What Do You Mean, Two People At Once? This is the most frustrating part of the depression experience for me. When either one of these episodes comes on, it feels like I split into two people. One is a normal, rational, reasonably calm individual who sees what’s wrong with my reactions and behavior and knows… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Depression
Depression: When Treatment Isn’t Working
I Thought You Were On Medication…? Most of the time, stressors in my life don’t set me off into a meltdown. Most of the time, my medication keeps everything in check. I feel, think, and act like a normal person. If something goes wrong, my reaction isn’t extreme or irrational; it’s scaled to the severity… Continue Reading
Depression: What It Looks Like In Real Life
What Is Depression? Depression is a normal human emotion and reaction to life events, which, in those who have some kind of clinical depression, has been taken to the extreme and become maladaptive or even self-destructive. Everyone gets depressed, but not everyone’s lives are disrupted or destroyed by it. I’m sure that everyone experiences depression… Continue Reading
Upcoming Depression Series
I’m going to spend the next few days talking about my own experience with depression in order to promote more awareness of the many faces this disease can take, the mental processes that go on in the mind of the depressed person, and outward symptoms and behaviors others will see. I originally planned this to… Continue Reading
