“Depression is like being colorblind while everyone tries to tell you just how colorful the world is.” This has been posted a lot but I decided to post it again.
Except colorblindness you can't overcome. It's commonly congenital and you'll have to be accepting of it, as there's not a cure but workarounds to mitigate the severity of colorblindness. Depression however isn't congenital and is something you cannot adapt or accept, but instead learn to address and ultimately escape. Although the analogy is clever, it has to be reminded that it's NOT like being colorblind, but the very notion of someone expressing to A COLORBLIND how colorful the world is.
Depression isn't just being sad. Depression is feeling numb a lot, or angry with yourself. Depression is zoning out over and over because you can't focus. Depression is laughing and not actually feeling happy. You can think you're fine for a while. You feel okay and nothing is going wrong. And then BOOM. You're in algebra class and you see everyone laughing and you have no idea how to react. You can't react. You're frozen by a crippling and overwhelming sense of helplessness. From someone suffering from depression, please don't throw the word around like its something that you can easily get over. Please.
+Bharath Mohan maybe your words is true, just be kind and patient towards depressive people. you are not helping avery in anyway. being nice to people goes a long way.
How are you doing now, Avery? If you want to say. You gave a brilliant description of what depression is like. I hope people read your comment and hopefully understand better.
+Nancy Reiff hey! I'm doing okay. it's one of those things where right now I feel pretty good. I'm not completely better but it's getting there, which us how a lot of people are
Rebecca Best yeah i get that too, no feelings for a really long time. after a while i wouldnt even mind being sad as long as i actually feel something ;-;
Actually this is super common. Especially if you’ve had depression for a really long time, like 2 years or more. For people with long-term depression, it really becomes just a continuous state of apathy, numbness, and/or stagnancy
Yes. These were the symptoms I had when I was at my worst stage of depression. I've had depressive episodes on and off since my teenage years but the numbness/empty feeling I experienced in my early twenties was the worst I've ever felt.
I can go weeks (currently it's actually been a couple of months of on and off feelings) with feeling numb or no emotions. I have situational depression. I think mine has been on and off the past couple of months is because I learned my grandma is really sick and we were really close. Her health has been declining a lot. On her good days I can feel a little, but most of the time I just portray the emotions and not actually feel them. I mostly take it out on others (my anger because I push people away when I'm depressed) and it sucks. I pick fights with my husband and he gets so confused. I can't help it and I don't mean it, but it happens. Most days I don't want to do anything and just want to lay in bed all day. About half the time, like when it gets really bad, I don't eat. I eventually make myself eat so I don't get sick and it makes my husband happy when I eat when I get depressed. It is really hard
Dang. I've had bipolar ups and downs as well as generalized anxiety my whole life. No matter how hard you try to map the upcoming changes, you'll never be ready.
ALSO: Two major symptoms not discussed often are 1: extreme levels of guilt, usually for small mistakes 2: the paranoia that you are generally hated or disliked, and for good reason. I remember once telling myself that I deserved death because i forgot to add my name on an assignment.
I hate being scolded at even if it’s just for the little things because I feel like I should die every time I’m an inconvenience. Hahaha lol but i’m probably being overdramatic anyway.
I have Bipolar II Disorder and the weirdest thing I ever did was form a one man rock band and perform in front of like 1200 people... I can't sing or play any instruments. XD
Dude that was a rollercoaster from start to finish and I have more questions than answers now haha awesome but I do feel you, I was just recently diagnosed with PTSD, bipolar with psychosis but I've had it for years now and it's weird I have more depressive episodes than mania and I don't revel in the possibility of doing something as weird in the future
I spent over $1000 on shoes (& some accessories) in 2 weeks working at a shoe store while in mania.....popped one of my ribs out of place after trying to climb the shoe shelf at that job......had a switch episode and ended up breaking down on the floor while serving a customer.....it gets worse but, yh.... Bipolar II Disorder is weird
The hardest part of living with this stuff is that everyone treats you like a timebomb. You cant be trusted to do anything, even after treatment. Im totally fine now but, like I just got fired (part time, minimum wage) a couple weeks ago and yeah it sucked, but no one wanted to leave me alone and kept hiding knives and belts and kept checking on me. If you break your leg, it heals and you move on with your life and no one thinks you cant walk or carry things. Its not the same when you have depression or other mental issues. I read a column that the military is being criticized for letting in people with a history of mental health issues. These people weren't causing any problems, but everyone thinks they are a train wreck waiting to happen, even if the issues are delt with.
RoseFang yeah. In fact, I tried the army. Scored really high, pass all the physical tests, no ailments other than nearsightedness, even passed psych exam. But just the fact that I had issues in my past makes it a million to one. I could get in, and my recruiters want to put me through, but it would be up to doctors and the basic rules say I dont cut it and they have no reason to say yes since there's always another grunt, one that doesnt have anything on their med records. I passed a psych eval, got a letter from a psych professional saying im fine and I am as fit for the army as any recruit, I trained my ass off to meet the run time, and it still doesnt matter. THATS something to get depressed about. That no matter what you do, even if you get better, everyone thinks you are broken forever and wont trust you to do anything that matters. Let alone dating, or having friends, or getting promoted at your job, or finding an apartment. Sure you can lie about it, but if anyone did find out...
