What do you think is worse, a sudden hard black depression or a long slow gray depression?

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I suffer from both from time to time. The downside of being sweet and happy and cheerful all the rest of the time. The good news is it always ends eventually and a new day dawns.

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

I can only speak from experience which is the second... and went for about 10 long long years and it culminated at a very very difficult turning point, the darkest point of my life and since then, it hasn't come back as it was.

I honestly don't know how it would be to face a sudden hard black depression that would come "out of nowhere" like the grey one seemed to be (at least for me) and if were to come from tragedy, the thoughts of that are something I can dread for.. so I just keep it away from my mind any way I can, I just have not experienced something as strong like that.

If my fellow greyish companion decided to come back and stay for a while, I want to think that I'd feel much safer this time, as we got to know each well and for a long time... but nowadays, it's just my anxiety that can sometimes go livewire and that's due to high levels of stress from this life, and for this... well, it's still a gradual learning process for me... in a way, half my life was feeling nothing much or at all, to then, feeling everything way too much... so I do aim to a balance, that's where it feels home the most.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Accepted Answer

I don't like the sudden hard black depression, I have that happen to me today like I had to force myself to do things that I wanted to do.. I have Bipolar and trust me one time I'm laughing but I live with a cousin who can't be trusted and my mood just hits rock bottom but yet I take all my medication as prescribed... One medication I take is Klonopin and seriously thinking of going off of it cause my cousin is always wanting
me to give her some and this month she told me, a druggie stole her money and
xanax also mind she is on methadone, she has been on drugs since age 17-18
she went to Green Brair but that didn't go well she doesn't want help but I pray
about things and just hope for the best.. I wish you the best :) Hugs

Agape93 · Accepted Answer

Long grey ones. I can drink away or hide away from a sudden bout. But when you try to soldier on for way too long, the weight piles up and eventually drowns you in despair. After all, what hurts more: being set on fire fully, or slowly being roasted alive?

PaynefulPleasures · Accepted Answer

I have PTSD with mixture of depression states, insomnia, but I still remain active & able to keep going. If not I don't want to know the out come, catastrophic most likely.
I'm here for you @Gwenhwyfar 💞 & anyone else that's suffering silently ❣️

MORPHEUS_12 · Answer

It's hard to say because I have never heard nor read anything defines depression as black or grey.

Alonelyf · Answer

It shows your thoughts and emotions are now working the way you want them to be. I would suggest enrolling in yoga classes and try to practice silence and witness what's going in your brain and what triggers it. Your brain should listen to you not you should listen to your brain. Learn how to use your thoughts and emotions on your own terms and command. This depression will eventually be gone sooner than expected if you can learn how to use your thoughts and emotion as per your choice. Imagine how it will feel if you can use your thoughts and emotions the way you want rather than letting them make you feel miserable. The only question is when are you going to learn it. It's like this when we need our walk we use it, they don't start walking themselves we command them. Similarly, your brain should not start making you feel miserable by not allowing you to use your thoughts and emotion like how you want. Depression is just a fancy word of your own brain turning against you. Do your legs ever turn against you? Think and you will easily tackle it.

Bluemax · Answer

It's been my experience that sudden black depressions usually clear up almost as fast as they set in.

However, long gray depressions take just as long to clear up, if they ever do so at all. Furthermore, long gray depressions are often punctuated with sudden black depressions. Depression heaped on depression is a very bad recipe indeed.

Alas, since my mother's passing, I have been in a long gray depression, and recently a very dark black depression which has gone on for more than a year and a half. It's just awful. At times I spend several minutes each morning sobbing... or worse, wishing I hadn't woken up at all. For my students, I maintained a cheerful disposition. However, it's probably a blessing I'm currently not teaching as I might be worse off when I crash at the end of each day. My students are probably better off, too.

I believe a sudden black depression in the absence of a long gray depression is probably the most recoverable.

ohshee · Answer

I've never had either even though this last past year I don't care what it is every time I turn around there is something going wrong I swear there's something tried to make me go depressed make me angry make me change my ways I'm not going to do it I will keep battling no matter what my friends have told me dude I would have lost it by now. Weather is bad luck some kind of force some kind of negative energy I don't know what it is but it can go fuck itself it will not win ever. I am so glad that the end of your sentence you said and it eventually goes away I am so happy to hear that I don't know what causes depression the only thing that I truly know is it cat badly there's no way you can ever have me I don't care what happens to me I'm going to stay positive no matter what this is just a moment in time and this moment will pass too

Tunasub · Answer

Since being diagnosed with depression about 7yrs ago, I've gone through some really rough patches in the very early going. I've gotten through those by the grace of God and family.

