What is Depression

Clinical depression is a state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living....

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how do u know whats real and whats not.
i made a joke to my boyf about me not being real and im just a figure of his imagination.

but like what if things and people i see arnt real? what if my boyf is just a figure of my imagination? and my friends. everyone has a family so they must be real? what if im not real? am i really in the place i think i am?

ohmygod it freaks me out.
Posted on 11/05/09, 07:11 am
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Reply #1 - 11/05/09  8:20am
" its all based on self perception-for example you can take a situation that use to causes you pain and be in the same situation in the future and assume it will bring you pain or you can see it as your in a new situation that doesn't follow the same set of rules but looks similar on the out side and completely conceive it differently-its all on how you conceive the world around you how you choose to take it in no two people will ever be the same in there perceptions only similar the same apply's to situations therefore reality is truly subjective :) "
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Reply #2 - 11/05/09  8:50am
" Minka said it. Reality is nothing more than our own perception of it. You decide. Are you real? Am I real? Good question. "
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Reply #3 - 11/05/09  10:18am
" i know but.... i cant explain.

but like what if u replies arnt real and my head has made them up that there there.

what if i just walked into the kitchen had a chat with my flat mate a second ago and shes not really there? how do u i know who is real. i could ask another person if they see that person but what if they arnt real either? "
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Reply #4 - 11/05/09  10:47am
" I think i know what you mean. You can't let yourself get hung up on it though. Forget about real or not - at the end of the day it almost doesn't matter. Decide if you like them, if they are "good" for you to be around, if they are helping you, etc. Those are the things that matter. "

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