Connor O'Brien I think that varies by contry, I have a friend who's father broke in afganistan, he was sent home and had 6 months of intense psycological 'rehabilitation' treatment, a few years later he was allowed to go to Irak... The world is changing it's view on mental ilness... though change is often painfully slow :(
Problem is both scenarios can be true or false. It's possible for someone to be a "time bomb" after they claim they have received treatment, relapses are not uncommon. However as you stated, its also common for people to get a hold of their issues and learn to cope with them and lead a perfectly normal life. The real problem is that people on the outside cant tell who has a grip, and who only appears to have a grip. This why people tread so lightly and are reluctant in some situations, as the saying goes "better safe than sorry".
Sadly I'm seeing a theme of parents not believing their kids that they might be suffering from mental disorders, it actually makes me so angry when people say "it's just a phase" or "get over it" because even if it IS just a phase (and it rarely is) that's not how you deal with it, you talk to a professional who knows more than a parent who's watched a documentary on mental health and suddenly thinks that they are fully qualified to diagnose their kids. If you think that you might be suffering from depression, bi-polar, anxiety, eating disorders or anything like that, and your parents won't listen, then try asking someone you trust to take you to a professional and talk to them about it, either way you'll be better off.
Sometimes it's also the time. People were born when mental health was becoming more and more talk about are more likely to be more considerate of others people who are born in a time. Where mental health was taboo and if you had a problem with mental health you were sent to a psych ward or an asylum those people are just going to say it's a phase and they don't want to talk about it because that's just how they were raised that was the time. They were born in I am not saying it's right and okay I am saying so that it can be a little confusing on why some people will say it now like within my age group or when my children get older their age group starts saying those negative things, then they're just being jerks and they should know better because nowadays mental health becoming more and more brought up and less of a negative stigma that people would have to be locked up somewhere so they wouldn't be seen or known about because of their mental health, it's all very different.
Totally agree with you. Talking to somebody, some professional maybe can be real mental hygiene and really beneficial for people suffering with depression. Especially finding the right person/therapist to talk to.
I've been diagnosed by many doctors with depression bipolar disorder PTSD anxiety and psychosis now dissociative identity disorder. My dad is in denial he gets mad when I talk about it. Honestly I don't know what I'm doing wrong
I have been diagnosed with MDD a year ago and it was very nerve wracking. I brought my mom to a doctor and he recommended me to the psychiatric hospital to get checked. Mom was extremely furious and saying that I was making up and being too weak. I was devastated and asked my aunt (she was a retiree nurse at that hospital) to convince mom to bring me there. The next day me, mom and aunt with her husband went there and get checked. After few sessions I was diagnosed. I also bring mom with me to the hospital so she can understand more by discussing with my psychastrists. Now she's somehow understood me that I was suffering in silence and taking care of me well. It takes some time but eventually they will. Stay hopeful and be good okay?
Because you can! You can be normal again, but you gotta start learning about your body and learn how to take the inflammation down in your brain. Ask your doctor for Lovaza, prescription omega 3. Worked wonders for me, but it makes sense if you know biochemistry. Take minerals everyday as well. Eat lots of spicy foods to kill bacterial overgrowth- their chemicals can make your brain act wonky and inflamed.
It would be nice to see penguins fill the demographic gap in western civilization and reach a critical mass ultimately turning the countries they came to for prosperity into violent,lawless hellholes.
I really wish I knew what it felt like to not have depression or anxiety.. Or any other things just for a few minutes.. I wonder how calm and happy of a mind it would be. I bet it's amazing.. Maybe it's dull? Sometimes I get super happy though and I love those moments.. And then back to depression and anxiety.. But it's not a normal happy.. It's a mind going into a kid like state.. Being happy about literally anything. Like puddles... Ants.. Clouds.. Or animals.. Anyone else feel like that daily? But at night I usually have rotten self esteem and the feeling of hopelessness if I am not distracted by tv. A game. Or RU-vid.
That's my only wish.. I think it would feel dull.. I wouldn't know what to do with myself, not feeling so anxious or depressed. It would be hard for me since I'm so used to it but it would be nice for relief, even for 5 minutes..
お菓子ジェシカ yes, I feel exactly the same, I have bipolar disorder with, emotion states as in crying, anxiety, depression and I have type 2, but is it bad that I have it as a kid?? I mean I was told I had it by my counselers and doctors but... People tell me I can't because I am a kid??
お菓子ジェシカ it would be so amazing... Just the best to be.. Able to sleep especially, and not having people asking me why I cry too much, why I am scared to get out of my house and go to school. It would honestly feel great
Not sleeping for days on end. Long periods of euphoria. Racing thoughts. Grandiose ideas. Mania. Depression. All of these are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, ***** talks about mood disorders and their causes as well as how these disorders can impact people's lives.
Loved the new video, but could you please add contact info for support services? I believe that any time the content of a video is about mental illness, it is exceedingly important to include this kind of information.
Some of these sound like ADHD. Which is common with mood disorders, not to mention, TALK ABOUT A MISUDERSTOOD DISORDER!! It would be cool if you did a video on it so people would know what ADHD really is.
As someone suffering from Depression, it's _terrible_. Days of being robotic and not remembering things. Posing with a fake smile, saying you're fine. It's like you're a whole other person outside of your thoughts. Sleep? Ha. Good luck with that. In my case, it was spent crying and writing "you're not good enough" over and over.
Well said. Sleep? yeah I've been up a few days with tears in my eyes. I listened to some music and I became more depressed thinking of those times. Yes I have mastered the fake smile. I'm literally standing in front some one talking to them and in my head I'm having a mental breakdown. Hope you're doing better. I'm in tears at the moment. CHEERS!
