Posted by Cece on June 15, 2006, at 1:49:28
In reply to Re: Reverse SAD?, Weather, Meds - me too! » pulse, posted by Donna Louise on June 14, 2006, at 19:50:15
That's EXACTLY what clinical depression or bi-polar depression is- it comes out of left field, doesn't necessarily have to do with what's happening in life (although stress and loss can certainly trigger it).
And that's exactly what people who haven't experienced it don't understand, that it's not normal "ups and downs". I love it when my ups and downs are normal!
Don't you hate it when people tell you to "just snap out of it"?
> When I am really depressed, I can't ride. Can't do anything. I was just wondering how I could manage to be depressed as blessed as I am with what I am able to do. Just goes to show how external events don't have much to do with the kind I have.
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