My mom does and has every ailment under the sun.
I know more people that are under meds for depression than not.
Fortunately, I do not suffer from depression but I wonder how many do or have, especially if you were a Witness.
Have You Ever Experienced Depression?
by minimus 44 Replies latest jw friends
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miseryloveselders
Going through it right now. For some reason this week has been really trying and I don't know why. It may be the wearther as its gloomy. Talking Paxil which helps to some degree.
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minimus
I know people who just won't take their meds and almost seem to prefer their gloom, which I know isn't true.
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Found Sheep
I was depressed most of my life. Funny thing after the dust settled from leaving the cult I have not been depressed since. I never went on meds or got any professional help mainly cuz I was a "good" JW and though never stated specifically always hinted that if you "do more" you will be happy.... plus my EX was anti meds and there was an elders wife that always spoke of the harm of meds.... I lived in a cloud of doom, I was extreally thin, could not sleep well, nightmaires, I thought about death all the time, tried 3 times to kill myself and the ironic thing is I always LOOKED HAPPY! I was good at looking happy because I thought if I was a good JW i should be happy... ug makes my head spin now.. hope your Mom gets out of the cult and learns what real happiness is
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minimus
She never will get out and if she wasn't in the cult, she'd be the same.
Thank you for sharing.
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ziddina
I was severely depressed as a child and young adult, while I was being bullied into the Jehovah's Witnesses by my dysfunctional parents...
Once I left the religion and the parents behind, my depressions became much less severe, and less frequent.
Depression, in my opinion, usually signals something physically wrong with the body. An ailment; a chronic condition that prevents optimum health; low thyroid levels, or my personal favorite, a bad diet...
Of course, being mentally ground down on a weekly basis in a cult could be a factor, too...
Zid
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Finally-Free
I know people who just won't take their meds and almost seem to prefer their gloom, which I know isn't true.
I had depression a few times in my life, and I don't think anypne prefers their gloom. I tried 3 different medications and had to stop because of side effects. The last one made it impossible for me to walk through my home without banging into a wall at least 3 times, and then I was supposed to double the dosage the following day! Yeah, right. It would have rendered me completely non functional. It also tripled my blood glucose level, which is not good. The last prescription the doc gave me was handed back to me by the pharmacist because the drug was on backorder for a month and they had no clue when they'd get more. I threw the prescription slip out because I don't want to become dependent on a drug that Canada's largest pharmacy chain has trouble getting their hands on. Besides, I know the source of my woes and it's not something any pill will alleviate.
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Was New Boy
One of the best ways to get rid of depression is read Erhart Tolle's "The Power of Now"
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Murray Smith
Yes, I suffer from clinical depression. Prior to my experience I knew little about it . . . didn't seem important. but here's what happened in my case.
I used to be a Floor-tiler. While out laying bathroom tiles in a house, I was struck hard by an overwhelming sense of fear . . . fear like I've never felt before. I could literally see my own heart beating at a million miles an hour beneath my clothes and was overwhelmed by an irresistable need to RUN. This sensation was wierd . . . it had no stimulus or trigger but was so powerful. It was very frightening and I just couldn't undertstand what was happening. Well . . . run I did . . . I went straight to my van and left with the job half done . . . leaving behind my tools and even my lunch. I drove straight out of town . . . and kept right on driving . . . for 4 days! My journey took me over great distances (over 3500 km's), stopping only for gas. I never ate or slept. Each time I had to stop, my fear rose to almost uncontrollable panic. I couldn't listen to the radio as the sound of a human voice was intolerable. Being on the highway travelling 100-200 km/hr was the only way I felt "safe" . . . weird huh? I had stopped to relieve myself on a lonely country road. There was a storm progressing over the country and it was raining heavily . . . and it was pitch black. I heard a car approaching and dived into bushes on the roadside. Unbeknown to me the bushes obscured a 40 ft sheer drop into a ravine. I sailed through the air and landed heavily next to a raging torrent of water. I was in a deal of pain but recall only being relieved that the car approaching had not stopped. I lay there for many hours. I had decided that this was where my life would end. I said goodbye to my children and wept for them, and then closed my eyes and waited. I won't detail what followed . . . your probably getting worn out with reading . . . but obviously I didn't die.
I was told I had a depression/anxiety disorder, Many difficult years have since followed . . . hospitalisation several times . . . many drugs, counselling etc. I feel in control of the malady itself now to a livable degree, but it has cost a heap. I was largely "absent" and lost the close relationships I had with my kid's and that eats me up constantly. We lost our home equity, any money we had saved . . . everything.Nowadays (6 years later) things are almost back to normal. I was 48 yrs old when it started (54 now). I am drug free because the side effects of most medications I have used are quite severe and for me ... intolerable. I am still not the person I used to be . . . and at times feel like a stranger to myself . . . I miss the old me a lot.
That's my experience with depression.
Luvonyall - MS
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watersprout
OMG Murrey! My heart aches for you. I am in tears. I have experienced that anxiety and i totally understand! I used to run miles just to appease the panic. It is possible to come out the other end, i have and i'm sure you will to. That evil vindictive cult AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Peace