Cherry Boye same I have was suicidal and had depression and I thought I was ok after I got treatment but it came back a little better but now I have Mood Disorder
hey I know it's been 3 years, but I have a question about depression. I've been getting symptoms of depression off and on for the past three years, but in the last few months they've been consistent. If I don't have money to see a psychologist, how can I know if I have depression?
Things to do other than get a therapist. 1. See Healthline’s article for top depression apps and blogs. 2. 7 Cups of Tea allows you to anonymously talk to volunteer listeners on live chats. 3. See online for “personal development” subreddits. 4. See personality typing systems. Not the pop psychology simplified ones that box people in, I mean the real complex things they originated from. See Personality Junkie’s website, but not with binaries or either or with types, but with cognitive functions as an introduction. For more practical advice, see Personality Hacker’s website. 5. Look for mental health channels on RU-vid, such as The School of Life (or the website), Einzelgänger, and Pursuit of Wonder. 6. If you have depression from debt issues, the blog and forum The Penny Hoarder might help. /r/frugal also helps. Look for top 100 financial blogs online for more. 7. More high quality advice websites like ElderWisdomCircle or Quora can help. 8. Look up “relaxing music” on RU-vid, “guided meditation”, or hypnosis. 9. Look up “relaxation techniques,” like muscle progression relaxation technique. 10. Look up “journaling prompts” online. The Art of Manliness’s blog article on the Virtue Journal is my favorite, as well as Litemind’s ideas on journaling with a 100 list. 11. See blog post “100 Art Therapy ideas”. 12. Try CBT sheets on ANT thoughts online. 13. Look up NLP techniques. 14. Look up DBT techniques online. 15. See ACT techniques online.
Sad how i was diagnosed by three doctors, three times, with bipolar depression, depression and general and anxiety. And I'm not getting the help I need bc my parents don't believe i have it, or that it's important. Even though I had to deal with these disorders for 4yrs.
Not sure how the system works where you live. But depending on how much help you need, you might be able to change caregiver. However if you are attached to your parents, then this could make it even worse. It is also hard to judge whether you are attached to you parents, since you might experience feelings of apathy, means that you just do not care about anything.
about 3 years ago I started feeling really depressed for weeks on end then out of the blue I would get overly excited and happy and i would run around with lots of energy this just kept repeating. 2 years ago I mentioned it to my mom and she thought I just wanted attention and started laughing cause how could it be possible for a girl to be depressed then almost too happy in seconds. I haven't mentioned it to anyone since then
I wrote something similar down the other day. “It’s like my soul, body and mind are dying. The only thing tying me to this world is a body I’m scared to let go of”
My mom is bipolar and suffers from every one of those things at 3:42. And can I say, it's a NIGHTMARE. I live alone with my mom and even though I'm not the kid who got the bipolar disorder passed down to me, it feels like I did from having to deal with my mom's 24/7. I have everything in your psychology #29 video about the OCD and anxiety disorder which occurs constantly. That really is incredibly miserable to deal with, but bipolar disorder is FAR worse in my opinion. I can't even imagine having these depressing thoughts all the time and not having any control of your moods and actions. *The following are things I've experienced from my mom*: -Not being able to get a job because you might flip out and yell at people so we will forever be poor. -Not being able to make any plans because you never know how you will feel that day. -Ruining your credit rating because you charge up credits cards and go into debt, having to have HUD and then can never buy a house. -Crying for no reason, laughing for no reason. -Getting crazy ideas like, "Let's get in the car and run away leaving everything behind after a shopping trip with no concern that your daughter has school the next day." -Sleeping in because you have nothing to look forward to when you're up. - Not being able to sleep at all because you're constantly having thoughts about all your problems and stress. - Feeling doomed even when there's nothing bad going on. - Not wanting or forgetting to eat. -Eating junk food and candy to make yourself feel better and to have something to look forward to. - Spending 2 hours in the car trying to make a decision about what we need to go get and what will be less stressful (because you didn't write it down ahead of time. When in reality we could have gotten it done in that amount of time.) -Not wanting to cook or clean ever. -Just waiting to die while sitting around your house watching tv and using computer. -Wanting to get help, but don't want to see anyone. - Being in so many different moods that you could love something one day, and then hate it the next and completely forgot you even said you liked it or hated it. - Never remembering anything you said you would do or promise. -Trying to find a way out of everything that needs to be done. -Not preparing for anything and then wondering why you're not ready. -Not being organized and hating it, but don't want to actually organize anything. There is plenty more, but this is already too long... This is only half of the things I have to deal with from just living with someone bipolar!
Lucy FluffyAJ the absolute worst is having both severe anxiety disorder and bipolar, it's hard not to kill myself but luckily I have someone who won't leave my side when I'm panicked or depressed
Lucy FluffyAJ Believe me. Your mother doesn't mean to put you through this. And I quote from you, "this is only half of the things I have to deal with from just living with someone bipolar!" You shouldn't have to deal with these things. My parents are both mentally ill and I'm sorry for what youre going through. You have to imagine what is going on with her and in her mind. She's suffering, too.
+Vinicius Ferreira I'm sorry man:/ Have you looked for help? I have a friend that had it and just tried everything at once, with therapy, medication, meditation, sports... I'm very happy to say he is able to live a normal life now
Depression and grief feel like things that -never- go away. And in terms of 'getting better', or 'recovering', it's not so much that they go away forever, they just get easier to deal with as time goes on. They're still there, but over time, they're less 'mean' to you and more 'agreeable' to you. I'm guessing because you just get better at coping with them the older and more experienced with them you get. I'm still young, for example, so my depression is still young. For now, it's gonna be rough as hell. But when I'm older, who knows?
