Posted by jedi on August 22, 2006, at 1:49:44
In reply to Is Depression a choice?, posted by rjlockhart on August 21, 2006, at 19:37:17
> I have just been thinking, when you get depressed, do you choose to get in that state, or is it the actual state you in.
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> Can you chose not too? and say no, do anything to do it, but i have noticed sometimes the problem is motivation.
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> What do you think?Hi Matt,
I believe that anybody that has been through true major depression would answer that it was not their choice. To be on the floor in a fetal position and being so miserable and hopeless that dying is the preferable alternative. I think I would rather deal with almost any thing else. On top of this, is the stigma of mental illness, that still exists. The disease runs in both sides of my family. I have several first cousins who have suicided. I just pray that my daughter doesn't have to go through the pain that I have.While trying to recover, I believe you are correct in that a lot of people have trouble with motivation. Part of this is related to the medications we use and part is the disease. I'm currently trying to talk my MD into augmenting with modafinil, for just this reason. No luck yet.
Take care,
Jedi
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