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My wife just called and told me that her therapist today said that I was depressed. Here are the symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic:
Depression symptoms include:
Feelings of sadness or unhappiness
Irritability or frustration, even over small matters
Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities
Reduced sex drive
Insomnia or excessive sleeping
Changes in appetite depression often causes decreased appetite and weight loss, but in some people it causes increased cravings for food and weight gain
Agitation or restlessness for example, pacing, hand-wringing or an inability to sit still
Slowed thinking, speaking or body movements
Indecisiveness, distractibility and decreased concentration
Fatigue, tiredness and loss of energy even small tasks may seem to require a lot of effort
Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, fixating on past failures or blaming yourself when things aren't going right
Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
Frequent thoughts of death, dying or suicide
Crying spells for no apparent reason
Unexplained physical problems, such as back pain or headaches
Now how many of these symptoms would you need to be considered depressed? I love the fact that I can be diagnosed with depression, while my ass is sitting at work...
Depression symptoms include:
Feelings of sadness or unhappiness
Irritability or frustration, even over small matters
Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities
Reduced sex drive
Insomnia or excessive sleeping
Changes in appetite depression often causes decreased appetite and weight loss, but in some people it causes increased cravings for food and weight gain
Agitation or restlessness for example, pacing, hand-wringing or an inability to sit still
Slowed thinking, speaking or body movements
Indecisiveness, distractibility and decreased concentration
Fatigue, tiredness and loss of energy even small tasks may seem to require a lot of effort
Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, fixating on past failures or blaming yourself when things aren't going right
Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
Frequent thoughts of death, dying or suicide
Crying spells for no apparent reason
Unexplained physical problems, such as back pain or headaches
Now how many of these symptoms would you need to be considered depressed? I love the fact that I can be diagnosed with depression, while my ass is sitting at work...
If she asks you to clean - you can always say you forgot how
If she wants to talk, you can talk really really slow and then forget what you're talking about.
Maybe you can forget to come home once in awhile.
And then you can blame it all on her when you go through the divorce.
The list you posted forgot to mention frequent use of alcoholic and or drugs - or is that some other label
I stick with mine cuz she looks like Dr. Melfi from the Sopranos :)
Let it go in one ear and out the other. You can always use the line of the southern belles and say "That's nice" instead of b.s.!
Truthfully though my therapist has an iron will to put up with my stubbornness... and yes she's helped me realize quite a bit.
kind of like the cool folks here
and it was her first session?
Yeah I don't even think I need to comment for you to get the point......
For the most part, though, I'm a happy guy. I get down on occasion and tend to have a problem worrying too much. But depression...I don't think so...That's why I asked how many of these signs do you need to be officially considered depressed.
But I'm no Lisa Oz...
We can all get into a group discussion with the therapist about you via Skype.
Yep, all of your food humor, your baybay pee pee humor, and the rest of your stuff is all going to be, er, exposed, dude. :)
But, first, tell your wife to get her checkbook ready. We don't tattle for free, ya know?
On a somewhat serious note you can take the "are you depressed" quiz on WebMD, it asks you questions about the above symptoms, and how often they occur.
Wow...I actually left my last counselor because she had made up her mind about my stbx and I couldn't convince her otherwise. True, the man has issues, but he's not here (and never will be) so rather than focusing on what issues he has, please help me to figure out how to work around them! Eh, I gave up, and realized divorce is the only work around, but still don't like them trash talking him.
"Get as far away from civilization as possible. Do not, I repeat do NOT have human contact of any kind. You are a threat to humanity and you are depressed."
I'm not sure of what to make of this, though?
They need to have a fucking therapy section for people who want to point the finger at us telling us what our problem is so they can go fuck each other on their fucking high and mighty pedastools they put themselves on.
Go read my post mine says i have personality disorder. LOL!
Im sorry it's time for Anger Mgmt, yeah tonight
I think i can fit the depression things listed but all i boil it down to is the fact like someone said i just got shit on and feel very sad. who the hell wouldn't when their world falls apart and you have know idea how to get out of it???