"This is stupid" "Why are you getting upset over nothing" "You need to grow up" "There is nothing to cry about" "Just get over it" "This is your problem" :( .....
I have been depressed for a long time and nothing makes me feel worse than when people say things like "oh mg god I was so depressed when I heard the show was cancelled" no no no. No you weren't. Depression is a monster, not a day-long down feeling.
I always say "you are sad,not depressed." Depression is like a hole or a concrete room with a small hole to get out of. You are not that badly sentient about that show.
Something that I experience now, after getting the help I need, is that I still have certain lingering patterns, like racing thoughts, being incredibly moody (which for me turns to a really intense state of wanting to harm myself) but its certainly not as severe. In fact, Id say Ive learned how to change or calm the cloud of depression I used to live in, but its still there. Its small, and sometimes covers me like a warm blanket and I sink into its familiar comfort, but its certainly not the same anymore. I do live well. If that means I live happily then yeah, I am.
i didn't sleep last night. i was full of terrible thoughts. i felt the need to die. My situation, my environment is creepy. today i am depressive. Anyway, it was good to watch this video. thanks!
I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder at the age of 31. Apparently I had it for over 5 years and didn't fully realize it. I just thought that's who I am, part of my personality. In my case, the bipolar disorder was caused because I also have ADHD, which I was diagnosed with, at the age of 8, but I was never treated for it, nor did I even know I that I had ADHD or was diagnosed with at such an early age. Only after I was diagnosed for bipolar and re-diagnosed for ADHD at 31, I told my parents, and they told me about my ADHD. From what I was told, my parents were influenced by the media hype in the late 80s, early 90s, on how bad Ritalin is, and that ADHD is not a "real thing". Thus they ignored the recommendation of 3 separate psychiatrist to medicate me. At the age of 25, all the symptoms started to show more and more until I ended up being bipolar. Now I am being treated for both, ADHD and bipolar. - It's working, and I am very happy about this. But if I would have been treated earlier on, I could have avoided being bipolar, and I could have been a lot more successful in my life, rather than being that constant day dreamer who was considered the lazy procrastinator who lives in his own little world. If you are a parent of a child with ADHD and you see there is a negative media hype about ADHD and therefor feel like you shouldn't treat your child for ADHD, please beware that ADHD is real and eventually it will come back, even as late as in their 30s, and then and it's not just ADHD alone.
Hobbit Stomper I'm 18, I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was kid and now I think I have bipolar, I will check up tomorrow. I always think it is part of my personality at first until I drown into this deep depression. :(
Hobbit Stomper I cud be right or wrong but sumtimes i feel like I'm doing everything wrong..I think my boyfriend has no polar disorder cause for eg: I will be at him usually at nights I will sleep with undies an bra now last night I did same thing out the blue he started tripping about me disrespecting his house walking around like that...I was so confused cause I mean I always do it.anf he was like "why I think it's ok to wlk around in his place like that?" I made the mistake an told him 'I was sorry an i usually do it so I didn't no it became a problem" he punch me in the face an said" that's a love tap if I cnt come up with a good answer I will get another " I stayed silent I got another i ask him to take me home but I'm tired of it out of no where he comes up with things I have no idea about...is that a sign of bi polar? an yes he smokes an drink alot every 5 mins he grabs a cig I tried so many times to ask him if he's bi polar an if so let's work on getting help but I can't I don't want him hit me again so I always find an excuse to not see him now 😢
China Berry If that's bipolar or not, doesn't really matter. He assaulted you, and there is no excuse for that, even if he has a mental problem. You should seek professional help immediately and break that relationship ASAP!. I am honestly very sorry to hear what you are going through. But that's an abusive relationship and it will not stop there, it will get worse and worse. You can keep telling yourself it will stop one day, it was just one time, you might even convince yourself that it was your fault (which it's obviously not). Please ask your friends and family for help.
Personally, it made depression much harder that I developed it around 14 years old and it got worse over time in high school. I couldn't (and still can't fully) figure out what part of my thought process was twisted from a healthy mindset by depression and what was just me changing as a person as I got older. It didn't help either that I thought as one got older one naturally got sadder, more cynical, and more disillusioned with life, to the point that killing myself to prevent myself from living a useless, boring, and hopeless life that I thought I would naturally lead seemed reasonable.
As someone who’s dealt with intense, long-term situational depression and anxiety and has gotten amazing amounts of help through my (extraordinary) therapist and loved ones, group therapy sessions, and a short amount of intensive time spent in a psych ward; this was a great video, thanks.
I have bipolar myself and I really want to recommend some advice for others who have it as well. Meditation helps tremendously, when you get more experienced with it you can reach states where the mind is completely quiet. I *really* recommend getting into the habit of daily meditation, starting with 5 minutes a day at the beginning to get the hang of it. Secondly I stopped trying to battle it, after all it will be with us forever so instead I saw it not as a foreign object in need of control and/or destruction, rather as a natural part of me. In other words going with the flow is much less exhaustive then swimming against the rapids. Thirdly, don't fall into the trap of wallowing, "Oh why me, life is unfair, why can't I..." etc. The reality is that it is there and wallowing and wishing for things to be different just puts you in a negative mindset, meaning you are more likely to fall into depression when this ultimately does nothing for you but put you down. Just accept that you are afflicted with it and remember it is a double-edged sword. You should learn to take the overcast days with the sunny days. After I changed my perspective on my Bipolar I felt so much more at ease, whereas before it was incredibly frantic trying to stay on top of it. I hope this helps somebody! 😄
From someone with depression, I understand how it feels to be alone, helpless, or lost. It really makes it worse when people say," it's just a phase," " you're bumming me out " ," you're just upset/sad". It's not a "phase", it's unexplainable for me but it really can be terrifying at times to feel like you wear a shirt that says "depressed".
