What impact does/did depression have on your life?
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Moderated by Danielle Johnson, MSED, Community mental Health Counseling, LMHC
Updated: Dec 30, 2019
AnnieElen
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Oct 23, 2014
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I shut down completely. I always broke down into tears, and became very rebellious. The reason I wanted to be a listener is so I could help people with an issue like mine, or prevent it from happening to them
colorfulcrocs
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Oct 24, 2014
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When I got bullied in school for the person I was. I wasn't like the other "normal" kids. I pushed everything away from me and started to get depressed.
StormWilliams
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Oct 25, 2014
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Depression has days where it still destroys my life. It is constantly in the back of my mind and tends to influence the choices that i make and the things that I do. One trigger can cause me to feel down or even suicidal for weeks.
lavendersilk
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Oct 26, 2014
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Depression really has affected my life greatly. I used to be so happy and lively, but I just kind of became quiet and secluded. It's impacted me in good and bad ways. I found out who my real friends are and who I can trust, but it also worsened things in the fact that depression is never really good. I found a great boyfriend who relates pretty well so that has helped a bit.
AdriannaBanana27
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Oct 27, 2014
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It made me an extreme introvert. I was also very moody and just unenthusiastic with life and people.
Mahoney
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Oct 29, 2014
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It took a lot from me, but in the end it made me stronger. People with depression: You are warriors!
Anonymous
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Oct 29, 2014
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It destroyed my life. I was not able to do anything because I didn't enjoy anything anymore, but I started to like things again after a while, and now I can do much more. The only thing I can't do is school because it's boring and I have a big problem with the education system, but that's a story for another time.
Anonymous
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Nov 3, 2014
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It... changed me completely. Chances are it will affect me for the rest of my life, and I'll never fully be rid of it, but It's an experience that maybe made me the better man or the least, I can't say. I do understand that you can't turn back time, it's just better to forgive, but never forget.
Transcendence
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Nov 3, 2014
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My depression was born out of dissapointment of how my life turned out almost three years ago. It ravaged my grades and dropped my average by a substantial amount, turned me into a negative person and more importantly absolutely demolished my self-esteem. I still struggle with the negative view of life I have and my self-esteem could be better, but overall I think it developed me into a caring and empathic person.
Asparagus515
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Nov 6, 2014
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To some extent, depression has an impact on pretty much every part of my life. It's a filter that everything I see, think, hear, or feel passes through. It blocks out the good and emphasizes the bad. Mostly, being depressed just makes it really hard to gather up the energy to do anything.
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