This is the proper term for a very severe form of depression, where you cannot function and everything in your mind is totally black. If so, what are your experiances?
2006-11-15
10:16:12
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I had a major breakdown 4 years ago and it was the most frightening thing that i have ever been through. I am a lot better now but I still suffer from episodes of depression.
2006-11-15
10:40:47 ·
update #1
If you or someone you know is severly depressed then going to the doctor for a proper diagnoses is vital in gaining your life back in order.
Some signs do include:
*loss of appetite
*anything and everything you did before that you enjoyed, you dont enjoy anymore.
*loss of motivation
*anti-socialness
*mood swings
and many more...
there are ways to get help! And no one deserves to live this way.
:o) Take Care
2006-11-15 10:41:15
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answered by RockerChick 3
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I suffer from psychotic depression and at times this has been very acute. I don't even get out of bed when I'm really bad. I just sleep !!! All I want is to never wake up again!! Sometimes I do get actively suicidal - have taken overdoses and been dragged off a railway bridge by the police. I think the best thing that ever happened to me was to be sectioned (for my own safety). I got ther help I needed and I'm starting to get where I want to be in life. My one message to you is GET HELP if you are suffering in this way. Doctors will not think you're being stupid. It is an illness, not attention seeking or anything like that.
2006-11-15 20:55:16
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answered by ? 4
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I had very bad depression for over two years eventually it got to the point where I was cutting my self everyday and I took an overdose. I ended up in the physc ward at the hospitial and I am still in therapy. It is no easy path, and infact it was extremley hard. I was very thin becuase I would not eat because I felt that if I didnt eat I would waste away. I let alot of people down, and now I have to rebuild those relationships. I am learning coping skills and have a better support systems but I still have bad episodes from being depressed. My best wishes go out to you and hopfully it will be an easier rode for you then mine was.
2006-11-15 10:40:06
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answered by Kayla B 2
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I have suffered from depression but I never let it win. However sometimes attacks happen which last for weeks the only combat against depression is by studying about it and making new friends for moral support. never go for the bad friends which tells you to drink it up with alcohol or drugs cause that will only make it worst. And also being open and honest and speaking you mind out may help also in preventing anxiety attacks from suppressed anger which one may feel during depression attacks and my advice is read a good book, don't sit there and do something about it.
2006-11-15 10:34:00
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answered by new_songdynasty123 2
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Depression in lesser forms brings on a neurosis in the brain and extra energy and clarity is felt. When severe depression hits you probably have received 'the insult unto death' from friends and family. Your chemistry changes now and you have a psychosis of some intensity. The lower brain can now redirect ideas to the wrong parts of the upper brains and loss of reality begins. The mind tries to heal itself by a patch for logic. The mental effort to destabilize is immense and the patient can sweat and vision can become tunnel. Exhaustion is apparant. The brains efforts are to regain logic but with the lower brain allowed to redirect ideas at random. Vocabulary is first to go because the games people play are all based on the second vocabulary. Concepts can be lost and rearranged as total maddness sets in. Depression is first and foremost a social disorder. The chemical changes come later and are not socially related. It takes many years to recover from an onset of severe depression because the chemistry is not easily replaced.
2006-11-15 10:44:28
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answered by Anonymous
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Yeah, I was suffering from serious depression for two years without telling anyone. Its alot better but sometimes I still start to black out, the old memories come back and I freak out.
2006-11-15 11:34:27
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answered by Chiemi 1
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I have suffered from acute and chronic depression all of my life. Once it was so bad I spent 45 minutes on a ledge of a 15 story building trying to convince myself not to jump. I've completed 10 years of therapy and now am maintained quite well on Effexor.
2006-11-15 10:18:54
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answered by essentiallysolo 7
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Well each day seemed black, i couldn't see myself surviving the day and each little stressful thing felt like it was going to kill me.
I was paranoid, i hated everything and a slept a min of 12 hours a day.
I still get like this.
It's the worst feeling in the world, I'm glad you were able to move on and when you get another bad day just remember that you have come far.
2006-11-18 10:38:00
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answered by JennyPenny 5
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Totally unable to function and uncaring as to what others thought. In my case was linked to PTSD.
Took about 18 months to get over it (at least 95%).
The mind will generally heal itself if given the chance. Staying in a stressful environment won't give it that chance.
2006-11-15 10:22:41
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answered by Ian69 4
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I suffered a break down about 7 yrs ago. It isnt nice. I was very lucky I have a very understanding husband who was very patient with me. Friends who just listened to me talk and talk. Not everyone is as lucky as i was but hang in there. You dont say if it is you suffering or someone close to you. Go to your G.P talk to them and dont be afraid to ask for help it is out there if you need it. Most important though it is nothing to be ashamed off.
2006-11-15 10:30:43
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answered by bullsfan1958 1
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