Posted by Nibor on August 27, 2000, at 9:05:51
In reply to First Posting, posted by BrianD on August 27, 2000, at 2:51:27
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!).
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> 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!
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> 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!
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> Brian
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