Posted by shar on August 27, 2000, at 23:46:33
In reply to Re: First Posting » Nibor, posted by BrianD on August 27, 2000, at 15:58:54
Brian,
I would love it if there was one predictable cause for depression, and one predictable resolution (therapy, meds, whatever). Like with poison ivy or something.But, we are not that lucky! In fact, treatment still seems to be an art, more than a science, at this point!
Good luck,
Shar
> Thanks N,
>
> My doctor told me that I had blown the lid off the stress scale! Several jobs, in several provinces, necessitating several moves within a year and a half. Added to the stress that I had unknowingly placed on myself over the last 20 years of "walling" myself in. I think once the wall broke I was left with no coping or defense mechanisms. I sort of imploded.
>
> Ok, a million dollars to anyone who can come up with a biological replacement for stress;~} (If I had a million dollars I'd hire someone else to take this stress off my back!!!).
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> I'm going to check out that web site as soon as I finish this note.
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> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
> > Hi, Brian
> > Complicated condition, but "the loss of a loved one is the most common precipitant for a depressive episode." But that doesn't begin to explain. Think of depression as a "threshold" disease. Each person has a point or level to which he or she is able to "handle" what life gives him. Someone with a low level but no particular problems may never "get" depression. and we sometimes hear of people with terrible experiences, who seem to manage no matter what.
> > I'm not a mental health profession, but I work on my husband's website at http://www.undoingdepression.com. I have learned a lot because of his work to study and overcome his own depression.
> > I hope you have a good therapist and find your way through. I know you are in pain right now, but there is hope and help.
> > Take care.
> > Nibor
> >
> > > So I guess I ask the first question on this board. Is there a single predictable cause of depression? I was going along fine, albeit in my own little fantasy world not letting anything get to me, until my girlfriend broke-up with me, almost exactly a year ago, and then my entire world fell appart. Everything that I had kept behind a seriously thick wall came rushing out, like water through a broken dam. I have rarely seen the light of day since (and when I do, it hurts my eyes!).
> > >
> > > Was I predisposed to depression and had just walled it out of existance along with everything else, or was I fine and this was just the proverbial straw? I'm very confused!
> > >
> > > Has anyone read Burns' "Feeling Good" - Any thoughts? I told my pdoc that I just wanted to get this damn thing over with... show me the button and I will push it!
> > >
> > > Brian
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