No escape
Written by
hippiechick
5. Sep 2007 12:07 AM
I may be wrong but it seems to me that once you have depression there is no escape from it. It is almost like a cancer - you could go into remission but you never know when it's going to rear it's ugly head again.
We try different things, medications, CBT, professional help, even alternative therapies! I feel I am never going to escape the clutches of this evil demon called 'Depression'...
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No escape - I concur
Written by
Cocksy_86
10. Sep 2007 03:00 PM
It feels like there is no end. I've had depression for since I can remember. Even though things have improved and the depression is less it is still there!!
Though, I rekon everyone gets depressed. It's just some get it more than others (and more severly). I suppose I need to realise when I have a down time it's not hopeless. That these bad waves are increasingly far & few between.
It's really good knowing I'm not the only one feeling this way and thinking these thoughts.
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Yes i think so too
Written by
Hope1
30. Jan 2008 12:04 AM
Hi there. I definatley relate to what you say. I Had severe depression a few years ago and i managed to pull myself out of it. I started to change my thinking and i got a new boyfriend and all of a sudden, i wasn't depressed.
Now i'm back in it and i believe a bad work situation has caused it. I believe you will always have it. It's unfortunate but you need to be able to understand your triggers and reasoning. This time i feel like i'm taken a few steps back, but i'm sure as hell determined Never to let myself get so low again. I believe i've hit rock bottom , and yes currently taken some steps back but i know my patterns and i think it will be easier to crawl back out again.
Hope this helps :)
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Creeping black dog
Written by
Templdust
25. Jun 2008 12:13 PM
Yep- it's disgusting the way the depression can hang on. The only thing is, we can make sure it never kills us, like cancer eventually does- the fight against depression is much more full of realistic hope in my book. Whenever a friend gets some sort of cancer, I do genuinely believ eit will get them in the end- I've never seen anyone go completely into remission and die of something else, even if it's 10 years or even 30 years. Yet, most of the depressed people I know are still fighting on, or functioning pretty well. Only a brother-in-law and 2 psychiatrists I knew have killed themselves- all men. Some of my female friends give up the ghost and just sink into a terrible trench of misery, but most are OK and working/looking after their kids- quite successfully. I reckon the personality thing has a lot to do with it- the good old borderline traits are real killers for getting rid of any problem and make depression very difficult to treat- I'm sure most psychs just wish they'd go away! They seem to think their problems are so special and they dwell on every little incident in their lives as though others would be interested and would feel very sympathetic...I get sick of it something fierce! I reckon we just have to "own" the difficulties in our lives, get through them, admit they are a problem for us, and keep ploughing forward. Keep ploughing on yourself- I'm sure things will come good.
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couldnt have said it better myself
Written by
Awoods
13. Oct 2008 03:29 PM
its with you forever
and even if you dont suffer from it forever, i feel like i have been stamped on my forhead "CLINICALLY DEPRESSED"
i was applying for a job overseas the other day and one of the questions on the form was, have you ever been treated for depression, so great now the whole world could know!
take care
xx
Amy
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yes, forever
Written by
bachrocks
11. Nov 2008 04:49 PM
After a course of ect and new meds I had relief from the "black dog" for a whole year. 6 weeks ago I was dumped into a black pit of despair and depression. From where I am the future looks bleak. Even when well you know that it won't last.
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i agree
Written by
angeleyes001
27. Nov 2008 06:09 PM
i totally agree with u! i dont think i will ever get over it. ill have a good period and then it will just pop up again! it is just like a cancer and we are stuck with it :(
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Why hang about?
Written by
Willie
3. Dec 2008 10:32 PM
Long time BP. Tried all the meds, been in all the funny farms. Come to the conclusion that the medical profession has nothing to offer! On 30mg Avanza /day. Now suffer from bad downers. Have noose hanging in shed which I will use for sure, like suddenly out of the blue! "Take the noose down," I hear you say. Tried that, can't be done.It is like a security blanket now. Ironic, what?
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replacement therepy
Written by
Deleted_User
4. Dec 2008 03:58 PM
My depression has been with me ever since I can remember (about 2yo) and has lasted 60yrs, it is only with the wisdom of age that I have learnt to control my mind enough to take on this demon face first.
What I do is stop concentrating on depression and replace it with somthing more posative, even when I feel only like laying down and crying I force myself to do somthing that I can focus on and is of great interest to me, cleaning up, photography, my pets, helping somone out or whatever, after a while of fakeing it I find my depression takes a back seat and even though it is still there it doesnt consume me with its overpowering stranglhold but just becomes another part of the day, if I accept it as part of my life instead of the major thing of the moment my perspective on life becomes more balanced and other things become more important, it is a bit like driving while haveing a conversation--the driving has the most priority but the conversation still goes on as the second most important thing, think of the driving as the project you have chosen to be the most important and the depression will automaticly take second place.
I think most sufferers become flooded with the misery of depression but try to force yourself to get into something else even if you dont feel like it and you will find depression recedes, this is easier said than done but the effort is worth it as it works.
Love and peace
Dave
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