Do you believe in having depression?

[Anonymous]

[Crimsyjo]

I've had it a few times. It's definitely real of course and worse thing about it is you cannot just snap out of it or have someone else fix it for you. You have to get to a point where you want to fix yourself to even begin to resurface.

I found going outside in nature helped a lot. Fresh air. Exercise. But if it's caused by an event (unhappy relationship, stressful job, life events) there is very little you can do until the cause goes away too. That's what a lot of people don't understand. And why the government make a lot of people depressed with policies thar put us into hardship that we are powerless to change.

Feeling powerless in our lives are a big cause of depression.

And even being "an exoert" on depression doesn't mean we can help or fix another person with depression. It's a very solitary condition when in it deep.

Thankfully I haven't had depression a long time now. But I feel similar to a recovered alcoholic. I feel it is still there deep under the surface and I have to always be aware not to trigger it.

I'm on this site well known for my sexual appetite and I love my life but a lot of my need to feel excitement in my sex life is because I feel if I accept that I am getting older and can't find love it will indeed trigger depression.

[Asker]

Yes I 100% agree "you have get to a point where you want to fix it yourself" no one can do it for you, just know you're special, because you are, doesn't matter about getting older, finding love has no age if its love it's love. 🩵

[Crimsyjo]

I'm trying to enjoy myself now as much as I can and be at peace if I do end up "alone". I waa very at peace 8 years alone before. I'm sure I can do it again.
But thank you.
I hope you are in a good place right now?

[IslaTheWitch]

depression, unfortunately, exists and spreads its tentacles around :D

[SteveSmith1985]

That's like asking "do you believe in having syphilis." (or diabetes; or urinary tract infections)

It's got nothing to do with belief. You either have syphilis; or you don't. Belief isn't relevant to the question.

Same with depression. You either have it; or you don't (or you can suspect you might have depression but be unsure if what you're feeling is indeed depression) Belief again has nothing to do with it.

If you're asking whether I believe there is such thing as "depression" (like whether it exists) then I'm going to answer with "I don't only believe it exists, I'm quite sure it does.

If you don't believe me... ask any reputable mental health professional. If you don't trust decades of accumulated peer reviewed research and the opinions of highly regarded experts in the field... then I'm going to suggest that you are unlikely to find more accurate answers through GAG. 🙂

[NathanDavis]

depression believes in me...

[Asker]

Same 😂

[NathanDavis]

low five... 🫲

[Asker]

I'll go high...🫳

[FunkyMonkee]

I didn't know depression was something you could believe in. Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, the flat Earth theory, etc., but not depression. Go up to someone that's severely depressed and tell them you don't believe in depression and see how they react.

[Asker]

Why are you jumping to conclusions like a little girl 😂

[Asker]

I'm speaking from an unbiased point of view some think it's real, some don't. That's factual.

[FunkyMonkee]

What conclusions, little girl?
Right! Because there's NEVER been any proof, books, studies or experts in psychology on depression!!

[Asker]

"Go up to someone that's severely depressed and tell them you don't believe in depression and see how they react" what were you implying?

[FunkyMonkee]

That THEY'LL TELL YOU that depression is real. How did you miss that?

[Asker]

And how did you miss that I'm asking an unbiased question! I'm not implying it's no real that's why I said you jumped to conclusions like a little girl because of what I put in quotation marks.

[Asker]

Unless there was a miscommunication somewhere

[FunkyMonkee]

because it was asked as if it's NOT real.
The only quotation marks I see are around something I said.

[Asker]

That's an assumption, it was asked from an outside point of view, many people say it's a mentality thing, others say it's an impossible physical and emotional state I've seen many point of views in person about it, just wanted to see how people think here about depression.

[Asker]

But I also do believe that if you feed it it will grow and if a physiologist says that's not factual then maybe be careful who's feeding your ear. (As a person dealing with it)

[FunkyMonkee]

No, that's the way you asked it.
It's more of an emotional thing. Just about everybody has a bout of depression at some point. Does that mean everybody's mentally deficient?
What makes it impossible? If it's impossible., nobody would've ever gotten it.
Points of view.
Yeah, in a way, you CAN "feed" it by seeing things about you in a negative or harmful light, even if they aren't but, that's part of how depression works.

[trumpetplayerforlife]

Yes I very much have it used to do self harm from it bit I still struggle with it

[Asker]

Well you're not alone, I know I'm just someone on the internet but I promise I understand and again you are genuinely not alone.

[trumpetplayerforlife]

I know that I haven't done it since 2018 and even when I have the rock bottoms I've learn ways to get out of it

[Asker]

Because you're strong🙏🏼

[Asker]

(But you know this already)

[Lynx122]

I don't have it but I know it's real. I'm grateful I don't have to deal with it except when life is really beating on me. Only once so far.

[SmokinAces2000]

It doesn’t matter what I or anyone believes. Depression is real so someone believing that it’s not doesn’t change that

[jahaims]

Lmfao. Depression factually exists. It's not a matter of opinion dip shit.

[Asker]

Clearly you are the dip shit no reading my responses, dip shit💩.

[Asker]

Not*

[Asker]

You thought you did something there huh, now you sound stupid.