Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.
the curse of modern life?
What is causing the rise in depression? Are people who's parents/grandparents suffered more likely to suffer themselves? Is it caused by modern lifestyles where everything is 100 miles per hour all the time? Is the pressure to constantly do/achieve more at work a factor? Or is it just that doctors are better/more effectively/more hastily diagnosing the problem?
My mother suffered depression, and spent months in hospital with it when i was young. My father suffers with it and has for 7 years since my mother died. My grandfather suffered with it (although undiagnosed) all his adult life after being held as a POW in WW2 for 3 years. Now I suffer from it. Is there a direct link? Is it in part because I worked 60-70 hour weeks with 4 hours travel each day in my old job? Or am I just lucky to have a better mental health aware NHS in the UK these days?
What is causing the rise in depression? Are people who's parents/grandparents suffered more likely to suffer themselves? Is it caused by modern lifestyles where everything is 100 miles per hour all the time? Is the pressure to constantly do/achieve more at work a factor? Or is it just that doctors are better/more effectively/more hastily diagnosing the problem?
My mother suffered depression, and spent months in hospital with it when i was young. My father suffers with it and has for 7 years since my mother died. My grandfather suffered with it (although undiagnosed) all his adult life after being held as a POW in WW2 for 3 years. Now I suffer from it. Is there a direct link? Is it in part because I worked 60-70 hour weeks with 4 hours travel each day in my old job? Or am I just lucky to have a better mental health aware NHS in the UK these days?
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel
There is a lot of info to suggest that in some cases it is genetic though
as for your g-pa... mine passed away last feb... totally a WWII pow... awww... i miss him...