I haven't been in that state for quite a long time. I have my days don't get me wrong but I fight like hell not to give in and yeah there are times when I just go to bed and wake up just about at the other end of the spectrum so to speak, feeling pretty good and happy that I got through it.

I work on myself every single day with hopes that someday there will be no more of those dark days but until then I will be a work in progress... that's the key word progress, to move forward stay positive, calm and not take things so seriously. I wish this for everyone, not just myself. 💯

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

Similar here.

the long winding ones give me time to cope, to let others know.

the sudden fast elevator, falling off a cliff depressions really fuck me over but more importantly have a greater impact on family and friends.

So for me the sudden hard black depression is worse.

1stranger · Answer

Honey, black or gray or any other color... The important thing is that it ends and the more important you know it will end. OTOH you can distinguish between black and colours. Maybe others live in the gray zone all their lives, with all their consciousness and awareness but unaware of colors... And I think this is the real suffering.

MotorcycleMan · Answer

Hard to say. I think I'd vote for the gray. The sudden hard black can have permanent effects (suicide) but they gray can make you miserable for a long time and suck the joy out of life. You're getting treatment I hope?

loves2learn · Answer

The sudden ones hit me really hard and catch me off guard. While the long grey ones feel like they will never end, the sudden black ones are harder on me.

fonduegirl · Answer

I've suffered the black one. It was a dark phase of my life. I joint otome community. Well, support groups are helpful. I'm so sorry to hear that.

collie22 · Answer

i don't know witch is worse i do know depression is bad one. getting out and exercising helps me feel good running, hiking and skating. i'm saying a prayer for you asking God to look over you and help you.. amen

Notfabricated · Answer

I feel a long depression is worst. I say that because a sudden depression won't last as nearly as long as a longer depression. For the duration of that long depression you can literally mess up your whole life if you don't even know thats whats your experiencing. But that short depression may be sudden and quick. At most you may mess up a week or a month.

MackAMills · Answer

Well technically the worse is depression with major depressive episodes, I’m pretty sure that’s what doctors consider the worst.

ItsMeItsMe1989 · Answer

long slow one. that's why they say it's better to go out with a bang, than with a simmer. my first cousin once removed's wife, had ms, and was suffering for a long time. she passed away last year, and he said "its ok, she's not suffering anymore"

Orangeandturquoise · Answer

I'm not sure. Can't give you a definitive answer. But my guess is the latter. The longer the depression lasts, the harder the anxiety builds up, and the more time that anxiety gets to appear.

exitseven · Answer

They are both tough to deal with. It's hard to say which is worse. I hope you feel better soon.

BlacklightShade · Answer

I think I would prefer peaks and valleys instead of the constant shallow trench of my daily existence.

DaveToo · Answer

The black depression is dangerous. The gray can BE dangerous.

Andres77 · Answer

Hard black... cuz it's more likely to push one to drastic action

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

it's not like you choose which one to have, but I don't think ANY depression is better than another.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I honestly wouldn't know I don't suffer from that. But I have to know how do you get through it

Alejandro3000 · Answer

The long depression is the worst, acute hurts but you learn to switch off and wait til it goes. It's just a way of telling you your environment is stressing you. But the long one is harder to pull out of.

red_knight · Answer

Both are hell.. I know.. I've been and am always around..

newfreshstart · Answer

Sorry I'm dealing with depression also i never asked how you are my bad

Jerre · Answer

I would think a sudden, hard black depression would be worse. Have any idea what is causing them? Glad you do recover though.

Starwitch23 · Answer

Depression is worst. I can't make any choice in that.

OddBeMe · Answer

Don’t see a difference. I describe depression as fog. can't see what really matters. can't see a way out. Doesn’t really matter the color…

LemiaOfChampions · Answer

Depression is worse overall.

Sabretooth · Answer

a sudden hard black depression

WowwGirl · Answer

Sudden

TacosRAwesome · Answer

Slow Grey depression.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Don't know; that's a great question.

legalboxers · Answer

both are equally as bad

msc545 · Answer

Both are equally bad in different ways

Tstrbrainer · Answer

Don't know, both sucks I guess

MaximilianIV · Answer

It's all bad 😢😭

anylolone · Answer

Gray.

krin_m · Answer

Both are terrible.

CubaPirate · Answer

The long grey one

Nayyr247 · Answer

Living is the worst

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