Member Advice on Depression

I really appreciate you reading this as it has taken me a very long time to write, however do be warned that this article is long and may sound disjointed in places. I’m not looking for sympathy, I am writing this for myself and also in the hope that someone else can benefit from my experience. '''-Takes a deep breath-''' This is something which I have contemplated writing about for some time now but have never had the courage to do so. It is quite ...
...something that some people are not willing to learn about. I think people need to be more aware of depression and the signs, symptoms and causes as the more it is aired the more we can help each other overcome this dreadful illness that affects so many of us through our lives. Depression is an illness which affects many of us, and many of us suffer in silence. It is an illness which the sufferers are afraid and or are embarrassed to talk about. It ...

Autarkis 25.08.2009 · Read full review
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This is long, please don't read it unless you have time to! And please try not to say that this is a brave review, as it isn't - it's just my life and where I've been. Thank you - reading this does mean a lot to me. == Introduction == It's difficult knowing where to start this review. The subject itself "Member advice on depression" is not particularly helpful. I cannot give advice about depression, as I am not a medical professional. I cannot diagnose, ...
...do (although I will give some general information about depression at the end). All I can do is share my personal experiences with you, and hope that if you are a person affected by depression that you will get the help that you need and deserve in order to find happiness. I strongly believe that happiness is waiting for each and every one of us who has not yet found it, or has temporarily misplaced it. I have already reviewed my experiences of self-injury ...

marymoose99 22.03.2007 (17.05.2008) · Read full review
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I have decided the time has come to write this, I have been putting it off for a while. Mainly because I didn't feel that I was strong enough to talk about it. Now I feel that its something I have to talk about. The main reason I have decided this is because of something that has happened. Last night I got a phone call from my mum to tell me that my sister's best friend had Hung herself in nearby woods. I had known this girl all my life I used to ...
...younger. My sister is totally distraught over it all and deep down I am also. It all stems from depression. She was a manic depressant, she should never have been allowed to walk the streets, and She should have been treated a long time ago. Society as a whole has failed her. She was only 28. Rachel this is for you……… My Story ======== As everyone who has read my previous review on bullying knows I didn't have a great childhood. I was bullied ...

Lynzie 27.09.2005 · Read full review
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Extreme melancholy, often with reduction in vitality and physical symptoms, is how the pocket Oxford dictionary describes depression. To describe depression, and in particular manic depression takes a few more words than those offered by this renowned master of the English language. When Did It Start? *************** I don't know is the only answer I can give to this. I have no knowledge of any incident that triggered this most awful of illnesses. ...
...to notice, small but subtle changes in me, probably in 2001. In April that year I suffered from a back problem which didn't seem too much of a problem, until I had a scan. This showed prolapses to two discs in my lower spine. After an epidural injection the problem was no better, but surgery wasn't an option for me as they only gave a 50% chance of it being successful. The worst part was that those same odds applied to me suffering some form of ...

mickeydumville 26.06.2004 · Read full review
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Depression affects people in many different ways and, like many illnesses, there is no one surefire remedy for everyone. It is considered to be one of the most common illnesses out there affecting one in five people at some stage during their lives and is also one of the most misunderstood. I decided to write this op to try and clarify some of the facts, at the same time as giving an account of my own experience of the illness in the hopes that it ...
...there is a greater general awareness regarding depression nowadays, but there is still a long way to go before we can fully understand how damaging and distressing this condition can be. Depression not only affects the mood of a person, but also has a big impact on their thought processes as well as affecting them physically. The illness takes shape in different forms, but I have listed the most recognised ones below along with a few of the most ...

Tadders 25.08.2005 · Read full review
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I hope to be able to write another, more positive review next year, but I feel like I need to taolk about my experiences right now. I'd suffered with depression on-and-off since I was 14/15, but it mostly got contributed to 'stress' and I tried to ignore the effect it was having, often channeling my destructive thoughts into eating disorders. When I was 18, I tried to kill myself just after Christmas - with 16 Ibuprofen tablets. Obviously this was ...
...and I probably didn't take enough anyway. After a couple of visits to a psychiatrist, he told me that there weren't any facilities in my area unless I had "a serious mental illness, like schizophrenia". This obviously put me off going back to the doctor, even though I felt suicidal for most of the 3 years following that occasion. Then, in April 2005, when I was 20, I started feeling really bad again. I noticed that I was comfort eating a lot more ...

DoubleFantasy11 29.11.2006 · Read full review
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...it is a close family member who is suffering, they can often be expected to deal with the situation regardless of how it is affecting them. Whilst including my personal experiences, I have to be careful. It is not fair of me to write in detail about someone else and their problems so I need to be careful not to do this. I cannot fully write about the subject without including some of these things though, as they are what contributed to me getting ...
...As a child, I grew up in a very happy household, I couldn't fault one single bit of my upbringing. I never saw my parents fall out and was blissfully unaware of any problems that may have occurred in that time. I thank my parents massively for this as I now know, having kids of my own, how hard it is to shield them from all the problems in life. This kind of upbringing, how ever, does have its problems. When I grew up, I had no real idea of how to ...

lizngaz 15.02.2008 · Read full review
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Introduction I've been inspired to write this review having read some of the others in this category. I have suffered on and off from depression since a child and the one thing that makes me absolutely furious is the way that depression is viewed by those who have never suffered from it. This is a review for those who have suffered from depression because we all need to know that other people understand; and for those that don't understand in the ...
...be a life-threatening illness. My story I have always felt inadequate. There is no particular reason why; I did well at school and university, have had good jobs, lots of friends and a loving partner, but something inside me always said that I just wasn't good enough. Whether this is what led to my bouts of depression or whether it was the depression that led to me feeling inadequate, I don't know. Whatever, it has led to periods of deep, what ...

