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No disrespect to anyone here, for this could be very real, and it's not something to joke about, but a question that has been rising in my mind for a long time is.. Why do most people in here and outside i.e. usual world, say that they have a depression.. is it true that these are afflicted by a depression or do people just say this just to impress others? I 'd wish nobody would be offended beacause of this thread..

We are a species which can often dwell on negatives, especially about ourselves. Whewn we are good at something, we dont ask for help with it. When something is an aspect we feel is 'wrong' or 'misunderstood' about us, we tend to ask for assistance...

Nobody can understand the world my dear. It would not be full of mystery if we could. As for depression, maybe its just the worle being hypocondriacs.

Depression is an illness. Most people can get through their depression and others require help either through drugs or with counseling or both. We may see a lot in here who suffer from depression or people who may even be fibbing. I cannot be for sure. I cannot imagine why anyone would brag about being depressed if they were making it up. But, as I was saying there is a lot of it in here because of the younger generation. I was a teen once, and I mean no disrespect, but I was terribly depressed as a teen. They have more to be stressed about. As adults we learn a little better about how to deal with those things that depress us. This is only my opinion and with having a teen son who thinks his parents don't understand. Most of the teens feel this way, but even I did not want my mom to understand me.

Thats only too true lkingfortrouble (think i got that right).

I think alot of people feel that way, just in here or maybe it the times but people are stating to talk about it.

well i have met alot of people who dwell
on there glass as half gone and complain
lots....

this is gonna get heated.. i know i'm burning up... Depression is a MENTAL ILLNESS... yeah, there might be people who try to get sympathy votes.. but i can tell you they are alot who are depressed for very good reason, and have been delt a very bad hand in life... *growls* lets hope you never find out..

Depresion is an illness. No matter what anyone says it is.

Depression doesn't have to be an illness... when i left uni and basically had no goals in life, i thought i had no chance to make a success for myself... then my grandad fell ill.

i was pretty much in a downward spiral, i had no goals and i was depressed a lot of the time.

it certainly wasn't an illness. just an extreme state of helplessness.

Depression is a mental illness, and there is alot of people that suffer from it, it might be a mild depression or servre depression or anything in between. sure some people fake it and more to get attention but most people dont. Some of the people may be hypocondreacts(sp?) too where they think somethings always wrong with them and that is a illness all of its own but depression can go along with that.

I hate to hear of others being depressed
I myself have been that way sometimes it'a good to get it out but not to make it someone elses prob what I like to do is write

well sometimes i'll say i'm depressed but i'm pretty sure every1 gets depressed once in a while and i'm no exception... however i don't recall ever saying i hava an actual depression... that's not just a mood that's a mental problem as far as i can remember... not really something to brag about but at the same time good thing some ppl just admit it and get on with it rather than hide it and then be too embarassed to actually get help.

Depression is a serious mental illness. I've known many people with it and they have good reasons for having it. But still some people just say they have depression just to get some attention.

Dhampir I totally agree with you.. I wish the lot of people never have to go through what I have gone through. However if I told everyone maybe they would see why I am the way I am.. However I will not because 1 there are too many that young and will not understand for they are going through stages yet. and 2 I don't want sympothy from anyone. What has happened to me has happened and I am still coping and getting over it myself. I will not lie about it but it's the past. I don't regret what has happened for it has made me the person that I am.. sure I could do without the mental issues but what would I be like if those things didn't happen..........

i really don't agree with depression being a mental illness... you can get depression in little doses. like i explained above, i was depressed and it last a while. it was a state of depression over several months.

of course it can elevate from there. but not all states of depression are mental illnesses

I am a clinical depressive and I have no problem with this question...there are different levels of depression....
but at the same time my own shrink told me that technically almost anyone could be listed medically as a depressive in todays society....so it has become a copout term.....oh your having a bad day....heres some prozac....unfortunate but true

you can give it a shot, trying to figure out the world. i know i am still trying too and because of this many times i get lost in my own head with questions begeting more questions honestly it interferes greatly while im at work and at school. the questions we have about this world are never ending, just be happy for the answers you get back and figure out today and everyday just know the questions are never ending.

There are so many people out there who say that stuff just to get attention. It's retarded. I do believe there are people out there who do get or have depression and it is the real thing. I dont know, I get depressed but I work like hell to not be and it usually works. Some people may be too lazy or dont have proper support. There's a difference between giving support, and giving pity.

I don't know that I am or could have ever been clinically diagnosed with depression. But I too have my moments. I've found though the best thing is not to try and figure out the world, and jsut learn to live in it the best that you can. How ever it takes for you too.

Thank you for all the respones.. I too had come to the conclusion that while soem do have the real depresasion others just add it to attract attention, but I did not want to cause any disrespect to others, obviuosly even I have my moments and because I have mood shifts continually I can be sad and quasi depressed and the next mo' quite happy and enjoying life, but thats me and the way I am...

it is an illness,so many people dwell on what is going on or thinking now one understands, its a part of everyones life,its a matter of finding someone you can trust to help you through

I think it's not illnes because I think that depression is caused by global hedonism way of life! Every day we are bombed from different sides that we have to be:"fitter,happier, more productive...", more beautyful, smarter, with whiter teeth, with better shaped body, with bigger tits, with faster car, with a biggger house, that there is a better computer, that there is a better vampire forum, better dishwasher, better dishwashing liquid, better this and better that... And how to not be depressed when you know that how you are or what you have is not good and that is always better?!

Well its hard to tell if they/or we really have depressions, but for myself I can tell you that I had it, but I tried to go through it by myself.
Noone can understand truly what it is unless he or she wont feel the depression, but thats what I dont wish to noone.
It is mainly feeling of loss, weakness...and can be caused by many effects. Its for someone just a task of a certain "hard" period of life, for others its real illness and it returns and returns...

there are alot of people who will say that they are depresed but arent. i find it offensive that people pretend to be depresed for my girl freind has skitsofrhenia and is depresed so people offend me when they fake an dissorder.

yeah there are diff levels. even if your depressed just alittle bit like just sad over something. its still a illness that is mental.

