Depression: I'm gonna keep it real for a bit right now.

[The Mad Titan]

The world is not neatly compartmentalized into clean crisp divisions. Mental illness (psychological disorders) are often tied to physiological (the body and how it works) disorders.

"The separation of psychology from the premises of biology is purely artificial, because the human psyche lives in indissoluble union with the body."
- Carl Jung

For example, meditation had been recently documented to have numerous beneficial effects on the body. We all know how a person's mood can affect their body language, however it is also documented how changing your body language can affect your mood.

That's why if you research and pay attention you may hear or read how a lot of things such as sitting, staying indoors, may cause depression. This is because your body adapts to your habit. If you have bad habits, your body tries to make up for it. For example, if you do drugs to get high (release serotonin or dopamine, etc) eventually your body sees this extra surge in hormones and makes more receptors to make up for it. This usually results in that same dosage of drugs not being enough to give you the same high or for the same amount of time. So then you need more drugs or harder drugs to reach your high and at the same time when you crash, your lows get even lower and it's harder to deal with the fatigue and depression that comes with that so you look for more drugs and the cycle continues into an addiction.

Every action and stimulus you do to your body creates a ripple effect. Your body wants to be in balance sometimes if something is wrong in the brain, it will take something from another part of the body to create balance and then you end up with another or different issue and vice versa.

So to find a healthy solution we need to treat the cause and not the symptom. Prescription drugs usually treat the symptoms. The best solution for many things usually involves tackling the problem from different angles hence creating a healthy lifestyle.

TLDR; the mind and body are intrinsically connected. What happens in one part can affect others like a ripple effect. So changing your lifestyle may help with depression triggered by bad habits or an tragic event but it's not necessarily a cure. Everyone has a different equilibrium to maintain.

However, clinical depression is a disorder caused by a congenital chemical imbalance. This might be their equilibrium. The is no cure or fix, they just have to learn to live with it.

Your such a nerd/geek


I love it

 

[Raptor]

im on pristiq and im battling MS, i know that feel op

 

[CinnaSlim]

Your such a nerd/geek


I love it

Most of the stuff I've learned is from books, articles on the Internet, forum discussions and youtube. The Internet is amazing.

im on pristiq and im battling MS, i know that feel op

 

[Guess Who]

Hey y'all.

Props to @*L*E*G*A*C*Y* for being open and real.

I went through an 8 year bout of depression and somehow overcame that shyt to be as close to normal as someone with a mental illness could be. I'm now a very serious mental health advocate and do A LOT of work in the community. If anybody wants to talk just PM me and I'll be receptive.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

No, it's straight off the dome. That's why it's so wonky. The only thing copied and pasted was the quote, because there was a quote I learned before in Psych class that I forgot. I just know a little bit about a lot. My brain is like a sponge.

You did good baby......

You doing real good

 

[Broke Wave]

I was diagnosed w clinical depression before but I never felt depressed in the classical sense... So that speaks to the physical reality of the disorder.

Props op

 

[notPsychosiz]

Also, to anyone who may be entering or experiencing mild depression... If you watch tv/netflix/hulu etc... you may want to analyze what you are watching all day.

Breaking Bad and the Wire and 24 are great shows, but you shouldn't watch that and CSI and those cop dramas and war dramas (Spartacus, Game of Thrones) all day long.
It is abnormal for your brain to have to process death and rape and war and betrayal and hopelessness over and over from many angles. Even if it is fictional.

You should add some comedies and wholesome programs and cartoons to your rotation.

Even if you don't like them. Just think of it as medicine.

If you are cynical and jaded to where you cannot watch an episode of I Love Lucy or a something because there are no t*ts and violence, then you may want to take a time out from what you are subjecting yourself to.

 

[SmoothOperator88]

Ive been dealing with depression since I was about 10 (I'm 26 now). Have been through it all. Suicide attempts, wanting to seriously hurt other people, being kicked out of school, running away from home, being kicked out of my mother's house after I came back, misdiagnoses, multiple psych ward visits, being estranged from my family (I still am generally estranged from my extended family and may extend that to my immediate family in the near future), psychosocial rehab centers, meds and their side effects. I've been in therapy on and off since I was 13 and have been seeing my current psychiatrist since I was 19. I function much better than I used to. I'm in grad school now as opposed to 5-6 years ago when most days I felt so badly that I wouldn't get out of bed. However fast forward to now, the moments where I'm not sad, angry or numb are still few and far between.

Being able to change you mindset is important but it's not simple and when you're in a deep long term depression to really get out of it there are many hurdles you have to jump before it's even possible. I write affirmations to myself pretty often, but I realize there a disconnect between what I think about myself and how I feel about myself.

Having the proper support and wanting to be better with any mental illness are so key. My support system has been shaky at best and I've had to deal with a lot of things on my own. It's tough. I'm making it in my own way, but it kick you in the ass and knocks you down. Now is one of those moments school, combined with me moving, combined with general anxiety and extreme loneliness inside has me overwhelmed and burnt out. I'm trying to cope as best I can and that's where a good support system can really help or hinder you.

Also for my brothas if you're gonna go see a psychiatrist try your hardest to find a black doctor. No offense to white doctors but they'll have you fukked up. Been through some of my darkest times when seeing them.

 

[CinnaSlim]

How are you lot affording help and meds? Is it cheap? Would I be able to afford it on Obamacare?

I've seen one doctor when I was living in the shelter but I didn't stay there long. That's how I know my mental state is detrimental to my life because I don't feel that I'm worth much or that I deserve much so I don't even try or I quit or leave before I can get help. My fear of failure is pretty much a self fulfilling prophecy.

I do have health insurance now. I just don't know where to start.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I was diagnosed w clinical depression before but I never felt depressed in the classical sense... So that speaks to the physical reality of the disorder.

Props op

Do you think people are over-diagnosed with depression?

My thing is, around 1980, there was a propaganda movement convincing people that if you do X Y Z, then life would be gravy....

Well, those people became adults and found out the total opposite, and some couldn't deal with it...

Life is full of ups and downs and you're supposed to feel blue at times.... or otherwise, you aint living for real....

but just because you're going through a bad spell doesn't mean you need meds.....

NOW DON'T GET IT TWISTED.... I've met some people who may or may not have an altered brain chemistry that's causing them to be depressed to a degree where they can't function, and those types need to seek out help by any means......

but some people are just going through a bad spell in life and don't know how to navigate through it..... and they tend to use depression as an excuse as to why they can't pick themselves up....'

Its a very complicated subject

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

My advice is to try to find a hobby you're really passionate about and do it.

it'll take your mind off of reality and give you some satisfaction.

Also, work out breh. Do some running and some weights. That endorphin release will pick you right up.

 

[Made Myself A Boss]

currently suffering from dopamine depression due to porn addiction, was unaware i had it for the longest

Yup this same addiction fukking up my mind too.. its so crazy how it kinda sneaks up on you because its convenient and free.. I quit completely but i think i have done irreparable damage..

 

[Arithmetic]

Depression is a state of mind. If you think you're lonely and unhappy you're going to feel that way.

I knew you were a dumb ass nikka.

 

[Dixon Cider]

I'm anti social & social and friendly & not friendly usually when I wake up and after I burn suttin and follow up
With the wax pen. I be for dolo.

Get along in different environments.

I feel the breh on his post doe.. Life real and shyt but gotta stay level headed shyt crazy.


All da depressed nikkas in hea... Are you depressed after getting Buns?

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

Thecoli is not the proper forum to discuss such things, too many immature kids and adults on this site bruh


This is essentially fukkery central