Being a Man With Depression Is fukking Tough
- Thread starter ThaRealness
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Armchair Militant
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I know that feeling. Those waves were awful. Started feeling better when I looked into meditation, stoicism, and Buddhism. I haven’t even gotten really deep into that stuff yet, but the surface level concepts have really helped me. I started looking at life differently.
Listen to this breh
Listen to this breh
ThaRealness
Superstar
Bro its absolutely a motherfukker.
We have strong emotions. That a major weakness and liability period.
AlainLocke
Banned
Yeah...depression isn't really a sad feeling...
It's like the absence of feeling and motivation...
And depression isn't a rational feeling...
Like it's not something you can rationalize away...
Depression is literally a brain malfunction...
There's nothing emotional about depression...depressed people aren't emotional...they are actually coldly rational about everything...which why "thinking positive" and thinking "relatively" doesn't work...
Unfortunately once you get hit the major depression bug...you kinda have the shyt for life...
There's a difference between being sad for a long time and having major depression...
Unfortunately people have equated sadness and depression
Being depressed and sad are two radically different things...
ThaRealness
Superstar
Exactly. I don't even trip over the lack of sympathy. But I know I have a chink in my armor and that shyt aint going away anytime soon. Thats the part that frustrates me
I could be on some super confident shyt one minute, and all that shyt fades away real quick
The only real change I see is a faster recovery time. The lows are still just as low
ThaRealness
Superstar
I feel that. Maybe what I have currently is like PTSD from a major depressed phase in my life.
Yeah, it's infuriating even when you try to battle it. Like every step you do (seeking help, self care, and letting out a tear), it's never enough because the shyt is like a impossible stain on your soul. It's getting to the point that it seems like depression is like a motivator with a shock collar. Think about it, for every moment not wanting to get out of the damn bed, there's another where you go hard on a school project or a work responsibility. For everytime you look in the mirror and be like fukk you
, that same face gets greeted with a kiss or a smile. Bottom line, for every dark corner, there is a crack that shows the light that you need to get through a rough patch. Right now, it seems like things are going my way (good job, son going to have a good Christmas, and the bills are caught up), the grim reality is that I'm patching up a broken house. I'm still living with a weight that I been trying to get off my shoulders for so long. So trust, even on a good day, depression still slide in the dms wanting to fukk. The question is do you hit ignore, or get your dikk wet
, that same face gets greeted with a kiss or a smile. Bottom line, for every dark corner, there is a crack that shows the light that you need to get through a rough patch. Right now, it seems like things are going my way (good job, son going to have a good Christmas, and the bills are caught up), the grim reality is that I'm patching up a broken house. I'm still living with a weight that I been trying to get off my shoulders for so long. So trust, even on a good day, depression still slide in the dms wanting to fukk. The question is do you hit ignore, or get your dikk wet
so let me ask...do you workout? hit up one of your local ball courts weekly? ive heard being pbysically active can do wonders
I know my brotha. I know TRUST ME.
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ThaRealness
Superstar
Exactly. Thats the way I would describe it. shyt goes deep. Like I was depressed as fukk as a kid. I can fukk up in a pretty minor way and I just get total recall, all those feelings resurface.Yeah, it's infuriating even when you try to battle it. Like every step you do (seeking help, self care, and letting out a tear), it's never enough because the shyt is like a impossible stain on your soul. It's getting to the point that it seems like depression is like a motivator with a shock collar. Think about it, for every moment not wanting to get out of the damn bed, there's another where you go hard on a school project or a work responsibility. For everytime you look in the mirror and be like fukk you
OP, a change of scenery can help. Even just moving into a new apt or rearranging your place.
i remember when i was really busy, my house would be a mess and it reflected my life. I would clean my house up and feel great. a few simple changes and improvement could help you big time bruh. Working out helps too.
i remember when i was really busy, my house would be a mess and it reflected my life. I would clean my house up and feel great. a few simple changes and improvement could help you big time bruh. Working out helps too.
I think the worst is when folks come at you on some obvious shyt like, "you need to seek help" or "you need help". Like I'm not trying to beat this shyt for almost 33 years. It's like God, why mental health got to be such a fukking stigma in this world, it's even worst in the black community. Like it's always go to church, drink, smoke, dance it up. Then what, you wake up in the same skin you want to shred. It's a yellow brick road without no street indicators
AlainLocke
Banned
IDK...PTSD is typically due to some horrific shyt happening to a motherfukker or somebody being tormented for a long time...
If you are off and on with being depressed...you could have cyclothymia...a super mild form of bipolar disorder...
One month you feel like shyt...next month you feel like the sun is shining on your face..
Only way to find out is by seeing a psychiatrist and talking about your feels...