Posted by Edward on July 14, 2001, at 7:28:32
In reply to Re: Am I really depressed? » Edward, posted by MB on July 11, 2001, at 18:43:28
> did you have something happen in your life that triggered this boredom and lack of interest with life?
Not really. I feel uncomfortable when I'm with people a lot of the time, or I just don't enjoy being with them, so I don't really go out and see people that often. I don't do anything all day at the unit, so I guess it's just normal that I would be bored.
> The pot question was not meant to be insulting, it was an honest question. I was quite the stoner back in the day, and it caused me some problems (boredom and lack of interest like you described).
I did smoke a huge amount of pot for a few months fairly recently, and it definately made me feel much worse after a while, so I gave up and I'm back to normal now.
> Maybe you have something called dysthimia...it's kind of a low-grade depression.
Maybe I do. I diagnosed myself with that on a web page a couple of days ago. I didn't meet the criteria for major depression however. My psychiatrist just ignores me when I ask him about dysthimia.
> Just out of curiosity, why did you quit school? Are you in the hospital day program directly because of quitting school?
Yes I am. I quit school because I'm too lazy to work and I'm scared of the teachers. I'd get so worked up and scared every time I thought I was going to get into trouble that I'd think of killing myself. I used to cut myself a lot when I was feeling stressed (every day). I feel like such an idiot getting so wound up about it but I can't help it. I've had therapy for months, but it doesn't seem to do anything. My last therapist has stopped having sessions with me because she thinks I've sorted everything out.
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