In response to random question: Who has never been depressed.

[monique_]

I've never been truly depressed. Sad, upset, or frustrated, sure, but never seriously depressed. I don't dwell on negative things. And they do happen. I'm struggling through my hardest 6 months ever right now. But being depressed won't help anything. It's certainly won't make me healthier

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[scrapdog]

You seem to "get it". And by "it", I mean We only have 80 years here on this mudball called Rigel 7. Few people in our generation don't get it.

I don't recall a time when I've been seriously depressed. There have been a couple of times where I have been intensely depressed, but it didn't last long. Nothing chronic.

Well, I have had periods of "meh" where I lost a lot of ambition and hope, but not sleep. Those didn't last more than a few weeks either...

Anyway, the "going to hell" thing you talk about. I think I know exactly what you mean. I don't cry at funerals. I'm going to hell! The thing is, I usually don't get hit with the grief until a day or two after the deceased is buried (that's when it hits hard).

And, for some reason, I actually felt relief the day my parents divorced. Relief that the tension was over. I thought that I was some kind of emotionless demon child for that. :)

Oh yeah, and the day I got laid off, the first thing that went into my mind was "Vacation! Yessssss!" :)

[scrapdog]

I meant "Few people in our generation get it". *slaps self Chris Farley style* I knew I'd screw up!

[ginagwen]

Depression isn't something you can 'get over' or 'ignore it till it goes away'. It's a real disease, one where you don't look for any silver lining...because you can't even look up at the cloud.
You're very lucky to have never been really REALLY depressed. Depression isn't when you feel down one day and a few days later start feel better.
I think that's the problem, when people think, "what, you're depressed?...Lighten up!"
If it was that easy then no one would ever be depressed. True depression (not the 'oh my boyfriend dumped me' kind) comes from a chemical imbalance in your brain and no matter how much they try to get over it...they can't.

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[monique_]

I'm not talking about clinical depression or chemical imbalances. I do have a degree in psych and realize that those are real diseases. Unfortunately most people are misdiagnosed and put on drugs instead of learning to change their thinking patterns.

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[ginagwen]

When I read that I thought of my mother.
I saw her go from a pretty normal person to not being able to leave the house and crying all the time. I just wanted to make sure you weren't saying...'just lighten up and don't get down' would fix the problem.

When you said randomquestions I imagined some stupid teeny bopper crying over something ridiculous (like nobody cares if I even exist...in an over dramatic pre-teen way)...dressing goth and trying to be different. Then yeah, they need to lighten up.

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[monique_]

I'm soo sorry about your mom. I wasn't implying that there is no true depression. I hope you don't think poorly of me.