Yeah I think there’s a misconception as well as an exaggeration. “Oh I’m really sad, I’m depressed” grammatically true, but not medically. It’s the same as OCD. “Oh I like all my pens in a row, I’m OCD about it.” Yeah OCD is having to click a mouse several times until it feels just right, then scroll the mouse wheel four times with your index finger
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As someone who is medically diagnosed as depressed (although I’m doing better right now thank you very much) I don’t think it’s very productive for someone without a education and multiple sessions with the subject to say whether or not someone is depressed. Depression can come in any financial or social situation, And different people deal with it in different ways. There are forms of, to borrow the terminology of autism, “high functional” depressed people who still might perform well in school or at work but that is because they’ve somehow learned that they are not allowed to take breaks. Depression often comes with other problems too, usually anxiety. That anxiety can and have for many people discouraged many people from seeking help. Either by arguing that you don’t deserve it or that you are just lying about your depression to get attention (even if it’s a secret only you know). I remember that when I was just getting a hang of things I hated myself for lying about it...
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...even though I was miserable all the time and that it was a straight up unlogical notion. The evidence I would use to fuel this was, not to put blame on you like I get why you would think like you do, comments like yours. I used to think like you at first before my illness hit me hard but now I think people who lie about it will lose interest in it after a while, or if they don’t whatever. If anyone’s using an illness to excuse being an asshole they’re an asshole whether or not they actually have that illness I’ve realized.
Whoop! I went kinda off there but I mean no disrespect homie. I just think it can be kinda dangerous for depressed people to hear what you said metalman.
Healthy mind starts with a healthy body. If you find yourself starting to get depressed day in and day out you should at least try some kind of change.
Albert Einstein once said Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
I have had depression and what pulled me out was change. I changed what I did every morning and night I made time for myself and ate better. It was hard but it helped me.
I think the best way is to just find SOMETHING that takes your mind off of it, and gets you out of bed. Maybe it’s reading, or watching birds outside. It’s just important to get out of bed
Whoop! I went kinda off there but I mean no disrespect homie. I just think it can be kinda dangerous for depressed people to hear what you said metalman.
Albert Einstein once said Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
I have had depression and what pulled me out was change. I changed what I did every morning and night I made time for myself and ate better. It was hard but it helped me.