I don't understand how stating that you are depressed would impress others. I'm sure no one enjoys the company of someone who is always fishing for compliments in order to somehow boost their own morale. Pick yourself up off the ground, and go on with life. Stagnant behavior only leads individuals to a deeper state of depression. It's a vicious cycle -- break loose.

Depending on others for evanescent upliftings is just another let down. Depression is a state of mind.

i think that some people want to be taken care of or something like they dont feel loved and that this will make someone care and more...

that is codependecy

It's an individual struggle to combat depression. The battle is from within. The need for attention in order to alleviate "depression" is unhealthy.

Main Entry: co·de·pen·den·cy
Pronunciation: -d&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition

DEPRESSSION IS AN ILLNESS! END OF!

No it's not! (hehehe)

I cannot see depression as any more of an illness then any other emotional state.
It can be controlled, without therapy, without drugs.

with some people it can and others it cant

that is the difference right there.....
depression is you feel sad.....
chemical depression is your brain not regulating it's seratonin levels properly.....
hence...a need for meds....but yes it is a hugely overused term and my bet is half the people who are medicated for it don't need to be...doctors rarely do any actual testing for chemical imbalance before handing you pills....only reason I got tested was in runs in my family....

I agree with what you're saying Daermon, but I think a majority of the people only have a very mild case of even chemical imbalance. But any imbalance in our bodies can lead to further imbalances in our other systems. There is a mild seratonin supplement that you can buy over the counter which I have taken on ocassion and it has helped me at some of my worst times. I don't take it all the time and in fact haven't since I made a change in my lifestyle .. I think that too the way a person lives or what they are going through has a great deal of impact upon their chemicl balance or imbalance in thier system. I think too that most often ther are many more people who are over medicated when they have not been tested properly.

well the head shrinkers seem to think i have severe clinical depression whatever that means.
But they also say I have suicidal thoughts and tendencies as well as homicidal tendencies to boot.
Not being content with what you have does tend to show as depression doesnt it though?
ah well....

There are definetely different types of depression. I do not think that there are very many people out there that would say they were depressed just to impress someone. People that do have much more going on than just depression, I am thinking.

I think the majority of people have experienced depression in one form or another. Sometimes it only lasts a few days, and other times it lasts most of your life. I am currently going through a small bout of it myself. Though mine falls under the "lasting a month or two, then get over it" type.

Happiness, sadness, love, hate, depression, elation, they are all human emotions. It happens.

depression is an illness cause i was once medicated for that. living life with depression is no walk in the park

My shrink said there is situational depression which almost all get at one point or another when life just kinda goes to crap. When things get better so does the depress
Mine on the other hand doesnt get better in fact when life starts going better the depression gets worse waiting for the final axe to fall or whatever
I dont say it for attention other than the fact on occasion i do bear watching
for my own safety and that of others

maybe tis time to have myself committed again

For the functional depression of last year is turning quit disfunctional this year.....

I want to say so much on this subject.

But i won't all i will say is it is a thing ...some are diagnosed correctly and some are not .....some suffer dreadfully and some just feel tired and never know why .....but all will be treated differently by their peers through no fault of their own ...

A word used all too often within society and for various reasons...still carries with it a stigma that not one person who has dealt with it ....be they recovered or not.... will ever get over.

I live with it...it definately sucks. Used to take prozac...but it kills everything inside and out if ya catch my drift. I'd rather just deal with it on my own. It is a mental illness. I'm a survivor though..I refuse to let it win.

I don't get depressed that much really. It's only if my focus is on something negative and i do my best to divert that onto something more positive.

hmm i had that same thing happen with the prozac but yeah i to refuse it to win.

drugs I NEED MY drugs
back and in system
please

Everybody hurts.

depressed, well I guess I been dealing with it for a long time. I am not as bad as I use to but it comes and goes.

I for one am hardily ever depressed it takes alot to depress me... with my life everyone is always saying why arent you depressed... i dont know why maybe i have a chemmical imbalance that is opisite depresstion you know to like balance the world out LOL

wouldn't you be depressed. its this whole 9/11 thing as well. everybody changed when it happened and the state of "war" we are in and losing friends and family members everyday is a daunting fact that lingers in the air over us.

i think it is all the emotion that they have comeing out..its a very emotional time for them

What matters to me now is to undrestand the world behind the world...the world that humanity never thought to exist!

mew mew
not sure where this is headed
am better today then yesterday which isnt saying much.
but living with depression just sucks 24/7
"woe is me "
"just kill me"
gets old though
:laughing:

I can honestly say that I cannot relate to someone being clinically depressed. I know some who have been diagnosed and misdiagnosed and still I feel sympathy and I always try to be the one who cheers them up, but it never works and I will never understand what it is they are going through. I guess this is a good thing, but I wish I could be more helpful to those who suffer. I get depressed, sure, who doesn't. The difference is that in my case I know why and how to get out of it, whereas I know at least one person who never fully knows why and they can stay in that state for days at a time. It just gets frustrating for me to be the helpful person that I am with someone whom I cannot do a thing for.

I don't understand the world either or maybe I understood it all and that's why I ignore it.And yes if I say I am depressed I really am.I was accused a lot of times that I said this to impress.A lot of ppl do it, why do I have to be associate with them?People are so judgemental damn it!

some people, like me, have mood swings and just feel depressed for no reason, they can't control it, like getting a headache, it has nothing to do with the world around them, it's like a chemical imbalence or something

Ok, this has been done to death....