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Joel McHale.
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 30
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Posts: 3974
 | February 7th, 2008 at 10:51pm Love my insanity:According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the main symptoms and signs of depression are the following:
Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex
Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts
Restlessness, irritability
Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain
I copied this from a site. I hope I dont get in trouble for it. That like explains me.  I thought I wasn't but does this mean I'm depressed? |
Macfadyen
Basket Case
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 16175 | February 7th, 2008 at 11:24pm Love my insanity:According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the main symptoms and signs of depression are the following:
Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex
Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts
Restlessness, irritability
Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain
I copied this from a site. I hope I dont get in trouble for it.
... oh dear.  |
Olivia Wilde.
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Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 11895
| February 12th, 2008 at 07:04pm I have depression.
It sucks. Especially in my town. They are all happy go lucky 'we are perfect'. I don't fit in.
In my school, we had this seminar thing with the school psychiatrist and he was talking about depression in teens. He said that it was something we can get over and that are 2 types of depression: you are over it in a day or you need to be locked up.
I felt extremely crappy after that. It IS serious. |
Barney Stinson
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Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
 | February 12th, 2008 at 08:26pm Ur right, depression is serious, but, people don't neccesarily have to be "locked up" when they have depression. That's only in extreme cases like when u don't do anything that u would when u weren't depressed and when ur a threat to urself and others.
I know second hand someone close to me went through a involuntary lockdown and it was the most scariest thing i've ever been through. |
Olivia Wilde.
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Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 11895
| February 12th, 2008 at 08:55pm I couldn't believe he said that! I was so mad at him.
Hmph. He's never getting a visit from me. |
Rocker Chic
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 2001
| February 12th, 2008 at 10:26pm Guys, it isn't the end of the world if you have depression. Only a mere 3% of people on earth are 100% mentally stable. Meaning the other 97% of the world deal with depression, anxiety, and many many other things. You are not alone. 
BTW, I thought I'd mention that many of those symptoms are also signs of anxiety (which I have). So just because you have a few of these symptoms doesn't nessessarily mean you're depressed... it could be lots of things. |
Barney Stinson
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Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
| February 16th, 2008 at 05:45pm ^^Nice, I agree, it could be a lot of things other than depression. When i was diagnosed w/ Dpression, i was also diagnosed w/ Social anxiety too.. if that helps. |
droid.
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Posts: 4200
| February 17th, 2008 at 08:31pm Even if you have some of the symptoms, it might not mean you're depressed. I mean, I have at least half the symptoms of bipolar depression or hypomania, but I'm neither of them. |
Barney Stinson
Basket Case
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
| February 17th, 2008 at 09:20pm Well, we all have symptoms of many diseases but it doesn't mean we have one of those diseases. |
Barney Stinson
Basket Case
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
| February 18th, 2008 at 06:47pm I'm depressed right now, help!! |
Rocker Chic
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 2001
| February 18th, 2008 at 07:02pm Don't be depressed! I'm going to keep following you around this board until you're happy again!  |
Barney Stinson
Basket Case
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
| February 18th, 2008 at 07:05pm Poette:Don't be depressed! I'm going to keep following you around this board until you're happy again!
UR a life saver Case   |
Rocker Chic
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 2001
| February 18th, 2008 at 07:09pm No problem |
Dana.
This Board Is My Home
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Posts: 30055
| February 18th, 2008 at 07:52pm I've been feeling depressed for awhile now. It's not a very good feeling and my parents won't take me to a doctor. What should I do? |
Barney Stinson
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Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
| February 18th, 2008 at 09:52pm Billie Joe's Babe:I've been feeling depressed for awhile now. It's not a very good feeling and my parents won't take me to a doctor. What should I do?
Hmm, is there someone else u can talk to??
I'd also try a journal for a little while, u know, so u can see wat's really bugging u and then talk to ur parents... |
The Doctor
Falling In Love With The Board
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Posts: 8786
| February 22nd, 2008 at 10:58am That's the problem when people find out the symptoms of things and find portions that relate to them. Happens a lot in Psychology courses.
After all, those symptoms described also can easily fit the bill for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder and when you break up the symptoms (as rarely does a patient exhibit all of these symptoms) then they could easily be symptoms diverse as diabetes or just being hormonal.
And depression has lots of types and severities. And even then, sometimes a psychologist isn't required - just some activity to pass the time if the patient is recently retired or such other similiar transitional changes. |
The Last Firstborn.
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Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 12601 | February 26th, 2008 at 09:18pm I'm diagnosed with depression I've had all the symptoms, especially headaches that never seem to go away. I'm not sure when I'll get over it, I guess with time. Medication doesn't seem to be helping much. :/ |
Barney Stinson
Basket Case
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 17567
| February 26th, 2008 at 09:59pm I have the depression headaches on most days that are caused by sadness and stress and anxiety.... |
Rocker Chic
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 2001
| February 26th, 2008 at 10:02pm Oh my gosh! I get headaches from anxiety often, too. |
Squid.
King For A Couple Of Days
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 2940
| October 23rd, 2009 at 02:47pm I think that depression is serious.
I also think that it's stupid how many kids these days,
Of my age give-take some years,
All think that over the littlest things they are depressed.
It's because nowa'days most everything is handed to some kids may age,
And so when something simple goes wrong with what they want,
"They're depressed."
It's rather rediculous. |
