What is depression? – Helen M. Farrell

So if you're unhappy for more than 2 weeks you're depressed? If a guy goes to prison and he's sad for a couple of weeks he needs treatment for depression?

Low mood – check
Loss of interest – check
Changes in appetite – check
Feeling worthless or guilty – check
Sleeping too much – check
Loss of energy – check
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Qualified for diagnosis – hmmm, maybe not…

The avarage patient needs 10 years to search help? And again im above average…

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I'm happy with my life but everyone and everything around me wants me to change and I'd rather die lol

Its overwhelming for me, I can't take it anymore

I have stuggled with depression for the past two years in the months before and after Christmas. It was phycotic and I was very suicidal the 2nd time, I even started feeling that inexplicable happiness that is reported when people have decided to end it soon. I have managed to recover almost completely with help of medicine but I'm starting to notice frequent sad thoughts and feeling sad more often again. I hope that this means that I will get round 3.

I remember the day I experienced anxiety for the first time. Had no clue what was happening. It's like neurons firing in your brain without your consent/conscious. Losing focus to everything, losing interest in things I love, couldn't sleep the entire night. Went to bed next day thinking everything will be alright once I wake up. But to my horror, the trauma continued where it left off.

I went to the doctor immediately who prescribed me low dosage of benzodiazepines for a week and get some distraction in life e.g. holiday, spend time with nature, exercise, eat healthy and stop thinking about current condition. I talked to a lot of people in my friends & family (some of whom had gone through this already) and discussed my condition without any hesitation and got a lot of helpful advice which affected me positively. Within 2-3 weeks, I got fully recovered and it hasn't come back for over 2 yrs now.

Biggest mistake people make is, NOT DISCUSSING IT with your near & dear ones the moment it hits you. The more you share, the lighter you will feel putting the burden off your brain which will help in permanent healing of this disease.

Because of ibs I am afraid to go out of the house. What should I do?

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). try to pray to God and put your trust in Him, and He will guide you towards the right way, and help you find ways to deal with the pain. And remember that God loves you and wants to help you. He is always at work helping us get through our problems.

Depression…

I remember when my wife announced that she was going to leave me. We'd been married for almost eighteen years, and she didn't tell me that I was giving her any problems in our relationship until that very day. But on that day, she poured out more blame than my mind could process, and my head began to spin.

I asked her when I had provided moving points for her, only to be shot down with her rebuttal. From Fenton, to St Louis, and Fenton, etc, … every time I had helped her into a safe place, after we had moved from central St Louis to a place in the sidelines, when she told me that I was the reason she had once considered suicide, and I could only hear white noise after that. Tinnitus, and nothing else. She was animated, and I heard nothing else. My vision eventually went to gray, a dead color, a decor, and the figures that were visible beyond that went into a foreground that had turned into a mixed mess of, well, messiness. A sunroom and a table and couch, into nothingness. To deadness.

I felt like the ultimate failure as a husband. How couldn't I?

Incessant noise, and also silence.

There's two stories to every one that involves two, but this is my story. Believe what you will.

For the next two weeks, she lived in our house like a stranger. She'd interact with our son in a kind and motherly way, while completely ignore me. He was twelve years old, and he didn't really know what was going on. Watching her walk by without even a passing glance was Very hard to process, especially since we used to hug and kiss and cuddle a lot. My body was perpetually tingling from the disbelief of what was happening. I remember putting my hands on her shoulders one day, and her writhing free while telling me "If you Ever Do That Again, Ill call the police and report a domestic abuse!!" I felt so alone. Then one day, I woke up and she was gone.

