Do people always want to get better from depression?
Anonymous
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May 13, 2015
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No. It's an addiction. You get addicted to it. You realize you don't want to live without it. You feel loneliness is your only friend and you like it. That happens to me. I don't want to get better.
Anonymous
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Sep 10, 2014
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No. Depression, by its very nature, often makes it seem far more difficult, troubling, or even impossible to get better. Depression saps away your energy, making tasks like finding a doctor to speak with, going to an appointment, filling prescriptions, or even just eating seem like an incredible trial. It can also make us feel guilty for our troubles, tell us we're not sick enough to get help, or that we're beyond help. It steals our voices so we may not speak, even to those who are there to help us. Then there's the uncertainty of treatment -- will it help, how hard will it be, how long will it last, how long until you see results.
Other times still, depression can feel familiar. Many people with depression can't remember the person they were before becoming depressed. In cases like that, the thought of no longer facing depression every day can feel alien, and almost frightening. Depression is what they know, and they'd rather stay with that than face something unknown.
LexyAustin
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Sep 14, 2014
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Some people with depression don't want to get better because they feel they don't deserve to get better.
Miiiranda987
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Nov 9, 2014
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Not everybody wants to get better from depression. I have had a friend that was always scared to get help because she thought that the depression defined her and when she started feeling better, she didn't know who she was.
Anonymous
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Nov 3, 2014
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Not always. When I was severely depressed I didn't want to get better, I loved the comfort in being sad, in the relief of self-harm and self pity. Sometimes I felt like, when I was depressed, it was my world and no one elses.
Anonymous
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Nov 18, 2014
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Not always. Some people are hopeless and they want to wallow in their own misery. It's hard to get out of that mindset but it's possible.
Tylerrr
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Nov 8, 2014
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I know from personal experience that there were times I didn't want to get better because I was comfortable that way. It's often easier to avoid problems than to do the sometimes intimidating work of solving them. Also, there were things from my past, wrongs that had been committed against me, and I was absolutely desperate for those things to be answered and reconciled before I was willing to move on. Deep inside, I wanted to be better, but I wasn't willing to accept what had happened yet, let alone do anything to change it.
NikiTaylor
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Oct 27, 2014
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No. Depression can lead a lot of people to feeling hopeless, like there's no way they'll get better so they don't see a point in trying. It's all how you interpret "better." Nobody wants to remain depressed, but not everyone seeks help or treatment. Some people think that the only way to improve their situation is through death, which is what leads a lot of people to suicide.
KatieBug
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Oct 5, 2014
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No, not always. Some people find comfort in it, and they are so deep into their depression that they dont realize thats it hurting them.
Anonymous
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Nov 3, 2014
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No. People don't know they have depression, at least I never did. All I wanted to be was happy. I never though 'oh I have depression I wish I didn't'. I thought 'I wish I wasn't so fat, I'd be happier. I wish I had friends, I'd be happier. I wish I was prettier, I'd be happier'. All I knew was that I wasn't happy, and wanted to be. In a way, yes, they do, but they don't know they have it. "Depression disguises itself as rational choices"
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