What is it like to go through Depression...

Hello there

Well there is a lot of information on our site about depression certainly.  You can start here with understanding depression.

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If you're still checking your answers here and it's not too late...I will try and briefly describe it for you basing part of what I know on my own experience.

Depression is a debilitating disease that inhibits one's desire to accomplish even the simplest of daily tasks.  Depression doesn't have the energy to even think up a statement like that let alone care or even get up in the morning.  It would rather sleep!  That's why you're not getting a lot of response here I think.  Curious though, did you pick this subject yourself?

Anyway, depression is, technically speaking, something to do with a lack of seratonin in the brain and the neurotransmitters not firing properly.  I don't want to say more than that for fear of explaining it improperly (so don't quote me ), and giving you an "F" on your next report.  Idea:  look up Depression and look up Seratonin in "Wikipedia" on-line. It's a valuable source for information.

Depression carries itself out in different ways and at different levels of pain and discomfort from crying to anger.  I have had different bouts with depression.  I actually thought I came out of it once after twenty years, but apparently as I have learned it has a remission cycle (in Major Depression).  I think it's always been in my genetic make-up. 

However, anybody can go into a depression after a traumatic event or situation in their life, because we all have levels of dopamine (a chemical that affects our moods) and the chemicals in our brain literally change when we get hurt.  It's just that some people bounce back a little more readily if they are not already lacking seratonin.  It still takes positive strategies to overcome hardship though.  That's why it is highly recommended that individuals seek therapy along with any drug TX.  Like with anything, you have to understand the problem before you can find a solution, right?  It's rocket science.

The controversy is whether depression is a disease or a symptom.  The question I use to desparately need to know the answer to was, "Was I born with this?  I'm doing everything to make it go away and it won't."  I think I was born with low seratonin levels from the beginning and the situations in my life took a tremendous amount of energy to overcome.  I don't think I could've done it without the help of medications, doctors and people.  I could blame my impulsiveness on my disease of depression, or I could blame my depression on my impulsiveness.  See what I mean?  It goes hand in hand and it's a vicious cycle.  Sometimes a very deadly one.

 You have to learn how to be positive when you're living with depression because it sucks you in and the more it sucks you in, the more negative you think.  Ask yourself, how it would feel to be told you're stupid and ugly throughout the course of your childhood.  Forest Gump once said, "Stupid is as stupid does" and telling me I was stupid was the stupidist thing anyone ever told me.  Consequently I grew up thinking I was stupid and I don't think I'm ugly but sometimes a little voice comes in my head and tells me so. 

Depression can be embarrassing, painful and lead to addiction or death if left untreated.  Therefore, on a last note, the worst thing a depressed person can do is not ask for help  and unfortunately that is the paradox of depression.

Hope this helped.  If you have anymore questions I'll try to help answer them.  Depression has sort of been my life.

They explained it nicely, its like living in hell and it affects everyone in your path. Sleeping is the blessing,but when you have children and have to get up you just go thru normal motions with no joy and believe kids can tell!!!

Hope can find enough info for your paper.

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