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.
I've had clinical depression for over 20 years now.
The point i want to make: Beware of depression causing you to lose interest/ meaning in your meaningful activities / goals.
I've been in a very bad place for many months now, and I've just started climbing back into achieving old meaningful goals, and suddenly things are turning around.
I am suddenly realizing that things that i lost interest in are actually still interesting to me (like my IT computer studying/ goals). I'm realizing that it wasn't that the topics themselves became objectively boring, it's that my brain chemistry was dampening my life. That's a big difference-- as if the depression devil conned me out of my genuine interests.
Well, I'm back interested in my former goals, and there's real hope again.
I hope I can remember this lesson and not let the depression devil rob me of my genuine interests again.
Be well folks!
The point i want to make: Beware of depression causing you to lose interest/ meaning in your meaningful activities / goals.
I've been in a very bad place for many months now, and I've just started climbing back into achieving old meaningful goals, and suddenly things are turning around.
I am suddenly realizing that things that i lost interest in are actually still interesting to me (like my IT computer studying/ goals). I'm realizing that it wasn't that the topics themselves became objectively boring, it's that my brain chemistry was dampening my life. That's a big difference-- as if the depression devil conned me out of my genuine interests.
Well, I'm back interested in my former goals, and there's real hope again.
I hope I can remember this lesson and not let the depression devil rob me of my genuine interests again.
Be well folks!
I believe in my original point. I'm plunged back into a goal i once found interesting, and it's interesting again, which is making me...happy and hopeful-- the two most rare and important qualities for me.
I hate how i forget important wisdom. I'm making quite a note to remember this one.
my thought:
sometimes you have to make /force yourself, and if you do, you might find it good....especially if you don't give up.
and...mentally and physically DOING stuff actually helps create and recreate the happy connections and thoughts going on in your head. The synapses can be changed! - simply by thinking differently.