Depressed ISN'T Sad Wordpress Comments

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Jan 9, 2019 : Nouseled : theblueflowersblog.wordpress.comGreat article! My own experience of Depression is slightly different than yours. My own major Depression symptom is more like, a new brain setting in which everything bad is even worse. So an indifferent or even good situation is either disappointing or bad, a not-ideal situation is TERRIBLE, a bad situation is DOOM.
My brain immediately attunes to all the bad things in myself (low self-esteem) and not the good ones, all the bad behaviors of others and not their good behaviors, and all the bad things that could happen to me instead of all the good ones. A particular struggle I face from this personal experience of Depression is that I sometimes can’t tell when I’m depressed and can’t talk myself out of my depressive thought spirals because all of these thought patterns seem perfectly logical and reasonable (although later I can look back and go, “Wow, that was… off.”).

Dec 11, 2018 : DyutiM : magicalstreet.wordpress.comLoved the way you write about it all. Thank you. Just knowing somebody out there gets exactly what you’re going through helps a lot sometimes.

Jan 30, 2018 : bravingmentalillnessYou’re welcome and thank you for the great posts and kind words!

Jan 30, 2018 : jinnahThanks for complimenting my blog. Glad you’re stable.Will be reading up on your blog later today too.

Jan 30, 2018 : bravingmentalillnesst’s nice meeting you here. I’m just now finding your blog and I’m enjoying your post. Being a suicide survivor and diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses, I too have learned many coping tools to work through my challenges. This post offers great information for those who need a deeper understanding how to help others or evaluate themselves. It took me over 20 years to find my stability and I never thought I’d accomplish so much. Thank you for an inspirational blog! – Heidi

Jan 26, 2018 : jinnahLuke – I thought about what you wrote – What tools in culture do you use? Could you explain? Would love to hear more. If here is not where you want to talk – email me at livingmanicdepressivemail@gmail.com .

Jan 26, 2018 : Kellie BrownYour descriptions are SO helpful. The information allows me to understand how I might better help my friend, and my daughter. When you described how the lack of focus impacts everything else – it will change how I interact with both of them!

Jan 26, 2018 : jinnahLuke, Thank ya!

Jan 26, 2018 : Luke MasonYou remain the very best writer at capturing the essence of depression. I’m forever trying to understand myself, and to help others understand me. My tools are either culture, which embraces the abstract, or it’s your prose, which seizes the practical, the mundane, and shows the rust and bone. And for that I’m always grateful. This and the “Symptoms” entry are unparalleled.