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Deborah Gray lived with undiagnosed clinical depression, both major...
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I had untreated clinical depression starting from a young age. When I was finally diagnosed at age 27, I started trying to figure out why this had happened to me.
Why would a child suffer from depression? What are the factors that can combine to create depression in a young child? In m...
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childhood depression
birdie752
Friday, October 26, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Hi Deborah,
After reading what you wrote about childhood depression I realized you could be writing about me. I think I was depressed as a very young child but my depression didn't take a serious turn until I was about 10 years old and we moved. We moved towards the end of October and I had to go to a new school after everyone had already made friends since September. That was really hard on me since I too was very shy. Years later when I told my mom that I was taking Prozac she was very upset and told me I didn't need to be taking it. After I started feeling better she finally admitted that yes, she did think I was depressed as a child. I could look back and see all the times that I was affected by circumstances that made my depression worse. The thing that really hit me about your article was the fact that if childhood depression isn't taken care of you will be permanetly depressed. I never thought of it that way. I know I will always be on meds, so I guess I will never know what "normal and happy" is. That in itself is depressing!
Please keep writing your articles as it gives me insight and comfort that I am not the only one to experience this.
Robyn
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Hi Deborah,
After reading what you wrote about childhood depression I realized you could be writing about me. I think I was depressed as a very young child but my depression didn't take a serious turn until I was about 10 years old and we moved. We moved towards the end of October and I had to go to a new school after everyone had already made friends since September. That was really hard on me since I too was very shy. Years later when I told my mom that I was taking Prozac she was very upset and told me I didn't need to be taking it. After I started feeling better she finally admitted that yes, she did think I was depressed as a child. I could look back and see all the times that I was affected by circumstances that made my depression worse. The thing that really hit me about your article was the fact that if childhood depression isn't taken care of you will be permanetly depressed. I never thought of it that way. I know I will always be on meds, so I guess I will never know what "normal and happy" is. That in itself is depressing!
Please keep writing your articles as it gives me insight and comfort that I am not the only one to experience this.
Robyn
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