Is this a symptom of depression?

Question

I read on website that feeling like time is passing by really quickly is a symptom of depression. Is it really? And if so, is there any way to make myself stop feeling like this?

Answer 1

Time flies whether you're having a good time or not. If you're in a rut, one day leads to the next and on and on, until one day you wake up and wonder where your life went. This can cause a borderline depression and give you really bad blahs. Find something that will put some passion back into your life. Go on an adventure, do something creative, art, photography, cooking class; better yet, go take a cooking class in France or Italy. Keep a daily journal. Write down things you do every day. Make goals for a more creative, deliberate life. Take time to be with loved ones. Sit down, talk story. Reflect on the importance and blessings in your life.

Answer 2

Depression - How to Recognise It The symptoms of DEPRESSION are as follows: • F eeling - depressed, sad, anxious or bored • E nergy -tired, fatigued, everything an effort, slowed movements • S leep - waking during the night or too early in the morning, oversleeping or trouble getting to sleep • T hinking - slow thinking, poor concentration, forgetful or indecisive • I nterest - loss of interest in food, work, sex and life seems dull • V alue - reduced sense of self-worth, low self esteem or guilt • A ches - headaches, chest or other pains without a physical basis • L ive - not wanting to live, suicidal thoughts or thinking of death If 5 or more of the above FESTIVAL (acronym) symptoms are present for more than 2 weeks, it probably is a depressive episode.

Answer 3

I have done a lot and lot of reading, I have never heard that one. I have heard of time dragging by. I'm not a doctor, but I know along with depression, apart from the usual symptoms, people can pick up a few of their own that others may not experience.
If you think you might be depressed and want more information you can go to www.NIMH.com Your questions should be able to be answered there. Good luck, hang in there.

Answer 4

Hi there. I think I know what you're trying to describe. For a very long time now I have felt like my time here is very short, that I have to get everything done now now now. There has been a real sense of urgency, which has had the stupid effect of effectively paralysing me for quite a while. Just thinking of everything I think I need to do keeps me from doing anything. Sounds dumb, but that's how it's been going for me.
I also suffer from severe depression, but I'm not sure if this is a symptom or not. I recently used the Bach Flower Remedy "Impatiens", and I can honestly say that this sense of urgency that's hounded me for years has faded away. So, maybe you could give it a try.
Wishing you luck and happiness,
Donna :)

Answer 5

Just the opposite. Time hangs heavy. Clinical depression is different from the normal ups & downs people go through & is a severe, long-lasting illness that one cannot "snap" out of.

I'm bipolar. When I'm in the manic stage time races by right along with my thoughts.

Perhaps you should make an appt with a psychiatrist but before you do input: Is it Bipolar Disorder or ADHD? (nothing in article about adhd). If you think it doesn't apply to you, search under depression.

Answer 6

Definitely No.

Generally, it is hard for people who have not experienced clinical depression, either personally or by regular exposure to closed ones suffering from it, to understand its emotional impact and severity. Hence, it is very often interpreted as being similar to "having the blues" or "feeling down."

Unless you have at least 5 of the below symptoms over a two-week period, then, it would be advisable for you to visit a Specialist in mental health asap.

Some symptoms of depression includes:
- Disturbed sleep patterns, such as insomnia, loss of REM sleep, or excessive sleep (Hypersomnia)
- Feelings of overwhelming sadness and/or fear
- The seeming inability to feel emotion (emptiness)
- A decrease in the amount of interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, daily activities
- Changing appetite and marked weight gain or loss (either increase/reduce)
- Agitation or retardation on a daily basis
- Fatigue (mental or physical), also loss of energy
- Intense feelings of guilt, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, isolation/loneliness and/or anxiety
- Inability to concentrate/keeping focus, or making decisions or a generalized slowing and obtunding of cognition, including memory
- Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), desire to just "lay down and die" or "stop breathing"
- Recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide.
- Feelings and/or fear of being abandoned by those close to one

Conclusion: You just need to figure out what do you want to do in life and how do you get there. And what are the things that will make you happpier and more fufilled.

Answer 7

I would also think the opposite...lol....I got depressed when my husband was deployed overseas and time just drug by soooo slow......I took the clocks down in the house to keep from watching "time go by"....so hon, I have no clue about how to answer this one.....do you feel other symptoms such as fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, suicidal thoughts....thoughts of not being "good enough"....lots of other things could mean your depressed....but time flying by usually meant things were going smooth for me.....I am bipolar and treat myself with both conventional meds and herbs....maybe see a doctor or something if you are that unsure.....good luck....God bless....

Answer 8

People who suffer with depression often talk about things that happened years ago as if they happened yesterday. A depressed friend whose brother died made the agonized comment, "first my father, then my mother, and now my brother." You'd think they all died recently, right? Well, his father died when he was 24, his mother when he was 40 and his brother when he was 46. Not many people would lump together events that occurred over many years and suffer their combined emotional agony as if they happened over a period of weeks or months.

So, I don't think it's that time seems to pass more quickly, but that time seems compressed. The emotion of events (good or bad) seem to never fade or lessen.

Feeling time is passing quickly is something that happens as we grow older. When you're a kid, Christmas takes forever!! As you get older, it's more like Christmas is here already???

Answer 9

Look time has to pass by,come what may.And when in depression it doesn't fly it becomes rather slow and almost numb.U can't even think ke ur time is going by.Well, I wanted to know,why r u so depressed after reading a bleedy novel.Do not think of getting depressed for silly reasons like that.Chill....Take life as it comes.I know its easy to say but I have gone thru depression a hell lot of times.Now-a-days I just let it be.Forget sadness and don't fear future.......Love ur present.
Take care and enjoy life as it comes.

Answer 10

WHAT? I thought that it was the opposite. When I was depressed, time slowed to an agonizing crawl. But if you think that you might be depressed, you should get help. I am required by my lawyers to say that if I answer a dangerously worded question like yours.