+MelloJello 1243 I hope you're doing ok. I'm suffering from depression too, and know how lonely, frightening and dark it can be. Just remember that you are not alone. It can be very difficult to reach out, but there are certainly people who care about you and want to help.
I don't show it but I can't sleep at night because of anxiety and sometimes 2am for no reason I can burst into tears and then memories and things people have said years ago build in my brain and I feel bad for myself and feel alone because I have no one ofc because it is 2am, and because of anxiety I overthink everything that will happen the next day and worry about my appearance and I am never happy with myself. And i don't know how to express it to anyone and then the next day i turn into this happy girl for everyone because if I say that i have depression I don't know how they will react, will they call me attention whore or i don't know. I just don't want help but at the same time length for it, I don't know how to explain it. Sorry for bad english
+Have A Good Day Have you tried therapy? It really helped me. I suffer from insomnia as a side effect of severe depression, melatonin (the sleep hormone) is sold in stores and can help you fall asleep faster without a prescription.
im bipolar and your animations make people like us look crazy or unstable.. we are not crazy or unstable. we are normal human beings with different ways of thinking. please don’t think of us as crazy
TYPE I BIPOLAR DISORDER: manic episodes with or without a major depressive episode TYPE II BIPOLAR DISORDER: hypomanic episodes with a major depressive episode CYCLOTHYMIA: hypomanic episodes with dysthymic episodes
I've lived with bipolar depression for at least 15 years, and my recovery is going very well these days. It took a lot, however, to get here. Despite being well educated and a student of psychology, the onset in my mid-20s really caught me off-guard. I reacted in ways that further isolated and destabilized me. I went through 2 breakdowns before committing myself to treatment and the long game of self-care. Today I'm employed in a demanding profession, active in advocacy and service to others through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and live independently. Peer support groups such as those run by NAMI or the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) can be a powerful resource, as well as CBT/DBT treatment, and medication therapy.
Ever notice how lots of people talk about how they're depressed but when you show actual symptoms of depression, BPD, or trauma they call you insane and shun you oof
@@baldvee mental illness is never pretty. I remember crying in my room for hours doing nothing and the only words that went through my mind were "I could jump off the roof right now" and then feeling like a kid on Christmas morning just a week or 3 later.
Ramblings it really isn’t. it’s so gross to see people romanticize mental illness like it’s something cute. i literally dissociated so badly today that i could barely move or speak. that’s not very cute.
Some people do understand, honestly :) What drove me mad was "You just need to cheer up"! - That's like telling someone with a migraine that they should just stop having one! Imo you could pretty much define depression as the complete inability to "cheer up"
I have been diagnosed with depression and GAD, and honestly, every one of these hurt that it makes you actually want to die. I feel misunderstood because of what I feel I have, which is BPD. I get mad because no one takes me seriously, and I hate it to death.
I have bipolar disorder type II and I'm glad people are talking about this but at the same time it's discerning because so many people will watch this and say that they have this disorder when they are just self diagnosing. As someone who has spent their entire life with this disorder and having fluctuating days between wanting to die and feeling hopeful about life, it's very hard. So over this casual language that people use with mental disorders. It's not an adjective, it's an actual real illness
In my experience, depression often comes hand-in-hand with an anxiety disorder. Is there actually a connection between the two, though? Can anxiety make a person fall into a depression, basically?
i understand what you mean- I have a depression disorder coupled with an anxiety disorder. one of the (not as helpful) counselors i worked with always said that anxiety is concern about the future, and depression is concern about the past. I rather hated that definition, because I didn't have those constant thoughts about mistakes or whatever that were in my past. i just felt (feel) like crap and generally am displeased with myself, and several other symptoms i really don't need to list here unless you want to know more. with my anxiety, it's mostly general stress that doesn't really have a trigger. I have a couple triggers (crowds/noise/lots of people) that make it hard for me to be in that situation- i feel both stressed and depressed, and (as I experienced recently) can go into a panic attack. I have had other panic attacks as well, both with and without a specific cause. That was probably more detail than was needed, or not enough. I don't know if there is a causation, but perhaps a correlation, in some people or situations.
The two are often "co-morbid" which means occurring together. Given that both are often treated with the same medications (many of the SSRIs help with anxiety disorders), one can assume that the two have similar, physiological causes.
Maybe. I got depression when I was younger and it triggered constant anxiety for me. Once I got help and the depression stopped, two years later I still have panic attacks and minor anxiety.
Depression and anxiety go together very often. I do believe anxiety can lead to depression, because I feel it has for me. Anxiety can lead to all kinds of difficulties and avoidance behaviors, which can then cultivate the kind of environment that will trigger depression.
Don't... don't use these to study for the AP test. Crash Course is good for people who know absolutely 0 about the thing they're talking about. You don't have to learn much at all before you start seeing the SERIOUS flaws in their explanations. I only took 2 years of psychology (1 year high school level, one year AP level) and I've heard them say things I was SPECIFICALLY TOLD NOT TO SAY.
