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i also think the more concerning issue is the belief so many people hold dearly to that the opposite of depression is a feeling of elation. happy is NOT the opposite of sad. not being sad is the opposite of sad. so many people and so-called professionals seem to be pushing this ideal that we're all supposed to be HAPPY all the time and everyone should be farting sunshine. it's insane. that's not balance. it's forcing one extreme over the other and doesn't actually deal with any legitimate issue. |
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When you expect life to involve a certain degree of discontentment, an occasional sunshine fart is then an added bonus. :p: Like you, I have seen a lot of press about feeling happy and at peace. For example, consider that best-selling book, "Eat, Pray, Love," by Elizabeth Gilbert, who went on a world trip to find happiness and meaning in life, as if those were something you "find" outside yourself. People sometimes seem a little obsessed with the pursuit of happiness. I don't know how much the expectation to feel happy actually increases the severity of people's depression or the number of people diagnosed as depressed, though I wonder about this. My guess is that people whose depression is severe (meaning fairly independent of life events) probably would be very content with just feeling present (alive, but feeling neither bad nor good). |
idk what's wrong with you freaks, I fart rainbows. ****in noobs
That being said, I don't think people are getting there's a difference between being unhappy sometimes and genuine depression. Also, it's not always that easy at all to get medicated for it. Of course people have said they pass out prescriptions like ****ing candy, but often they're the wrong ones. People should be more informed about what's going on in their ****ing heads, and what they put in their bodies. Even if you have access to treatment, it's hard to even push yourself to get it. Who knows what will work? Why bother? With a mental illness, you obviously don't have the mindset to get help for YOURSELF. I know I sure as **** couldn't, I had to be pushed to do it. With so many people claiming to have this or that these days, it's hard to get properly ****ing diagnosed as well. People with mental illness aren't weak layabouts. They're people who got dealt ****ty brain chemicals. You can't just tell someone who's genuinely going through a depression HAY MAN LIFT SUM WEIGHTS, EAT SUM SPINACH because that's going to do piss all for them. |
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The first time I realised I was depressed was about 9 months ago when I got pissed with my flatmates. Normally I'm a pretty happy and jovial drunk but that time, I was just morose and disconnected. Completely flat. So I sat down the end of our hallway for a while with the lights off, and later lay flat on the lawn outside. I know it doesn't help that alcohol is inherently a depressant, but that's not to say it can't reveal truths, feelings and moods that you choose to ignore and even suppress by day. |
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as for Eat, Pray, Love what a crock of self serving garbage. the whole self-discovery angle is a contrived plot to sell a travel book. but it's not like Hollywood would bother pointing that out or filming worthwhile adaptations when they can cash in on common insecurities without presenting any sort of redeeming idea or message. |
I agree with mojopin. It's ****ing appalling how many people in this thread have written off depressed or suicidal people as nothing more than a nuisance.
I've tried multiple times to intelligently explain how much this pisses me off, but I've just ended up typing a ton of obscenities that won't make it through the filter anyways. >:| |
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I think it's important that depressed people don't just think "oh alright, I'm sick then". Depression is a natural feeling which all of us are capable of and so only a small portion of the depressed people in the world should actually be sick. If you are depressed and don't know why, I figure you should take a moment and try to figure out if there's anything in your life you think might cause you depression and then try and can change that. If that doesn't work, consider counselling. A trained psychologist can help you figure out underlying problems which may not be appearant and can hook you up with medication if the problem has simply to do with brain chemistry.
If you can do that, it's almost guaranteed to work and it beats killing yourself and hurting everyone who care about you. I suffered from anxiety myself for a while and the worst period of it was when I kept it a secret. Telling my parents and getting their support and then and seeking counselling were important steps on the road to recovery. It wasn't really as difficult/hard as I feared either. |
That's called willful ignorance
Edit: in reply to the bottom portion of Paloma's post |
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