Have You Ever Experienced Depression? (page 2)

wasblind

Hello Min,

depression as you and I know can hit anybody anytime no matter

what the circumstances. In a cult or out. But to be truthful, before

I became involved with the JW's, most of the women I knew, would

always talk about their harmone pills, blood pressure pills, or birth control

I really didn't know of anyone on anti depression pills, not sayin' worldlies don't

get depressed becaused we do, especially when we lose a loved one, or

goin' through a rough patch in life, but time usually heal those days, the good

thing about this site is that I have come to learn more about depression and that

it can be cause by a chemical imbalance as well as circumstance and I didn't know

that before.

Thanks for that watersprout . . . like the Watchtower experience, it's one of those things you have to live through to understand. And yes, it was the cult living that was behind it . . . I had dealt with a string of heavy issues for several years prior . . . suicide of a young man from persecution for one (another story).

Recently here we have had a couple of major Earthquakes . . . destroyed most of CBD and thousands of homes. Funny thing is . . . when these two events ocurred (not to mention the 1000's of aftershocks), my elevated anxiety levels meant I felt no sense of alarm! In fact, I was able to be a calming influence on those in immediate proximity. I just felt normal and this enabled me to react quickly and practically . . . weird huh? Perhaps this disorder has some advantages???

@wasblind . . . spot on with the chemical imbalance point . . . that's what is behind my condition . . . it's not a "state of mind" and has no connection with conscious thought in my case . . .

It's wonderful to know I'm not alone here in more ways than one . . . and that's the best therapy I've ever had!

Luvonyall - MS

blondie

It depends on what kind of depression you are talking about:

Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods.

Clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for an extended period of time.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003213.htm

sabastious

Depression is a friend of mine. I didn't choose him, but he tells everybody that we are friends. I have had to learn with his quirky antics over the years, but now I just shake my fist at him everytime he opens his mouth and say, "you are a wretched hide of scum and villainy!" Sometimes I get punched in the face for it, but after about a thousand of those he doesn't seem to care about backtalk as much.

Sometimes I really feel eerily similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvIFRNbqOs

-Sab

wasblind

Thanks Blondie,

And there is not one of us on board, who has not

experienced those mentioned above, I'm just

thankful that they don't last, to the point where

I need to be assisted with medication, I hope that

day is a long way off, but I'm glad to know there's

help if I ever do need it

mochamint22

I have been diagnosed as clinically depressed but I refuse to take meds. My friends keep telling me that I should take them because it helps but I just don't like the idea of needing a pill to be happy. Maybe it's a mental thing from being a witness and the whole control concept. I just want to feel like I'm in control, not a pill. But I have started going to therapy and have been giving the pills some thought because it seems like more recently than ever, I'm always feeling down. Yest I just wanted to burst out crying and this frequently happens. I could be listening to a song or watching tv or doing anything really, and tears well up. Im lost as to where its coming from since I would like to think I'm over this whole jw drama. maybe not....

moe

Murray Smith

Yeah Sab . . . Ironically, that movie was made here in NZ . . . the little bugger get's around though . . . not a great travelling companion . . . but we're stuck with him.

Don't be too afraid of the meds moe . . . I couldn't have recovered without them . . . side effects can be a bummer, but it's simply a cost/benefit equation . . . you don't necessarily become dependent on them . . . I'm med free now.

Luvonyall - MS

Lozhasleft

MS and Sab - my heart goes out to you both too. I have a friend (not a JW) who suffers really badly. This week I went with her to her psychiatrist and she was admitted to hospital. It broke my heart to watch it, but she's become so unwell it's the only way to keep her safe. Hugs to you.

Loz x

sabastious

Hugs to you.

Thank you loz. It has taken me many years to get used to the constant companion of depression. I tried many different perscribed drugs and they didn't help, in fact were very harmful actually. The drugs I took only affect a certain number of people and I just didn't make the genetic cut. They are doing loads of good, allegedly, for many people.

So I was in a tough spot and going through the Witness exit at the same time. It was a "get r dun or die" type of thing.

I used to say, to my therapists, that depression was like a fight between to professional boxers where one was Mike Tyson (depression) and I was Steve Buscemi or maybe Will Ferrell. I don't make that joke anymore. I feel like it's an even fight now and sometimes it wins and I win most of the time.

I will tell you this though. Weed has helped me tremendously. It takes the edge off and provides me a more stable life. Because with bi polar disorder you never know when or if a massive cycle is going to hit that will last for a while, like months. Problem is when those cycles hit your life can't just stop for a few months and that has been the number one issue I have been trying to solve all these years: how do I handle the big waves? And the answer is marijuana, for me. So I'm lucky to live in a State where it's legal to get a perscription.

-Sab

wasblind

Not to go off topic, but with the economy the way it is

I would think even more people than usual have become

depressed

Have You Ever Experienced Depression?

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