know you exist.

[Vizzys]

Of course. I get through it as per usual.

[Ichirou]

Youre talking clinical right? Cause almost everyone suffers the chemical balance issues related to depression

Whenever I get depressed I remember how hard it used to be, or how hard it is for other people, and I sorta just get over it. Also the older you get the easier it is to poo poo life "events" cause when you've lived long enough you realize they werent as important as you previously thought.

I don't know if it's clinical, but it comes and goes pretty regularly.  It's almost like clockwork, a seasonal thing.

[Phoenix Dark]

Malek never called me. I'm depressed :'(

[littlemathletics]

I was quite seriously depressed. I'm not really sure how I managed to work through it, to be honest. I think a big part of it was moving to a new area, away from a lot of things that had become habitual for me, though I soon found that I couldn't just rely on that to change myself.

I guess being able to do something that makes me happy that I am apparently good at helped too.

[Christopher]

eh I had my moments...

[xnikki118x]

I'm bipolar and take medication for it. I'm a much better person because I'm medicated. I also check in every few months with a psychiatrist and go to therapy when I need it, which thankfully hasn't been for a while.

I'm a much, much better person when I'm medicated. I'm not numb and lifeless, just normal. My pop suffers from what I believe to be moderate major depression and when he decides to fuck with his meds, he's a fucking asshole. Like he's such an asshole that I wanna punch him in the chest and give him another heart attack kind of asshole.

If you're depressed, there's nothing wrong with seeking help. Just wanna point that out there. Sure, there are always people who have it worse than you do, but that doesn't mean your problems are trivial. They are still your problems and you deserve to get help for them.

[bork]

Given that we're in similar situations, I know EXACTLY how you feel, Ichirou.  I also felt extremely alone in late 2005...then all of sudden, a girl I gave my number to (student teacher) in the summer calls me out of the blue...only to just stop talking to me a few days later, no explanation given.  But I didn't let it get me down, kept on going, ended up meeting a girl two months later, and now she's my fiance.

I don't care about the ALTs at city hall with me, but the two people I hang out with here are both going back home this summer, and that's really going to suck.    I'm just glad I have my fiance with me, or I'd probably be going insane. 

So the girl you like is taken...move on and find someone else!  You'll feel a hell of a lot better...having someone here that you can REALLY vent your frustrations to and confide in on a level above your friends really helps.

[The Sceneman]

I take prozac everyday 

Depression sucks. Im depressed a lot of the time. I have nightmares about at least one of my ex girlfirends every night

[MrAngryFace]

take booze! way cheaper!

[Ichirou]

Given that we're in similar situations, I know EXACTLY how you feel, Ichirou.  I also felt extremely alone in late 2005...then all of sudden, a girl I gave my number to (student teacher) in the summer calls me out of the blue...only to just stop talking to me a few days later, no explanation given.  But I didn't let it get me down, kept on going, ended up meeting a girl two months later, and now she's my fiance.

This will never happen to me because lemurs says I look like a raccoon.

[BlueTsunami]

I've learned, if your depressed, just pump one out or get some booty. Then listen to some Shade and cryyyyyyyyy. You'll be alright

[bork]

This will never happen to me because lemurs says I look like a raccoon.

It will never happen if you keep on feeling sorry for yourself.  Shit, I'm overweight, yet I still managed to get myself a hot girlfriend who I'm now engaged to.  You just have to go for it...sitting around feeling sorry for yourself isn't going to accomplish anything.

[xnikki118x]

I've learned, if your depressed, just pump one out or get some booty. Then listen to some Shade and cryyyyyyyyy. You'll be alright

That's not always true. Everyone is depressed sometimes and something like that often helps, but if you're suffering from depression as a disease, doing something like that is nothing more than a temporary fix. Therapists and antidepressants exist for a reason and it's to help those kind of people.

I promise I won't take this rant any further.

[littlemathletics]

I had a pretty bad episode on Friday - freaked out at my girlfriend's house and got all paranoid about her housemates hating me then didn't talk to anyone for three hours. I know they don't hate me, and they're my good friends, but...something. I think I'm actually going to go and see someone after that.

[Himu]

I have had it for years. I was diagnosed with Major Depression last year.

[Ichirou]

I've learned, if your depressed, just pump one out or get some booty. Then listen to some Shade and cryyyyyyyyy. You'll be alright

That's not always true. Everyone is depressed sometimes and something like that often helps, but if you're suffering from depression as a disease, doing something like that is nothing more than a temporary fix. Therapists and antidepressants exist for a reason and it's to help those kind of people.

I promise I won't take this rant any further.

Tom Cruise says there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.  He's studied the history of psychiatry, I haven't (and apparently neither have you, with all your talk of antidepressants)...so I'll trust his judgment over yours, missy.

[The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment]

I have had it for years. I was diagnosed with Major Depression last year.

Cheer up buddy, at least you still have the first two Shenmues to fill the void.

