Happy Pills

[st_swithin]

We all need a little Social Distortion.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by st_swithin
Who says it didn't?

:|

Certainly not me, it's your flashback. If you want to leave it all you have to do is turn down the voice effects and cue the organist.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
Lori, why do you need anti depressant if you have a girlfriend?

What happens in your life doesn't necessarily affect your mood. I can feel happy at the worst times, when I've had bad news, and feel awful when I've had great news and *should* be happy. Also, the stresses of having a partner can aid depressive feelings in some people, especially if things are not going well, as it can lead to a feeling of worthlessness. Having a girlfriend could be a sign that he is probably coping, as relationships rarely work when one partner isn't coping with depression, but it does not necessarily make him any less depressed.

Originally posted by Ecthelion
some people are just self-pitying... you guys can be successfuk at everything and still cry for help / use anti depressants

Sometimes being successful, or the pressure to be, can make someone depressed. A feeling of not living up to expectations, to past standards, can lead to a depressive feeling. While maybe some are self-pitying, the rest of your post shows a lack of understanding of the nature and manifestation of depression to some people. Depression is hard to characterize, and though you may feel like that, others depressions may manifest themselves in different ways. I would not be so quick to judge others feelings. Someone who cries out a lot may be self-pitying, or they may just be someone in more pain.

[Q Classic]

ecth:
sometimes it's chemical.

look at me. what the fcuk do i have to be sad about? i was going to a good school, had a good family, a girlfriend, a bright future. i had friends, i had food and i had shelter.

i couldn't leave my dorm room during the darker times. you know what made it worse? the knowledge that i had nothing to feel sad about.

it's funny, that sometimes during depression one gets a lot of clarity. really, in perpective, you're not that bad off. really, in perspective, if you died, the world would move on. really, in perspective, even if you are in a privileged position, you don't mean a damn thing.

why do you think nihilism all too often as a dark beauty for those mired in depression?

[Ecthy]

bla bla bla

guys like you make me sick

do you realize that all my unhappiness is YOUR fault?

[Ecthy]

next you'll be tellin me I'm not depressed but just a loser

[Drogue]

I wonder if we had these drugs earlier whether Nietzsche might have gone on to even greater things. His Nihilism could have been developed so much further IMHO.

[Ecthy]

People keep telling me I'm an evil, bad person. I always knew it's bull****.

Now I've read about you guys and finally I can be certain I've met the true evil.

You guys are the worst outcome of society, not me. I'm not to blame for my fate, you are.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Dissident
actually I believe they are awake during seizures. That's the scary part about them. You know what's going on, you just can't do anything about it.

It depends on the type of seizure. In minor ones, a body part starts twitching like mad while the rest of you stays conscious. In grand mal seizures, like the one I had, you don't even remember blacking out, you just have this blank spot in your memory between doing whatever you were doing at the time and getting rushed to the hospital. That's frigging scary.
Technically I'm having extremely small "seizures" right now in the form of my trembling hands. It's an aftereffect of the medicine that'll probably never go away. There are all kinds of seizures...

[chequita guevara]

Personally, I think those people with broken legs should just suck it up and walk it off. Pain is all in their heads, and we all know that by using something you encourage it's healing.

And all those people with cancer should just get over it.

And all those people with brain chemistry imbalances should just get over it. After all, we know that chemicals in your brain really don't do anything. That's why no one smokes pot or gets drunk.

[Ecthy]

it's just crazy when I come and think about it... the whole concept of depressoin isn't accepted because of guys like you that have everything and still complain. look at my youth, with no friends, no girlfriend, rejected by everyone in every possible situation, and you try to tell me it's all in my brain?? I don't do happy pills to stop lying to myself, I do them because I HAVE to lie to myself lest I die of something unnatural.

[chequita guevara]

Actually, I think I need to go back on the real meds. I really can't stand the thought of leaving home these days. I'm actually disappointed when my contract gets renewed, because that means I have to keep leaving my safe place.

I've been self-medicating with food and computer games, but as Dr Phil would say, "How's that workin' out for you?" It ain't. The Florida sunshine really helps, but depression is a tricksy devil.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
it's just crazy when I come and think about it... the whole concept of depressoin isn't accepted because of guys like you that have everything and still complain. look at my youth, with no friends, no girlfriend, rejected by everyone in every possible situation, and you try to tell me it's all in my brain?? I don't do happy pills to stop lying to myself, I do them because I HAVE to lie to myself lest I die of something unnatural.

Not all depression is caused by chemical imbalances, some are.

It's stupid for me to sit and ask why everyone isn't on the pills, and it's stupid for you to sit and ask why anyone is on the pills.

[chequita guevara]

I've suffered from depression for 26 years.

If I could have sucked it up by now I would have.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
it's just crazy when I come and think about it... the whole concept of depressoin isn't accepted because of guys like you that have everything and still complain. look at my youth, with no friends, no girlfriend, rejected by everyone in every possible situation, and you try to tell me it's all in my brain?? I don't do happy pills to stop lying to myself, I do them because I HAVE to lie to myself lest I die of something unnatural.

You have situational depression. There are actual circumstances in your life that are making you depressed. Now, after a long time, this can alter the chemicals in your brain, but right now, it just means you have a depressed mood.

Other people are different. Other people have a genetic disposition to depression. Other people have had serious traumas that induced the chemical imbalance.

Not everyone is the same Ect.