I've had severe depression for exactly ten years now and I stopped getting professional health for it about four years ago, so I try to deal with it on my own and try to input healthy coping mechanisms that I've learned about so far. It's extremely rare that I ever see a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm always empty inside. I just move forward because I know that's what I have to do and it's what my family wants. I basically move through life like I'm on autopilot. It gets extremely hard and I have to deal with not killing myself or harming myself every day. I have to be proud of myself because a lot of people don't have the strength to do that. I also live with a family member that has many mental disorders including bipolar disorder and it's not easy. I'm not sure what it's like to live in a completely healthy environment (not yet at least, I hope in the future I will) but I know that if I can get through this, I can thrive in a healthier situation and it won't be so hard anymore. Always look forward guys, it's possible I promise.
Always keep in mind that its said everyone feels the symptoms of EVERY disorder in the DSM-5 at least a few times in their life, but its the prolonged persistence of these symptoms that make the diagnosis. Just because you hear the definition for a disorder in the video or see a medicine commercial on TV and think that you have felt the exact symptoms several times throughout your life doesn't mean you have the disorder. Don't take that as an excuse to say you specifically don't have the disorder though, just don't freak out and starting thinking that you are bi-polar schizophrenic person with intense OCD and arachnophobia without actually consulting a professional :)
Agreed. I'm type 2 and it's not as bad as type 1. There is such a strong stigma around bipolar disorder that I can't openly confess that I have the condition.
I absolutely cannot stand having bipolar depression. It's a heavy weight that can last for months and then barely having a week or more of mania where I feel overly happy but still having the thought of knowing that it will go away so fast.
I'm a girl and I have increased anger during depression, so I think that's definitely a symptom girls can have too. I'm not violent against others, but I'm more likely to lash out at people by just getting verbally angry. And I'll punch things or slap myself to release aggressive feelings. So if anger is something you get during depression I recommend throwing and punching objects that wont break as a way of releasing the anger. I'm very empathetic too so this symptom also does not necessarily make you a bad person. It just depends on how you target and manifest your anger.
just because its overly diagnosed doesn't mean its not as serious as others, it just means too many people are starting to suffer and we need to fix society.
Think it is mostly because more and more people openingup about it more then they have just now started to suffering from it. Like I myself have suffered from it for around 13 years, and I have just now opened up and gotten help. Because since I am a man, it is hard to talk out about it. Since men are supposed to be men after all...
trippleblah yeah. Depression is sadly more common * cough cough bullying * People can just be so cruel sometimes. Humanity has really changed. Ever sense the politics, we've turned against each other. Some people are smashing things. It's just so sad
Suzanne Ito I hate it because I tend to lose friendships and rack up debt. The whole time I think I’m flawless and awesome and I’m really really not. It’s embarrassing once I come down.
Whenever I'm having a great time with my friends, I feel like I'm on top of the world, and that I can do anything. But whenever I feel as if my friends are ignoring me, I have irrational thoughts like "they hate me," and I just feel extremely depressed about it and I can't stop thinking about it. I'm not really sure if that's a sign of bipolar disorder though.
I have bipolar, and I really feel sorry for everyone who cares for me sometimes, but if you need help with someone with bipolar BE PATIENT. If they're annoyed at you, it could just be the disorder, not actually you, so be patient and don't take anything they say to heart because I know that I say some baaaaad stuff when I'm in a bad time like noooo
SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSIVE EPISODES: "SIG E CAPS" Sleep (too much or too little) Interest (loss of interest) Guilt (helplessness) Energy (loss of energy) Concentration/cognition (declines) Appetite (too much or too low) Psychomotor symptoms (feeling slow) Suicidal thoughts
***** The principles of life in this dimension are sadomasochistic. To enjoy food you must feel hungry, To be able to eat you must go and shit to empty the belly for food. Life is shit because it rewards people in shitty ways. You get rewarded for holding your piss of the whole day, then you feel like on the top of the world letting it all out. Thats why life is shit. And if you shit on vegetables they grow better.
I have a wonderful, fulfilling, privileged and successful life which I am very grateful for and appreciative of, yet I have suffered from severe depression (among other psychological disorders) for six years. My life is most certainly NOT shit, in fact the only bad thing about it is the mental illness. Depression and other psychological disorders are not necessarily caused by, or even related to, external circumstances.
This video was very helpful. I used to be very depressed last year but didn't tell anyone and when I tolf my older brother my brother told me I didn't have it cause I had to have it for 6 weeks even though I had it for more than two weeks and shared the same symptoms. I even at one point tried to stop eating. I don't even remember much all I remember is wanting to kill myself and feeling terrible every single day. I couldn't sleep I lost an appetite and started showing a disinterest in watching youtube like it wasn't enertaining anymore. Please if anyone has depression don't do what I did go to a doctor and tell them. I am surprised i even made it out of (very possible) depression without help. Or like even now I just can't be happy that long before feeling just terrible again.
This is true. I am severely depressed and I dropped a glass of water and I burst into tears. Not because I spilled water, but because in my head, I thought, "Wow you can't even get water without screwing up. Good job."
Man is so nice to see that someone with a mental disorder like me can go so far in the field I'm also at, I've been wondering if professionals wouldn't take me serious as a psychologist because of my diagnosis
I have had depression since I was 13 and having been to different therapists and psychiatrists and what not and that has made me so much more aware of my behavior and was completely surprised when I realized I was having a hypomanic episodes right there in the middle of my fourth one life's just crazy
its basically tested at the start - they give you a sheet of paper with a list of stuff on it for instance how often to do you feel hopeless - All the time - Sometimes - never - and you tick off each box that you mostly relate to on a daily basis not just from time to time so they can test or assess you and see what treatment you need and medication
One time during my high period, I bought 200 euro worth of live tarantulas and spiders online, when my parents specifically refused to allow me to have during my low period. It was this mix of REALLY wanting to be around animals, defiance and having money to blow. I still have them and care for them to this day, they're great pets as they need minimal work and don't mind if you have bad days that you just can't attend to them, they're only meant to be fed once a month/week, and watered once a week or so. Compared to the constant support mammals need. There's times I LOVE the highs, even though they were regrettable nothing can phase me, no mean words, no bumps in the track, you become an unstoppable motivational force and become convinced you can help yourself and everyone. I craved it when I hit my depression phases and I loved it during those high phases. It makes you almost not want to be "neutral" and constantly seek out this high. I'd rather have those unstoppable moments than be "cured" and be neutral again and vulnerable to negativity if that makes sense...
