Random Depression

[2012 Wont Happen]

Thank you for your concern. I'll see if there's anyone at my school or something that handles this sort of thing. I know we technically have someone with such a position, but I don't know if they're at all effective. I'll talk to them still.

A counselor can be a good idea - when I had one, it was a help to me, though sometimes I wasn't able to make it to the appointments. It can help just having someone in person to open up to, even if there's no real reason for the depression, it can lighten it. Kinda wish I had my counselor back now actually.

If I were to go to a counselor, it would have to just be a counselor on the schools payroll, who you just sort of show up to talk to anyway. I've let it slip by accident a couple of times that I feel some level of depression, but I don't want to involve my family. They would try to get me on anti-depressants. If there's one thing I don't want to do for an emotional issue, its take a drug to numb myself.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

This should help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ
and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zidiWe9yq88

Enjoy life. Being sad is boring.

 

[Serenegoose]

Thank you for your concern. I'll see if there's anyone at my school or something that handles this sort of thing. I know we technically have someone with such a position, but I don't know if they're at all effective. I'll talk to them still.

A counselor can be a good idea - when I had one, it was a help to me, though sometimes I wasn't able to make it to the appointments. It can help just having someone in person to open up to, even if there's no real reason for the depression, it can lighten it. Kinda wish I had my counselor back now actually.

If I were to go to a counselor, it would have to just be a counselor on the schools payroll, who you just sort of show up to talk to anyway. I've let it slip by accident a couple of times that I feel some level of depression, but I don't want to involve my family. They would try to get me on anti-depressants. If there's one thing I don't want to do for an emotional issue, its take a drug to numb myself.

You may be misunderstanding what anti-depressants do. They do very little to 'numb' anything. If anything, they're supposed to take the edge off of the numbness inflicted by depression, to cut out some of the demotivation it imparts, to allow you to make the most of your life. Whether or not you take them should obviously be a choice you make (I tried prozac but it gave me side effects I've yet to get over and didn't help) but you should ensure you are informed before making the choice. "Peoples popular conception of anti-depressants" is if anything, anti-information. Vaccinate accordingly.

Also, talking to any sort of medical professional about this should not involve your family. Confidentiality and whatnot. Counselors also have confidentiality agreements you'll often have to sign (and they also have to sign) before talking about stuff, so if you see people like this and do not tell your family, they shouldn't find out.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

This should help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ
and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zidiWe9yq88

Enjoy life. Being sad is boring.

I attempt to do so, but it is not an option sometimes.

I am feeling mildly better than when I created this thread, but I still feel depressed. I'll be fine tomorrow though most likely. I always am.

 

[Sjakie]

I am a reasonably happy person. I wouldn't say I'm happy as a rule, but compared to others I am happy about an average amount. However, usually about 2 random days in any given month, the day will start off excellent, but, despite what the events of the day were, I end up exceedingly depressed by the end on the day. Today is one of those days.

Despite being a tragic day historically, I have no real reason for thinking today was a bad day. I woke up, met up with my dad, had some fucking excellent pizza, went to my three year old niece's birthday, got to hang out with my brother and some other people I don't get to see often. It was a good day by any reasonable standard.

However, sometime in the course of the day, I went from feeling excellent to now. Now, I feel desperation and extreme sadness and I have no idea what I feel these things about.

Do any of you guys experience similar random depressed feelings? If so, what do ya'll usually do when you do feel that way?

stop smoking pot, after a month or 2 you will not have that problem anymore. Plus you will feel much more energetic in general.
And if you dont smoke pot, go see a doctor right now

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Thank you for your concern. I'll see if there's anyone at my school or something that handles this sort of thing. I know we technically have someone with such a position, but I don't know if they're at all effective. I'll talk to them still.

A counselor can be a good idea - when I had one, it was a help to me, though sometimes I wasn't able to make it to the appointments. It can help just having someone in person to open up to, even if there's no real reason for the depression, it can lighten it. Kinda wish I had my counselor back now actually.

If I were to go to a counselor, it would have to just be a counselor on the schools payroll, who you just sort of show up to talk to anyway. I've let it slip by accident a couple of times that I feel some level of depression, but I don't want to involve my family. They would try to get me on anti-depressants. If there's one thing I don't want to do for an emotional issue, its take a drug to numb myself.

