Health Have you ever been severely depressed before?

[RichardHarrow]

And John O'brien? Hemingway? David Foster Wallace? Steinbeck?

I didn’t see this post. Good response.

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Yeah I was about to make the same thread. It’s gotten worse. I used to have more severe anxiety but that’s turned into depression lately

I kinda live in a fantasy world like a lot of young people today. The daydream end an you’re left with nothing.

I haven’t fully decided yet how im going to reign these fantasies in. I guess like..I need to find a way to connect with people in a way that placates my lizard brain. Cause I think sometimes I interact with the world in a way that my lizard brain (ego) rejects —- for instance having to defer to my boss or co workers

And then my ego rebels against that by constructing these fantasies of being important. and then I pick up on the juxtaposition between that and my present circumstance and the depression sets in

 

[zapataxiv]

idk i got pretty down when Doodie Lo failed to recognize my attempts to awaken the rap game

 

[HHJ]

Yeah I was about to make the same thread. It’s gotten worse. I used to have more severe anxiety but that’s turned into depression lately

I kinda live in a fantasy world like a lot of young people today. The daydream end an you’re left with nothing.

I haven’t fully decided yet how im going to reign these fantasies in. I guess like..I need to find a way to connect with people in a way that placates my lizard brain. Cause I think sometimes I interact with the world in a way that my lizard brain (ego) rejects —- for instance having to defer to my boss or co workers

And then my ego rebels against that by constructing these fantasies of being important. and then I pick up on the juxtaposition between that and my present circumstance and the depression sets in

Go Travel. Get into adventures.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Fuck yes. It's always there somewhere but most of the time I can control it pretty well nowadays. Still tend to have one week a year or so in the pit of despair which I put down to just mentally wearing out from masking it the rest of the time.

 

[Prime LeVan]

2013,
Lost my wife, kids, house, health and almost killed myself.

2018,
Almost did the same again

I thought thinking about killing yourself was a pretty common thing people did on a fairly frequent basis. Apparently its not.

 

[Slapjit]

A handful of times. Identifying the root cause helped a lot, along with a period on SSRIs to bring negative thoughts down to a manageable level. In hindsight, worrying too much about the opinions of others was essentially the root cause, though it wasn't at all obvious to me at the time. Without getting too detailed, this led to a period of lying, alcoholism, partying to maintain shallow relationships, job hopping, and general escapism. It became a self-sustained spiral that continued to make things worse.

What eventually helped was setting smaller goals, which turned into bigger goals, and eventually into a sense of purpose. These days it’s more like weekly or monthly ups and downs, which feels normal. My personal rule when things dip is simple: movement. Do something. Knock one thing off the list.

 

[Dangun]

It was getting really bad this year and the reason I started watching mma again and came back on here .. it at least helps a lil bit

 

[Ballsaque]

I have... Diagnosed, ready to take my own life. Only once though, when i turned my life around.

 

[CZMuayThai11]

Been so since NYULangone cut out my dominant temporal lobe, amygdala & hippocampus, 10% of my brain, and put in a microchip in a titanium golfball called a Neuropace for further irremovable lesion adjacent to my childhood stroke. COL4A1 Disease, 75 US cases, progressive and terminal. Million $ op that buys me til about 40 alive. Idve been dead & free by now if they hadnt played God back in 2023.

 

[Frode Falch]

I mean. Life is about ups and downs.

Not no.. Never. I know there are always a better periode after whatever hurting at that time.