Depressionis
a state of mind that most people will experience, or at least believe we
experience, at some time in our minds. Depression is sometimes referred
to as major depression, clinical depression, endogenous, exogenous and
melancholic.
In
a little more detail, depression is not the 'pissed off' feelings that
we experience, say for example when the alarm clock goes off in the morning.
Nor is it the temporary feelings of sadness or loss of energy or guilty
feelings that may be caused by having actually done something wrong or
having to do something that you really don't want to.
Major
depressive disorder causes the following symptoms:
abnormal
appetite - loss of appetite and weight loss or excessive eating and weight
gain can occur; changes in appetite can be significant
abnormal
sleep - most depressed persons experience difficulty falling to sleep,
frequent wakings or very early awakening; more rarely, excessive sleeping
can occur
fatigue
or loss of energy - profound fatigue and lack of energy is usually very
prominent and disabling.
agitation
or slowing - slowing of speech, movement and thinking or physical restlessness
often are present in major depression
inappropriate
guilt - this disorders causes a marked lowering of self esteem and self
confidence with increased thoughts of pessimism, hopelessness and helplessness.
negative
thinking - thoughts caused by depression can become extremely dangerous
as it can lead to self defeating beliefs and suicidal behaviour
abnormally
poor concentration or indecisiveness - poor concentration is often an early
symptom of depression; the depressed person quickly becomes fatigued mentally
especially when reading, studying or having to solve complicated problems
abnormal
morbid thoughts of death or suicide - this symptom is most highly connected
with suicidal behaviour in depression is hopelessness
coutesy
of sarah @ http://silverchair.live.com.au
I have always had
a feeling of depressed. It doesn't feel good, but I can't help it. It feels
like I am losing my faith within myself. I hate it so much, when I start
to feel this way. I am so scared sometimes, I'm scared that I will eventually
fade behind my depression and kill myself. I'm so fucking scared. Some
people say, depression is something that our mind produce, and we can stop
when I want to. But it's not so easy, it takes over your mind, drives
you into a negative state, a voice is telling you to despise everything
that's around you.
I guess one of the reason that makes me depressed is because I like
to be alone, and I'm always alone in my house. I always like the feeling
of being alone in a dark room, sitting in a corner or lying on my bed and
think. The more I think, the more my brain gets twisted, so a lot of bad
thoughts will be created, a lot of bad memory are reminded, and it makes
me so sad when I think about it. I don't like to be around people, they
make me feel very anxious, the pressure of just being around strangers
can make my hands go shaky. My brain thinks in a negative when I feel anxious,
and it makes me cry and very catastrophobic. I don't really know how this
happens, but it makes me feel like a reject when I'm around people. I try
my best to hide my fear, but somehow they'd re-surface when I am alone,
and when I am alone I feel worse. you know, It makes you feel better
to be alone but at the same time you can feel a bit out of your mind when
there's nothing much happening around you. I hate to feel alone when I'm
alone. I try to keep myself occupied to feel positive. But sometimes it
just doesn't work, when the negativity hits you, it hits you right on the
brain. I guess a lot of these type of stuff that I wrote or the whole homepage
are written when I am occupying myself, that's part of reason why it seems
to be so dark, but it's good to release it in a positive way, like writing
poems or doing artworks, it's better than having suicidal thoughts or doing
bad things to hurt myself.
It's no use just sitting there and feeling depressed. Nothing will change
unless you start getting yourself together. Life is shit. Everybody knows
that. We can't change the world into a better place, but we can make our
lives better. I know how depressed feels like, if you want it to
stop, you'll have to WANT it to stop. It won't go away if you just sit
there and feeling sorry for yourself. Try to think something else or a
way to make you feel better is way better than thinking negativity stuff.
Well that's how I help myself anyway.
"Sometimes I question my existence and purpose
in life. The more I question myself the more I become lost in myself because
there is no answer. I think the key is to realise that life is temporary
and spending life questioning life is a waste of time." - Fred Durst,
Limp
Bizkit
I think a way to get yourself up is to get all the aggression or anger
or depression out. Sometimes I make myself to feel the most depressed I
can get, for a little bit of time, then when all that I can feel bad has
been felt, I grow out of it and feeling better. Does it make sense? But
that's how I do it. Just get it done over with, ya know. It's not a cure,
but at least it helps to sooth it out :)
I think I am better
now, I cleaned my mind a little bit, tried as hard as I can, to make my
life content. I can't say I am totally cured from depression, I am far
from being depression-free. But I feel more happier when things go bad
now, I stopped feeling negative about the world. and I listen to a lot
of silverchair and Nine Inch Nails :-)
Music is always the
best medicine when it comes to depression or anger. and I must say, silverchair's
music has helped me a lot. IF you are a silverchair fan, you will probably
understand this. Neon Ballroom has helped me to identified my problems.
hanks for listening to my little theory about my little
depression. I guess everybody feels different, but I hope you can understand
what I mean or maybe understand yourself a little more after reading it.
I did all the thinking and writing just to get something out of my way
so I can get on with my life. So I don't expect anyone to believe what
I said or just agree with my statement, but thanks for reading it if you
are reading it :) THANKS
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