Current Events > How long have you been depressed for?

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Not depressed.
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I need to check my birth certificate to see what time I was born to he sure.
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Depressed people are annoying

I grew up with mentally ill siblings, there's a line between "I will never beat this it's impossible stop making fun of my mental illness" and "it's hard and I'm just too lazy to beat it"

A lot of things in life are hard. I think a lot of depressed people just let it happen
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Probably started between 6 and 10
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I'm not depressed because I don't spend my life on tumblr where people tell me I'm depressed
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Of the 75% who are "depressed", did you self diagnose?

99% of the time, depression is a symptom and not an ailment. Porno, junkfood, shitposting, and smoking marijuana doesnt help your cause.

Its wrong to say "just get over it", but its not wrong to say "you need to stop these bad habits"

Off an on for ten years, since I developed lupus

It didn't become chronic major depressive disorder until about 4 years ago though, and I still have it despite being on medications
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Naysaspace posted...

Porno, junkfood, shitposting, and smoking marijuana doesnt help your cause.

You just posted like four of the best things ever
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Naysaspace posted...

Of the 75% who are "depressed", did you self diagnose?

99% of the time, depression is a symptom and not an ailment. Porno, junkfood, shitposting, and smoking marijuana doesnt help your cause.

Its wrong to say "just get over it", but its not wrong to say "you need to stop these bad habits"

Technically it's self diagnosed but I was forced onto antidepressants as a kid and just lied my way out of them.
I have some bad habits like porn and junk food, but I have plenty of good habits too like I work out a lot, have multiple hobbies I pursue, I do a lot of volunteer work, try to make it a point not to just stay in my house and actually go do things with my free time, etc.
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Close to 20 years.

It really started around my 12-13th. Didn't get therapy till I was 17-18. Spend close to 4 years in therapy, till I was 21.

While I have learned how to live with it, the reason why I became depressed will always be there. Generally I am doing pretty well, but there are days that I will feel like absolute shit. Sometimes I wonder about going back into therapy too. And I'll always question myself if I left therapy too early.
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decades
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