You only get diagnosed when you consult a doctor, when it interferes with your daily living, or both. Plus, many people don't know they have the disorder because they don't think of it as a problem. A lot of people don't get treated. From what I know, that's how it works. I think that it would be better if you asked a psychologist.
I've been diagnosed with depression and PTSD, but my doctor slightly mentioned bipolar as well. I didn't agree at first since I don't experience mania (that I'm aware of), but sometimes I'm just anxious and really down, making it hard to do anything. Maybe I'll ask for another look at it..
I've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (as well as major depression and bpd). If you don't have like 2-3 days of a manic episode, then you probably don't have it. That's what my psychiatrist told me cuz he said a lot of doctors misdiagnose bipolar disorder.
yeah I figured. The closest thing I could find was borderline personality disorder, but I'm going off research I've done online really, and the symptoms are kinda far apart with me using tools from therapy and medication and such.
I dont know what's up with me but when i become deppressed, it just comes from nowhere and it ALWAYS happens at the same time everyday and i get really deppressed sometimes that i end up crying or loosing hope in life and just wanting to be alone or sometimes i dont want to be alone, and i've noticed that something triggers my deppression mood, for example, i sometimes get really deppressed when it rains. Like, i get really really deppressed guyz. And sometimes i go in to deppression if something i dislike or dont approve of happens to me or someone else. I get suicidal deppressed at this point. sometimes i fear SO much that i cant sleep most of the night and this just goes on for days until it just goes away like it never happened. I havent gone to the hospital to get tested or anything like that coz i honestly dont believe that a couple of pills can make it all go away but seriously, this just gets too serious sometimes.
I have been diagnosed with major depression and am on medication. Not sure if it is helping a lot, but I love this video. Love spreading mental health awareness. I plan on being a mental health counselor :3 great video!
Good job.keep working and succeeding more in psychology. I suffer from bipolar disorder and you know the best surprising thing is that yesterday I visited to the psychologist and I was told I am suffering from that and today I watched the video. I had seen this video some 6 months ago without knowing that this was my exact problem for which I was looking for. Conclusion: bipolar is hard to identify
I think something that's worth being said on this topic is that there are also different 'Kinds" of depression. Dysthemia for example is sometimes called "Double Depression" since it's a combination of both Clinical, and Chronic depression, that can often lead to Major depression. Another thing that i think is worth noting is that depression often isn't something you can just "Get over" it's not enough to say "You'll be ok, just get over it" as it's an actual problem with brain chemistry and other factors. That's why it's a "Disorder". A person might say "Man this test is depressing me" if they mean it's simply stressful. However, a better view of depression is something more along the lines of "Life is worthless and has no color, joy, sadness, or point to continuing." it's a more numbing thought that can make the world feel like just gray, and your emotions non existent. With little or no motivation to even move from your chair, let alone start handling tougher problems like... work, school, life, relationships etc.
as a long-time mentally ill(and getting help) person, i love how respectful your approach to mental illness is, making us feel like valid people rather than freaks. 🤘
Thank you for treating this so well. As one with bipolar disorder, hearing anyone being honest and open about this disorder easea a lot of the little fears I have about peoples perspectives and reactions to the effects of this disorder
I've recently been diagnosed bipolar. my depressive downs are the most intense things I've ever felt. but with help we've gotten it mostly under control.
+jim fred if i were you id at least think about talking to someone about your feelings, you might find that even if you can't change how much your life sucks you can still learn to think in more positive and healthy ways about it? just my thoughts, hope ur well :p
honestly being broke sucks but you cant look at all things you don't have you have to look at all things that you do and appreciate them it sounds corny and you probably wont take this advice bc when ur depressed u feel as if nothing will help... trust me i'm the same way.. but you have to make the most out of what you got you deserve to be happy...feeling like you rather die is the worst feeling and no one should feel this way..
"that's not a good reason to be depressed" "you're sad too often" but the worst is what you tell yourself not what others tell you, because in the end, we're the ones who hate ourselves the most.
Every time I learn about the symptoms of a mental disorder, I feel like I can understand all of them. I would go to a therapist to get a diagnosis, but I’m very shy and could never talk about myself to a stranger nor could I ask my parents to get me a therapist in the first place.