[Himu]

I'm bipolar and take medication for it. I'm a much better person because I'm medicated. I also check in every few months with a psychiatrist and go to therapy when I need it, which thankfully hasn't been for a while.

I think I have bipolar. Sometimes I'll just get mad and I swear I hear like a chime in my head and I just get pissed and can't control my anger, and all of a sudden I'm calm. Then sometimes I have random spurts where I cry out of nowhere. 

I had a mental break down last year where I flipped between 3 emotions seconds away from each other for the span of 5 or so minutes.

It was freaky.

[brawndolicious]

I have had it for years. I was diagnosed with Major Depression last year.

Nah, you're just a horny youth.  Which is understandable for a shenmue fan who knows that the other five parts to the series will never come out.  No.  More.  Mo-blurred.  Sailer.  Sex.

[The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment]

I have had it for years. I was diagnosed with Major Depression last year.

Nah, you're just a horny youth.  Which is understandable for a shenmue fan who knows that the other five parts to the series will never come out.  No.  More.  Mo-blurred.  Sailer.  Sex.

[brawndolicious]

Yeah he's hot.

[Himu]

You guys are really being harsh. I mean, I want Shenmue III and everything but it doesn't make me depressed.

[BlueTsunami]

I've learned, if your depressed, just pump one out or get some booty. Then listen to some Shade and cryyyyyyyyy. You'll be alright

That's not always true. Everyone is depressed sometimes and something like that often helps, but if you're suffering from depression as a disease, doing something like that is nothing more than a temporary fix. Therapists and antidepressants exist for a reason and it's to help those kind of people.

I promise I won't take this rant any further.

Oh no doubt, my comment was more of a joke than anything :p

But all in all, I'm in the camp that truly believes that we all have it in us to resolve issues like Depression (I've gone through it myself). It all comes down to a lack of will to fix ourselves at that point. Someone there to listen and expel your problems too definitely helps though (someone to pick you up when your down). I personally had the depression pass over time coming to the realization myself...that one shouldn't take everything around him so seriously.

I was way too empathetic as a teen

[brawndolicious]

You guys are really being harsh. I mean, I want Shenmue III and everything but it doesn't make me depressed.

well if you're in the extreme minority of shenmue fans who aren't turned on by sailer sex...

[Himu]

I like the sailors and all but I'm more into raping Chinese girls.

[brawndolicious]

I like the sailors and all but I'm more into raping Chinese girls.

[Himu]

I said Chinese not Japanese.


Does Chinese women shave their pubes 

[Ichirou]

I said Chinese not Japanese.


Does Chinese women shave their pubes 

They don't even shave their legs over there, man.

[Himu]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[xnikki118x]

Tom Cruise says there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.  He's studied the history of psychiatry, I haven't (and apparently neither have you, with all your talk of antidepressants)...so I'll trust his judgment over yours, missy.

No, I've studied the history of psychology. That's my major. I've also been into and out of therapy for the  part 10 years so I know a thing or two about it.

Tom Cruise? Please.

I think I have bipolar. Sometimes I'll just get mad and I swear I hear like a chime in my head and I just get pissed and can't control my anger, and all of a sudden I'm calm. Then sometimes I have random spurts where I cry out of nowhere. 

I had a mental break down last year where I flipped between 3 emotions seconds away from each other for the span of 5 or so minutes.

It was freaky.

That happens to people with different forms of bipolar disorder, and many other disorders as well. You should speak to your doctor if you feel like you need to do something about it, and it sounds like you do. I hope whatever you do, you start feeling better and more stable.

But all in all, I'm in the camp that truly believes that we all have it in us to resolve issues like Depression (I've gone through it myself). It all comes down to a lack of will to fix ourselves at that point. Someone there to listen and expel your problems too definitely helps though (someone to pick you up when your down). I personally had the depression pass over time coming to the realization myself...that one shouldn't take everything around him so seriously.

I absolutely agree with you. No one can be helped if they don't want to be helped. All the therapy and medication in the world is going to make someone get out of a bed in the morning if they just don't want to.

[Ichirou]

Tom Cruise says there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.  He's studied the history of psychiatry, I haven't (and apparently neither have you, with all your talk of antidepressants)...so I'll trust his judgment over yours, missy.

No, I've studied the history of psychology. That's my major. I've also been into and out of therapy for the  part 10 years so I know a thing or two about it.

Tom Cruise? Please.

lol, wtf, no wonder you think I'm being an asshole to you.  Your sense of humor is obviously on life support if you couldn't tell that was a JOKE.  :tbslol

[xnikki118x]

lol, wtf, no wonder you think I'm being an asshole to you.  Your sense of humor is obviously on life support if you couldn't tell that was a JOKE.  :tbslol

That's why Cloud makes sure we have fun emoticons. The internet doesn't convey tone of voice, it's just text. So we have these for when people are kidding:
 

and these, by the supertalented Ecrofirt:
 :elf :santocry :sp0rsk1 :tbslol :hehe :nuhuh

Besides, the mental health field gets a lot of heat, and I defend my will-be profession. If someone came on here and said "video games cause violence because Hillary Clinton said so", people would speak up and tell you to  :stfu.