At first I thought that she was walking the dog at the park, which she liked to do in the mornings. She had been sleeping in another room after announcing that she was leaving me, so I didn't know when she was there or out and about. I walked around the quiet house and started to notice that things were missing. Some of her clothes and luggage, her bathroom necessities, and other odds and ends. Oh God… I felt a cold chill overwhelm me, and I freaked out and ran into my son's room, where I saw him still sleeping in his bed. Oh, thank You God. Finally, I checked our joint bank account online and saw where she had purchased gasoline about 50 miles away in the direction that she was running away, and I knew that she was gone. She moved across the country, over 2000 miles away, and my son was still asleep in his bed. How can I tell him what just happened?

Several days had passed, and my son began to sleep on the couch since I worked on hospital equipment that sometimes had me working into the evenings. I asked him why he was sleeping on the couch, since his bed was much more comfortable. He replied that when I left, he was afraid that I was "going to get the milk." He was my Son, why would I Ever Abandon Him like that? Not like his mother, No. I reassured him that I was going to be there for him, no matter what. I passed blame on no one.

That was over five years ago. He doesn't sleep on the couch anymore, and has started his senior year in high school. I still suffer from major depressive disorder and PTSD, and frequently find triggers that cause a cold wash of panic and despair and feelings of utter failure to flood my entire being. We both are currently getting therapy for depression treatment and counseling. We even moved to a different house to eliminate some of the triggers, as well as going through my things to get rid of things that reminded me of her. But it still happens, and it oftentimes spawns from my mind itself. A passing memory. A sound, or a smell. Mostly the memories.

Eighteen years of marriage, only to get the rug pulled out from under me. The thought of moving on still paralyses me, and life consistently feels like it's on hold. I believe that is my biggest trigger, the thought of moving on. How do I move on? And, will it happen again? Am I even worthy of moving on, or am I damaged goods? Nothing is fun. Swimming is joyless, and I can't find the beauty of nature anymore on our mountain bike rides or hikes. I haven't been inspired to work on various hobbies for years. Because, what's the point? It was fun and fulfilling when I had my spouse to share it with. Yet, I act like it while with my son, a joyous event that has no bounds. He doesn't know any differently, and it's not fair otherwise, so why can I tell him any different? How is that fair to him?

That is the worst thought – the thought of living the rest of my days alone. Because life is too weird and amazing and wonderful to Not have anybody to share it with. I know that I have my son, but he will leave the nest, eventually. That is how it is supposed to be.

So, who will grow old with me?

Life is too weird, too amazing, and too wonderful, to share alone. Who would live this crazy life with me?

Nobody. Nobody?

That is why I am depressed.

Please make translate video

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A part of depression is like feeling captivated even though you are free

"…for over two consecutive….", I was like "years"? "For over two consecutive weeks"….sorry what?

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The Truth is you don't struggle with Depression, you struggle with the Reality you live in 😊 – Keanu Reeves

Life is blessing, human life hard to obtain according to religious. Do good karma it brings happiness in life .

How to get saved and be right with God who loved us all, for eternal life, all from the King James Bible (for anyone curious).

10. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: "

23. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. ”

Romans 3: 10+23 (KJB)

8. “ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. "

9."Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. "

Romans 5: 8-9 (KJB)

1." Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2."By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.”

3."For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; ”

4." And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: ”

1 Corinthians 15: 1-4 (KJB)

9. “ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ”

10."For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. "

13." For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. "

Romans 10: 9-10+13 (KJB)

27." And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: "

28." So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”

Hebrews 9: 27-28 (KJB)

" But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. ”

Revelation 21: 8 (KJB)

“ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ”

Romans 6: 23 (KJB)

(Lastly here is an example of what to pray to God to get saved and forgiven of your sins for eternal life, if you are having trouble on finding the exact words to pray to God with.)

“Dear God, I am a sinner and need saving.

I know I’m not good enough to get to heaven and I need you to save me.

I need the righteousness of your son, Jesus Christ.

I believe that Jesus is the Lord, who died, was buried and resurrected so that his precious blood can wash away my sins.

I trust in him alone to save me.

Nothing else.

Not my good works or anything else.

Only Jesus.

I pray this in Jesus’ name, Amen.”