You may be misunderstanding what anti-depressants do. They do very little to 'numb' anything. If anything, they're supposed to take the edge off of the numbness inflicted by depression, to cut out some of the demotivation it imparts, to allow you to make the most of your life. Whether or not you take them should obviously be a choice you make (I tried prozac but it gave me side effects I've yet to get over and didn't help) but you should ensure you are informed before making the choice. "Peoples popular conception of anti-depressants" is if anything, anti-information. Vaccinate accordingly.

Also, talking to any sort of medical professional about this should not involve your family. Confidentiality and whatnot. Counselors also have confidentiality agreements you'll often have to sign (and they also have to sign) before talking about stuff, so if you see people like this and do not tell your family, they shouldn't find out.

I just generally dislike using medication to solve emotional problems. If it isn't numbing, then thats better than I thought, but I still don't like the idea of it.

I'm 16. My family would be the ones who paid the bills, they would be the ones who took me. I don't want them involved, because I don't want them having that concern, or that control.

edit- I was almost too uncomfortable bringing this up on this site in general just because my nephew uses it occasionally. And I trust him completely not to inform anyone else (we're only 10 months apart, very close).

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I am a reasonably happy person. I wouldn't say I'm happy as a rule, but compared to others I am happy about an average amount. However, usually about 2 random days in any given month, the day will start off excellent, but, despite what the events of the day were, I end up exceedingly depressed by the end on the day. Today is one of those days.

Despite being a tragic day historically, I have no real reason for thinking today was a bad day. I woke up, met up with my dad, had some fucking excellent pizza, went to my three year old niece's birthday, got to hang out with my brother and some other people I don't get to see often. It was a good day by any reasonable standard.

However, sometime in the course of the day, I went from feeling excellent to now. Now, I feel desperation and extreme sadness and I have no idea what I feel these things about.

Do any of you guys experience similar random depressed feelings? If so, what do ya'll usually do when you do feel that way?

stop smoking pot, after a month or 2 you will not have that problem anymore. Plus you will feel much more energetic in general.
And if you dont smoke pot, go see a doctor right now

I'm straight edge. I've never smoked pot. I will not ever smoke pot.

Maybe the doctor from what I've heard, but I'm still tentative about the idea.

 

[Serenegoose]

I just generally dislike using medication to solve emotional problems. If it isn't numbing, then thats better than I thought, but I still don't like the idea of it.

I'm 16. My family would be the ones who paid the bills, they would be the ones who took me. I don't want them involved, because I don't want them having that concern, or that control.

There are often free counselling services available as part of youth groups or so on. Investigate locally, see what you can find. "Free youth counselling *city where you live*" into google, should be a start.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Its a side effect of having high brain functions. Virtually everyone goes through it... its usually caused by over thinking and mental loopbacks (Which is one of the primary causes of suicide, believe it or not).

Just power through it. As long as its not, say, 3 out of 7 days of the week, there's absolutely nothing wrong with you.

Spoiler

Thank you for your concern. I'll see if there's anyone at my school or something that handles this sort of thing. I know we technically have someone with such a position, but I don't know if they're at all effective. I'll talk to them still.

A counselor can be a good idea - when I had one, it was a help to me, though sometimes I wasn't able to make it to the appointments. It can help just having someone in person to open up to, even if there's no real reason for the depression, it can lighten it. Kinda wish I had my counselor back now actually.

If I were to go to a counselor, it would have to just be a counselor on the schools payroll, who you just sort of show up to talk to anyway. I've let it slip by accident a couple of times that I feel some level of depression, but I don't want to involve my family. They would try to get me on anti-depressants. If there's one thing I don't want to do for an emotional issue, its take a drug to numb myself.

You may be misunderstanding what anti-depressants do. They do very little to 'numb' anything. If anything, they're supposed to take the edge off of the numbness inflicted by depression, to cut out some of the demotivation it imparts, to allow you to make the most of your life. Whether or not you take them should obviously be a choice you make (I tried prozac but it gave me side effects I've yet to get over and didn't help) but you should ensure you are informed before making the choice. "Peoples popular conception of anti-depressants" is if anything, anti-information. Vaccinate accordingly.

Also, talking to any sort of medical professional about this should not involve your family. Confidentiality and whatnot. Counselors also have confidentiality agreements you'll often have to sign (and they also have to sign) before talking about stuff, so if you see people like this and do not tell your family, they shouldn't find out.