Right?
^ that means I'm saying this smiling, not angry and mean.

[Ichirou]

lol, wtf, no wonder you think I'm being an asshole to you.  Your sense of humor is obviously on life support if you couldn't tell that was a JOKE.  :tbslol

That's why Cloud makes sure we have fun emoticons. The internet doesn't convey tone of voice, it's just text. So we have these for when people are kidding:
 

and these, by the supertalented Ecrofirt:
 :elf :santocry :sp0rsk1 :tbslol :hehe :nuhuh

Besides, the mental health field gets a lot of heat, and I defend my will-be profession. If someone came on here and said "video games cause violence because Hillary Clinton said so", people would speak up and tell you to  :stfu.

Right?
^ that means I'm saying this smiling, not angry and mean.

Dude...I was quoting TOM CRUISE. I assumed a smiley would be overstating the point.

[xnikki118x]

Dude...I was quoting TOM CRUISE. I assumed a smiley would be overstating the point.

I don't know you--maybe you're a follower of scientology. I don't mean that to be offensive, either. Some people honestly think it's a good way to get to God or whatever. I think it's a croc of shit and that Tom Cruise is a crazy ped but whatever, you know?

I didn't want to assume.

& Tom Cruise.

[Ichirou]

Dude...I was quoting TOM CRUISE. I assumed a smiley would be overstating the point.

I don't know you--maybe you're a follower of scientology. I don't mean that to be offensive, either. Some people honestly think it's a good way to get to God or whatever. I think it's a croc of shit and that Tom Cruise is a crazy gay homosexual who enjoys sex with other men, he loves to slurp on cocks, but whatever, you know?

I didn't want to assume.

& Tom Cruise.

I don't think followers of Scientology are allowed to use the internets.  Tom Cruise is an idiot, he didn't even finish high school.

Also, fixed.

[xnikki118x]

Dude...I was quoting TOM CRUISE. I assumed a smiley would be overstating the point.

I don't know you--maybe you're a follower of scientology. I don't mean that to be offensive, either. Some people honestly think it's a good way to get to God or whatever. I think it's a croc of shit and that Tom Cruise is a crazy gay homosexual who enjoys sex with other men, he loves to slurp on cocks, but whatever, you know?

I didn't want to assume.

& Tom Cruise.

I don't think followers of Scientology are allowed to use the internets.  Tom Cruise is an idiot, he didn't even finish high school.

Also, fixed.

[Mondain]

ignore pills altogether, if you do not have major mental defects these cannot act as anything else than a palliative, plus you do not want to become addicted-- and seeking a psychiatrist to hear your problems and prescribe you some of them isn't getting help, it's getting scammed

mood is deeply affected by seasons and the climate, so as you said you probably don't cope well with the varying temperatures especially when they're added on top of your personal problems

the first step would be to better your diet and eat healthy meals regularly three times a day that contain all the nutriments that a normal human needs, if you feed your body with crap then it takes its toll

you also need to cope with the feelings of powerlessness, and learn ways to adopt a confident, constructive attitude towards any personal problem, and snap out of these blues when they arise-- think of them, and laugh at how absurd your worries are, and how hilarious it is for you to let petty things devour you inside

one thing I'd advise would be to take long walks late at night when no one is around as regularly as possible-- of course if it's not dangerous in your environment -- out of all I've experimented nothing gives the same feeling of empowerment and mental fortitude, it's so soothing to know that you can have the whole town for yourself and take refuge in these long lonely walks whenever things are bad, it's possible to think much more clearly at night too

[Bloodwake]

My experience with antidepressants:

After I tried to kill myself they put me on Wellbutrin. Believe me, that was a mistake.

I would have nervous breakdowns sporadically, in stressful situations or for no reason at all. I basically begged my best friend to go out with me at the same time I was beating KOTOR II.

Pills didn't work for me. Getting a job and getting over my bullshit did.

[Himu]

That happens to people with different forms of bipolar disorder, and many other disorders as well. You should speak to your doctor if you feel like you need to do something about it, and it sounds like you do. I hope whatever you do, you start feeling better and more stable.

they diagnosed me with major depression and some form of minor schizophrenia. I took meds for the depression but I stopped taking them after a few weeks. I need more meds.

[xnikki118x]

That happens to people with different forms of bipolar disorder, and many other disorders as well. You should speak to your doctor if you feel like you need to do something about it, and it sounds like you do. I hope whatever you do, you start feeling better and more stable.

they diagnosed me with major depression and some form of minor schizophrenia. I took meds for the depression but I stopped taking them after a few weeks. I need more meds.

That's a tough diagnosis. I hope you're getting the support you need. Hang in there.