What impact does/did depression have on your life?
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Depression had a huge impact on my life. Depression made me want to be alone and away from everyone all of the time. It makes you want to be isolated but the more you are isolated, the worse you feel, eventually you are pulled into the cycle in which you feel like you can't escape from.
Anonymous
October 5th, 2014 4:49am
Depression made me appreciate what I had in life. Not in terms of material possessions, but it made me see that the people around me and my environment overall is something that, no matter how bad, can be interpreted as good. Optimism is a very difficult state of mind to be in when depressed, but it's exactly what shines the light on many things in our lives that we might have taken for granted.
I was depressed when I was back in primary school. I felt like I was just not a good daughter to my parents. I hadn't friends, and was always alone, because I didn't want to have people around me, because I thougzt I was a loser, a fail. That actually made me very sad.
It was hard to get out of this phase, but my primary teacher gave me a lot of support and had always an open ear for me. That helped me a lot.
That showed me that the best thing to fight depression, is to let people help you and that is what I try to do. Because I know how it feels to be like all alone by yourself.
I shut down completely. I always broke down into tears, and became very rebellious. The reason I wanted to be a listener is so I could help people with an issue like mine, or prevent it from happening to them
Depression has days where it still destroys my life. It is constantly in the back of my mind and tends to influence the choices that i make and the things that I do. One trigger can cause me to feel down or even suicidal for weeks.
Depression really has affected my life greatly. I used to be so happy and lively, but I just kind of became quiet and secluded. It's impacted me in good and bad ways. I found out who my real friends are and who I can trust, but it also worsened things in the fact that depression is never really good. I found a great boyfriend who relates pretty well so that has helped a bit.
It made me an extreme introvert. I was also very moody and just unenthusiastic with life and people.
It took a lot from me, but in the end it made me stronger. People with depression: You are warriors!
Anonymous
October 29th, 2014 12:13pm
It destroyed my life. I was not able to do anything because I didn't enjoy anything anymore, but I started to like things again after a while, and now I can do much more. The only thing I can't do is school because it's boring and I have a big problem with the education system, but that's a story for another time.
When I got bullied in school for the person I was. I wasn't like the other "normal" kids. I pushed everything away from me and started to get depressed.
depression effects my ability to socialize and to get out. It makes me feel tired all the time to a point where sometimes I can't even get out of bed for days. I can't eat, I can't talk to anyone. When my depression is only in mild form I can go get up and go to work and be around people and even put on a good pretend face but deep down inside I am numb and want to be alone in a dark place.
Depression is hard to deal with, it has made it hard to talk to people and deal with people. It has made me stronger in many ways.
It has destroyed my livelyhood, my financial life and my relationships. It has pushed me to the point of suicidal idealation.
Anonymous - Expert in Depression
February 15th, 2016 3:25am
Depression changes you as a person, it makes you question your life and those around you. You struggle to find joy or purpose in life, and things are a constant struggle.
Anonymous
February 15th, 2016 12:26pm
It makes you sad, literally making you feel like there's no point in living, or that you're worth nothing.
You feel you're not important anymore. and that it's all dull.
Sometimes you can also wanna quit. End your life, think there's nothing more to it....
But life in itself is the challenge. Endure the strain, and you shall live your success
Anonymous
March 14th, 2016 10:45am
It made my life miserable but at the same time I'm glad i went through it, i learned a lot and met the people i love because of it. i only regret the self harm...
Depression was like a big dark cloud over me. I was always tired, sad & felt worthless. I always thought bad about myself. Depression caused me to be insecure, self conscious. My self esteem was very low, I didn't think highly of myself & til this day I still don't .
Anonymous
August 15th, 2016 7:18am
A huge one.. Depression affects home, school, relationships. It's like it ruins everything. It has a huge impact.
Depression changed completely my relationship with my parents and my brother. Not in a positive way, though. No wonder since they are one of the reason of it. It's quite difficult to get out of bed. My mum would always yell at me for it. The school keeps sending letters about me being not at school and not doing my homework. I have so much imagination and inspiration to paint and draw but I feel unmotivated. You become a good actor, though. With some many faking smiles.
My depression makes me stronger in a way because I learn from my mistakes and low periods. I also feel like I get to know myself more. But of course it makes me incredibly sad and antisocial.
It affected my marks in school, my friendships and later on my relationship. It's very difficult to be with someone who doesn't know what it's like to not be able to get out of bed in the mornings.
To me, depression is an obstacle to overcome in regards to getting out of bed every day. It's having trouble planning your day and actually carrying it out. It hurts my relationships with people in my life.
I pretty much shut down when I got depressed. For a while it was mild but at one point it was very severe. I could not feel any emotions, nothing made me happy or sounded fun, even things I used to enjoy seemed like chores. I hated interacting with others and yet I hated being alone. It was very frustrating to go through, and so much of it is hard to explain in words.
Depression has really changed me, from my perspective. I used to be able to talk to people, and now it's like I'm drowning. I've slowly gotten better, and am still. It's made it harder to get up in the morning, and go to bed at night. I avoid people like the plague because I don't want to deal with them, because become irritated easily. But, all in all, I haven't given up. No one should. One day, I will overcome this, and others will too. It takes time, and a lot of "metaphorical" band-aids.
While I'm depressed, it's absolutely terrible. I can't do work, have fun, or even move sometimes. But, on the other hand, it's also made me value the time when I'm not depressed even more. Having seen and been through "the dark side", so to speak, it means even more to me when I come back into the light.
Depression keeps me from trying new things, meeting up with friends and family (they stopped inviting me a long time ago), and makes me feel like I'm all alone in this and that I'll be this way the rest of my life. The more I keep to myself the worse it gets. It's like a vicious, never-ending cycle that I'm constantly struggling with.
It had make me suicidal and self harming then i got on here and people had helped me tremedisly and now i am a listner
Depression made life really limited and dark. It makes you lose your friends and feel distanced from your family members and everyone who loves you. However, it makes you grow into a better and stronger person and most importantly kind and sweet!
Depression taught and teaches me kindness. All the time. I try to be gentle with those around me so long as they don't tread on my personal boundaries. While joyful 98% of the time, I know the 2% darkness that could push me to the edge of ending my life. And so when I see anyone living any less than that 99.9% joy, I am aware. Perhaps that helps and perhaps it doesn't. I live aware, and work from that platform.
Depression spiralled my life out of control, every sense of control I had was slowly slipping out of my grasp. I would not talk to anyone and that had a compounding effect as people wouldn't be aware of what was happening, less chance for help. My chest would physically hurt and tears would roll down my face.
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