You assume that everyone has the same reaction to depression meds, and that all depression meds are the same. Many ARE designed to dumb you down a bit, and even the ones that aren't will, in some individuals, cause numbing. I was given depression meds by a neurosurgeon for treatment of my brain damage, and I spent the week I was taking them sitting in a chair, without even the willpower to turn my TV on.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

I took counseling but never said anything. But get the meds if it bothers you that much.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I just generally dislike using medication to solve emotional problems. If it isn't numbing, then thats better than I thought, but I still don't like the idea of it.

I'm 16. My family would be the ones who paid the bills, they would be the ones who took me. I don't want them involved, because I don't want them having that concern, or that control.

There are often free counselling services available as part of youth groups or so on. Investigate locally, see what you can find. "Free youth counselling *city where you live*" into google, should be a start.

They always want to know where I am, but I might be able to give them a reasonable excuse if I can find such a thing that I can walk to, that doesn't conflict with things I have to get done.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Serenegoose]

You assume that everyone has the same reaction to depression meds, and that all depression meds are the same. Many ARE designed to dumb you down a bit, and eve the ones that aren't will, in some individuals, cause numbing. I was given depression meds by a neurosurgeon for treatment of my brain damage, and I spent the week I was taking them sitting in a chair, without even the willpower to turn my TV on.

Yes, and prozac permanently ruined my appetite (causing me to lose a significant amount of weight in months), amplified my insomnia, and gave me body tremors. I was just trying to provide a general statement that zombifying people is not something that's guaranteed, or even the aim, of most anti-depressants. It depends on the type of depression, the bodies response to them, and other factors, it just seemed unnecessary to go so in depth.

 

[helldragonX]

Ya, I feel that way quite frequently. I tend to ignore it and just get on with the day. I don't let it affect the people I'm with or my plans, which actually helps. Cause I know that no matter how bad I'm feeling, I can still do the things people need done.

 

[RootbeerJello]

For some reason, I'm going through a totally unprovoked emotional patch right now, too. It isn't exactly depression, but a strange sense of mundanity and purposelessness, which I'm willing to bet isn't a very good thing.

 

[Harlemura]

My dad's still in hospital after surgery involving cancer and, if it stays as it has for the first week, college is going to ruin the next two years of my life.
And yet, I'm generally happy. I manage to stay out of depression patches, God knows how.

Could have something to do with listening to this...

I've posted that video like, four times in the past hour.
I think it has control of my brain.

 

[Judgement101]

I'm always depressed and I also hate everyone, just try to live with it.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

Today was actually a very depressing day, for other reasons than the date. But now I'm content and relaxed, and it's looking up.

I recommend going out and doing something physical when you feel like this. Even going for a walk can help, because physical activity stimulates endorphins or something (I really don't know the scientific explanation but trust me, it works).

 

[Bealzibob]

I've had it for 11 years now, along with times when I'm so full of energy that I lose the ability to form complete sentences and end up staring off into space for hours before somehow managing to fight the urge to buy absolutely everything I encountered whilst bumbling around the net. I'm suffering, and in general suffer, the depression side more seriously than the other side, but sometimes I can go from one to the other in the space of an hour.

Today started out well - I got a new pair of goggles in the post and I was happy to have them - then it completely collapsed to the point where I just wanted to go back to bed and sleep til monday. Sometimes these depressed cycles last for months, sometimes minutes, I can't predict or control them. Doctors around here are no help whatsoever - they referred me to a psychologist, who sent me an appointment and demanded I call them to confirm it, except I get so scared of phone conversations that I couldn't. They refuse to diagnose anything that I won't effectively diagnose myself, and they just don't care.

But yeah, I get random depression, and I think I always will.

I'm definitely not going to pretend I'm an expert here but from the sounds of how fast your mood swings change between the two extremes it sounds like you might be bipolar man.

I'd see that psychologist if I was you. Though if I'm seeing this as worse than it really is then never mind, you know your own body so you can tell if there really is something wrong.

OP: I get this all the time, personally I think it's because of the kinda depression conclusions that I came to with my own philosophies. I cope well though cause I enjoy being depressed as much as I do being happy.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I think you might have Bi-Polar disorder. I remember seeing an ad about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

I get depressed sometimes, but theres always reasons

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I think you might have Bi-Polar disorder. I remember seeing an ad about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

I get depressed sometimes, but theres always reasons

Maybe. My grandfather and one of my aunts had it.

Is it an inherited mental disorder?