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Depression or not?
I believe I am done with my depression but I have never understood why else I should remain alive. It's been years since I have been supposedly okay. Why have I not yet found the purpose of living? I still want to die, very matter of factly. Could I still be depressed? I'm fully functional now unlike before.
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Hi I understand your anguish Feeling suicidal is a pretty common thing to feel when you’re moderately or seriously depressed. In addition to all the physical sort of depression symptoms (such as a reduction or gain in appetite, sleep needs, etc.) and either agitation or retardation of your activity level, there are also a characteristic set of psychological/mental symptoms of depression. It is common that things that used to motivate will lose their motivating capability. It is common to feel worthless and helpless. It is common to begin making a variety of thinking errors. For example, you may take responsibility for all the negative things that have happened to you, while discounting your role in creating the positive things. You may rewrite history such that it seems to you that things have always been terrible/horrible/awful when this isn’t really entirely the case. In general, the brain starts doing a sort of attentional narrowing and filtering such that everything is seen through the lens of depression. Your perspective narrows, essentially until everything looks depressed and there is no apparent way out. When these sorts of things are happening, it is rather easy to look to suicide as a “way out” and as an appropriate fate. Counseling will help you process your thoughts and deal with it Consult with me or any psychologist for therapy and counseling All the best
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This is a very common feeling . Do not worry . Just a little brain storming, sharing of thoughts allied with behaviour therapy will help you get out of this zone . Please meet a clinical psychologist to seek help .
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What ever you are experiencing is completely normal. Since childhood we keep setting goals for ourselves to achieve. Sometime we are unable to find that goal(in childhood) and take help from elders. Similarly sometimes few of us are unable to understand the meaning and purpose of our life and do some 'soul searching'. And during this journey we can take help from someone who could help us in this process.
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Consult a Clinical Psychologist who can help you with this search.
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Try to set short goals for yourself in order to get to the path of bigger goals and eventually understanding our existence.
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Feeling low, having crying spells, sleep and appetite disturbances, and difficulty in concentration and attention are some of the signs of Depression. Consult a Psychiatrist for a detailed assessment. It is likely with medication and counseling the symptoms will improve. If you are feeling suicidal or hopeless consult a Psychiatrist immediately.
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Yes u r in depressed First assess urself about severity of depression by me or any other competent psychiatrist, after that treatment plan will decide
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