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This is how i feel and understand about my depression! I believe in some time in our lives we can all feel a little depressed or little sad, may that be through lossing a loved one or even a stage in our lives where you cant think of getting out
of. There is many other reasons we can feel like this but it is to much to cover.
I believe that its one thing to suffer when things happen but another when you have to deal with it day in day out and never knowing if you are going to wake in a good state of mind or a depressed state of mind. Its the not knowing that is the hardest thing for me and my family.
Unless you have experienced it or know someone close to you that has experienced it , its hard to understand when your mood can just change from a simple thing happening or just nothing at all.
It is a medical condition and there is alot of medication out there as well. I find there is a lot of trail and error as its hard to find the right mix for certain people. one can work good on someone and another not so good so thats why it can be quite unstable for a while, until doctors get it right.
Depression as i understand it is a chemical imbalance in the brain which may cause extreme sadness, being very unhappy with life in general and for me most of all feel very unmotivated. Depression is quite common and there was a time when it wasnt spoken about but this day and age it has become alot better but not as it should but thats just my opinion.
There is a depression that we are all aware of and thats post natal depression which usually occurs after a women has had a child. Now that im on this subject i found for myself that when i was pregnant i wasnt as depressed and after having my children doctors where suprised that i hadnt suffered from it. It actually went away for a good while. It has now come back and it did so approx 18 months after my last child. Strange to go through 3 years without it and all of a sudden dealing with the whole thing again.
Avoiding situations which may contribute to the depression. Is my aim to achieve but its really hard to do this, because you try but sometimes it just fall in your lap.
There is nothing to be ashamed about if you have depression and it doesnt make you any weaker than anybody else. I have found alot of my friends around me feel like this and thats because of there illness.
This is just my experience and just wanna add that there is so much help out there you just have to ask and there are also alot of books that you might wanna read.
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