depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
Meantime Chronicles
Hey there, how's it going? My name is Adrian Chambliss and I suffer from depression. I won't go into too many details, but I imagine I'm like most people in the sense that I don't like talking about my feelings or even acknowledging them. It's not that you mind talking about it, but some things tend to kill the mood and you don't want to appear to be a downer. I get it. That's why I wanted to do a daily blog thing to help navigate my own journey while I work through getting better. My hope and goal is that by the end of this, I'd have something to help explain myself to others, as well as give a sense of calm or normalcy for some.
By Adrian Chambliss5 years ago in Psyche
Depression With A Capital D
Many people have had an episode of deep depression, nearly always precipitated by a traumatic event in their lives. For a brief period in their long lives, they get totally knocked out by life. These people describe these episodes as some of the darkest days of their lives. They shudder when asked to talk about it and almost all are brought to tears when recounting their days of depression. For some, it was a shock to know that there could be such a dark place in their own minds. Some have even described it as being as close to hell as they ever want to get. They are permanently scarred by this encounter with severe depression and never want to be in that place again. Welcome to my neighborhood. This is where I have lived my entire life.
By Anne Humphrey5 years ago in Psyche
Heavy
I lay awake, gripping my blanket tight around my shoulders with one hand and holding my pillow close with the other. My eyes are closed, but I can't sleep. I've been like this for hours, shifting restlessly, longing for the sweet release of sleep. But it just won't come. I am fully aware that each restless toss and turn drives me further from my goal, but the movements come unbidden.
By Vina Lethane5 years ago in Psyche
Reasons For Depression In Students
Depression does not seem like an illness for the young to have. They are at an age where they are carefree. They don’t have a burden of a lot of responsibilities like grownups do. But, unfortunately, it is seen that students too fall victim to depression for various reasons.
By Linda Helen5 years ago in Psyche
Postpartum Depression
Being a mother has been one of the greatest gifts I’ve ever received. I adore being a mother, and I adore my children. They have, unknowingly, saved me. I became a mother for the first time in April 2014, to a handsome little boy. He was a fairly easy baby. He didn’t cry much at all, and he started sleeping through the night at just 4 months old.
By The Unicorn Mom5 years ago in Psyche
Dealing with Depression in a High Demanding Society
We have all had our bad days. Those days where we feel completely beside ourself and seem to have a harder time getting through our daily routines. It can be mentally exhausting just trying to work through simple tasks we manage any other time effortlessly. For some people these bad days can last anywhere from a few weeks to a few years. This is commonly known as Depression. Depression can affect your life in many ways. Especially those who suffer with it longer than others. Dealing with depression in a society that requires you to be high functioning at all times poses its own individual risks.
By Esctacy Artistry5 years ago in Psyche
Depression sucks...
The first time I thought about suicide I was 21 years old and in the middle of my junior year of college at Grand Valley State University. It was a Friday night and my friends and I had spent the majority of the night at the bar, drinking and just having fun; the typical Friday night adventure. At some point in the night it was suggested to go back to someone's place to continue the party. On this particular evening it just happened that we ended up back at the apartment I shared with my best friend "G" and our two other roommates "D" and "M". Everyone was sitting outside, drinking and having fun. It was pretty late and I remember getting up from my chair and going in the house. I stood in the kitchen for a few minutes, not moving but just standing there. I have no idea what I was thinking or what I was even really doing for that matter. I don't even really know how much time had passed but the next thing I know, I'm sitting on top of the dryer in our laundry room with a knife to my wrist. I don't know how I got the knife or really even why I got the knife, but I remember in that moment thinking "this will make it all go away."
By Michelle Moore5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Battles
Hi, I'm Makaila and I battle anxiety and depression every day. I have truly contemplated whether I wanted to start sharing my stories or do the cliche thing and write it all in a book. I decided to take the more "quick cash" route. I'm 23 years old, and I have had a colorful upbringing which is nothing new, that's majority of people. Life has taught me a couple things and that is, in all reality no one cares. For example, my opening statement I have only a 50/50 chance that from that you will either continue or just tell my simple post to fuck off.
By Makaila Curnette5 years ago in Psyche
Why does depression exist?
Ever since I got bullied in middle school; I always wonder why depression had to come to me. Nothing I did was bad to the people that bullied me. So why does depression exist? What made it exist and when?! Why are there bad people in this world who want to hurt people so badly? Do you ever wonder that? Do you ever wonder why people bully you or hurt you just for no reason? I do! I always wonder what did I ever do to these people that made them hurt me.
By Gracie Crusinberry6 years ago in Psyche
Mad World
Perhaps we all carry within ourselves the potential of our own destruction that we battle with in our own way. And this friction is what causes suffering in our lives. Maybe everything inherently carries within it, its own destruction. Perhaps in life, we constantly fight that pull to self-destruct in whatever way is ours.
By Nikki Albert6 years ago in Psyche