my best friend has bi polar only I saw the symptoms and thank god I did because she was eventually diagnosed with it and is now being treated for it. she would always have the weirdest mood swings like one second she was planning parties drinking alcahol and buying drugs and having lots of fun with life and then the next she was going to shave her head (luckily I stopped her before she could) showering in her clothes wanting to hurt herself and others and just wanting to die I don't want to think about what would have happened if I didn't spot the symptoms
+Lauren Cooper I am bipolar as well. Bipolar symptoms vary from patient to patient. From what you are describing, i understand that your friend's symptoms were quite dangerous and her condition is worse than mine. Unfortunately there is no " treatment " for bipolar disorder, you can only reduce the severity of it's side effects, like suicidal thoughts, hallucinations and severe depression with medication and antidepressants, and that comes at a cost. There is a bright side though, most people who suffer from BD are highly creative and tend to have higher IQs. If she can learn to cope and manage the condition and it's side effects, she can benefit from it's bright side. Make sure she understands what bipolar disorder is, how it manifests itself in her daily life, feelings, decisions and actions. If she wants to go on with her life, she needs to learn how to " cope " with BD. You can't block it out no matter what you do or how many pills you take, you need to learn to accept and cope with it. I can't stress this enough. She will relapse into that state of mind again and again, just like i did. But she has to learn how to coach herself out of it. When i was diagnosed, i barely could drag myself out of bed and i thought about killing myself on a weekly basis. Now i speak multiple languages, am a fitness freak, play the guitar and i am getting my masters in electronics engineering at age 26. The best part is i have not taken a single pill in over 3 years. In fact the reason i decided to study and major in electronics was my BD, as the only way to cure conditions like BD once and for all is to create and implant electronic systems that can work within our bodies and alongside our brains to control certain commands and communications.
Thank you for this video. One of the big issues I had with recognising my depression is that the main characteristic was lethargy. Getting out of bed, taking a shower, putting yoghurt in my breakfast bowl, it was all too much. This lethargy combined with a lack of suicidal thoughts and I just didn't recognise it as depression for a looong time.
I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and lemme tell you, it's such a vicious disorder untreated. I come from a very good environment so admitting depression is considered "soft" or a cop out. That was until I let it get out of control and finally sought treatment. You feel like you're going insane and it's so much darker and grittier than you see in those videos of teenage girls with depression quotes. It destroyed my life. If you feel you may be depressed (it's not always obvious) please check the symptoms and get examined immediately.
Do you plan to touch on selfharm at any point? (Or possibly you have, I haven't seen any other videos, this is my first.) And on a second note, I find some of the animations... Not so good? It seems like the enforce the stereotypes of depression and bipolar being just the extreme lows and highs, and some of them feel kind of insulting.
YES! I was afraid of being over-sensitive and whatever, but I really do find the graphics offensive and misleading and completely counteractive of the message they're trying to put out.
I have pretty serious depression and I find that talking about it with some one that understands even talking about it with some one that also has depression helps quite a bit.
Honestly the depression is awful the worst feeling ever. Mania can be fun but I'm usually very anxious, angry and paranoid. Honestly I would prefer this over having major depression because I know my depression will go away in under a month.
Hello, This is Yuri from Japan. I would like to translate your videos into Japanese and share with people here, and I would like to ask for your permission. Thank you, Best Regards, Yuri
When I share my experience with others I describe something that wasn't mentioned in this excellent video: anhedonia. This Greek term means " the inability to experience pleasure or joy," and it's the characteristic symptom of depression in my experience. It is a different experience than low moods, or anguish, or grief. It is more of a flat lining, numbness, or poverty of feeling that quickly threatens to make life seem meaningless. In a non-depressed mind, such as I once had, innumerable pleasures and routine joys, both big and small, happen all the time: the feeling of waking up in the sunshine to the sound of birdsongs, the feeling of cool grass beneath bare feet, the pleasure of a hot shower or meal after a day of hard work, the satisfaction of accomplishments. The loss felt when these pleasures are unavailable is immeasurable and appalling in my experience. When the pleasure circuit doesn't close, and these experiences don't provide their own intrinsic reward, it can be very difficult to push oneself through the motions of doing them. Eating and showering, for instance, can be very difficult when the intrinsic pleasure the provide is unavailable to me. I've had to "go through the motions," knowing it was the right thing to do, while hoping for joy to return. I found it very difficult to "go through the motions" for very long without intrinsic reward. The good news is that, in my experience, the brain can heal and those pleasure circuits can work again. For me, the gradual return of intrinsic pleasure and interest came about through several ways. I had a breakthrough when I discovered that strong, positive emotions that were not normally available to me WERE available and experienced during dreams, especially lucid dreams. Service to others, mindfulness meditation, and medications all also played a role. That's another story, though.
My god, I came here to find out about this disorder, not to get a headache, this guy is terrible at presenting (I am not saying knowledge wise), it's just his gestures he talks and moves like hes outta control, i mean seriously the entire BODY movement is so unnecessary that it makes me disorientated, just calm down....
I feel like I might have a disorder but I'm not sure because of who I am. I overreact a lot from what it seems and I have a lot of highs and crashes. And I'm in my teens so maybe I'm just growing. I want to go get checked out professionally to find out for sure instead of self diagnosing myself with something ridiculous off google and Tumblr but I feel like I'm just overreacting
No expert, try to get a healthy routine to make sure that you symptoms are not due to you unhealthy lifestile. Self diagnosing is not a good thing, especially tumbler, but it may hold some truth. The question is when and how do you overeact, depression and disorders can manifest themselves differently depending on who you are as a person and whether you are male or female.
In my opinion, the best move is to see a psychologist first. Have meetings with them regularly for a few months and then see if the psychologist thinks it would be beneficial for you to see a psychiatrist, who can prescribe you proper medications. Unfortunately, far too often i see people go to their primary doctor or even a psychiatrist first, and are put on incorrect meds, or simply just put on meds when they really aren't needed. It takes time with a professional to establish if there really is a clinical need for medications. Taking meds when they aren't really needed or being misdiagnosed because a proper medical history with a professional wasn't initially established can lead to very serious and sometimes life threatening consequences.