sunmeilan 13.04.2006 · Read full review
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***WARNING THIS IS A VERY LONG REVIEW*** Introduction ========= For my 100th I decided that I would let you know what I have and still going through I know two people who suffer from depression and I have always been quite cynical about it because I did not believe it was a real illness and it was just an easy way out. As the two people I know had left their jobs and are living off the government. I know there are a few members of Ciao who have ...
...before making your judgement as until you have experienced it you can have no idea. My Story ======= "I can't do this anymore" I sobbed "Do what?" asked Jeanette (my boss at the time) "I can't come to work anymore," I sobbed again "Kirsty please just think about this, what will you do for money?" she asked "I don't care anymore, I just want it to end" "Want what to end?" "Everything" "Kirsty can I talk to Stuart?" This was 7am on a Friday ...

kgray71 25.07.2006 · Read full review
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I've been into hospital today to visit my mate.She is my sister in law's cousin. She has lived next door to my mam for years, She Is a lovely quiet girl she smiles and says hi but doesn't give any eye contact and constantly has her head down. Her hubby is abusive and an alcoholic. Why doesn't she leave him? Because she loves him. He dosen't physically abuse her, he uses mental abuse which I think It can be a lot worse, I am not going to go Into ...
...to go Into but he has managed to crush her self esteem and confidence so much that she feels paranoid and relies on him 100% for everything, she Is anxious when he Isn't with her and won't listen to anyone when we try to help her see what Is happening. She has three kids who see and hear everything and are being damaged by this latest thing that has happened. I will talk you through the events that took place. My daughter hangs around with my mate's ...

cabsookie 16.11.2005 · Read full review
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1.35am 09/02/07 I am updating this due to the many questions posed me in my pgb and from others not connected with Ciao. There is an inner voice of conscience and responsibiolity that I cannot ignor. It is just too important and sensitive a subject to not bring it to the fore with the sole aim to inform educate and highlight the intricate problems associated with not enough material written by or for- both the carer and the sufferer of this hideous ...
...comfort and instruction to just ONE sufferer/victim involved in the experience- then these 2 reviews will not have been written in vain. They are dedicated to all who have questions where to go...who to turn to AND OF COURSE mental health sufferers everywhere, Who ever and wherever you may be- you are not alone....and neither is Joseph the main heart of this review. Chrissie Manfredi PART 1 of 2. Living with Manic Depression. Due to the length ...

christina44 24.01.2004 (09.02.2007) · Read full review
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I am writing this not from the point of view of someone who has suffered depression myself, but from that of someone who has watched two close family members do so. I am concerned that there is still a stigma attached to depression, and that people who suffer from it are often ashamed to tell their loved ones and to seek professional help. Clinical depression is thought to be caused by the lack of seratonin in the brain, and this is obviously something ...
...therefore not a case of telling someone who has depression to 'pull themselves together' - they literally are unable to do so. This chemical imbalance is like a physical malfunction that has mental symptoms. We show sympathy and understanding toward other forms of physical malfunction, and should surely do so in this case too. It is believed that this drop in seratonin levels is sometimes the body's way of telling an individual that something is ...

denella 27.10.2006 · Read full review
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I have just been on a course which taught me a different way of dealing with mental health issues, but which would also be a good starting point for anyone who is suffering from depression. As one who has had bouts of low mood, some of which have become very scary, I always sympathise with those who find themselves in the black abyss that is depression. It can come on so slowly that you just don't notice it until you realise that you just aren't ...
...to, and that you are finding it very difficult to make even the slightest decisions. It affects your sleep which impacts on your day to day managing. It affects your appetite, which has an ill effect on your general well being, and you become prone to minor ailments, all of which take their toll on your ability to 'snap out of it' as is so often what you are told to do. I have had friends who just found it so 'weird' that I have felt physically sick ...

orlando 17.02.2006 · Read full review
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It’s hard to say how long exactly I have been suffering from depression. I personally feel I’ve been suffering with it since last September and from the look of the amount of opinions that have been written under this category I’d say I wasn’t alone either! But the thing about depression is you do feel alone. I have a perfectly happy relationship with a guy who loves everything about me and who worships the ground I walk ...
...most gorgeous girl alive. I love him to bits, I want to marry him one day and in fact we are engaged. So how come sometimes I still feel alone? Of course there are good days and bad days. The good being where I can look in the mirror and think actually I don’t look so bad. I think to myself ‘yes you are worthy of being here and if people hurt you it’s only because they are jealous or because they feel insecure about themselves’. ...

AimeeLouise18 14.03.2004 · Read full review
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It's hard to say exactly when I became depressed, I would say about 12 or 13 maybe. The self-harming started at 14. When I read that statement in black and white, it frightens me. I should have been crying because my boyfriend fancies my best friend more, or because my new haircut makes my head look fat. Instead I was crying because I'd started self-harming in earnest and I'd cut a little too deep. It wouldn't stop bleeding and I thought I was going ...
...an hour, was nowhere near deep enough to kill me. In fact, on inspection the next day, I'd probably had worse scratches from my cat. But the fact is, I'd wanted to hurt myself. Why? Even I don't really know why. It was probably a combination of things, I was at that 'funny age', I was bullied at school, and I suppose it just got out of hand. I could tell you the first time the cutting started. It was a stupid craze in school, you carved the name ...

Joscyn 12.10.2005 · Read full review
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