When does depression go away?

Many people mistakenly view depression as a moral failing, Nevertheless, depression is a serious clinical disorder characterized by a complex integration of biological and environmental vulnerabilities, life events and patterns of thinking and behaving that lead to the clinical presentation, The cause can vary for each person. But whatever the contributing causes for your depression, all practitioners agree that depression requires treatment. I should just toughen up and take it. It’s important to realize that “depression isn't a natural consequence of living life; it’s an aberration that doesn't have to be tolerated, I’ll snap out of it.” Letting depression go untreated in hopes that it’ll go away can actually exacerbate the episode, make it last longer and increase the risk for suicide. I’ll be like this forever. The biggest misconception patients have is that their depressed feelings, fatigue, irritability, inability to concentrate and loss of interest will last forever; that there is no relief in sight.

Only YOU can decide when depression goes away for YOU. Once you are able to reflect upon yourself and see just exactly what it was that has made you feel so depressed, and once you have managed to formulate a step-by-step procedure to tackle each and every problem, then can you proceed on a much easier path to shaking off something that an amazing person such as yourself should never have to feel! How long you stay depressed for is completely up to you. It can last an hour, a day, a month or a year, in fact there is no given timeframe as we all handle our OWN emotions in our OWN way. The sooner you come to terms with what it is that bothered you and work through each thing and reflect upon it (either with a friend or alone) the sooner you can return to your amazing self. Depression is an evil emotion, so bring out that inner happiness inside of you, believe in yourself as others do and you can fight it off, today!

Depression, I believe, is all in the mind. You just have to choose to be happy, and you can only be truly happy when you set yourself free of all the worries by acknowledging that you have no control of things. And that's a good thing because having so much to control is just...a very exhausting responsibility, you know? I don't think depression goes away all by itself. It's you who has to push it away.

This is hard to put into words, so I'll just say what happened to me. I had horrible depression throughout high school, and my first round of College. I associated myself with this "disease," thinking I'd forever be depressed. Then I started working full time, and things just kind of fell into place. For me. I still struggled mentally, but I buried myself in work, and just stopped my bad habits. I call it the mental slap in the face, or the lightbulb. It just goes off, and you go for it. Your mind and heart have to be ready for it. I think that it doesn't matter what medications you might be on. At the end of the day, the "sickness" goes away when your mind is ready. You suddenly become actively interested in bettering yourself, turning things around, or working towards a goal. Now that's not to say that you will never get depressed again, because it creeps up on you. However, when your mind is in this new place, coping becomes a bit more doable, and you can identify those triggers, and identify those feelings, what you're like when you start to emotionally spiral, etc. That's how it happened for me, but everyone's case is different. Work caused my mental slap in the face, for another person, it might be something else.

Sometimes depression can leave you feeling down. Even if you are getting some help for it, it can still make you feel down. So when does depression go away? Whenever you make it. Talking to people here at 7 cups of tea can really make a difference. If you need advice, there are your friends who will help you!

As much as I would love to say that depression is a phase that will be over soon, it isn't the case. Depression is variant, but often is a long process. Finding some help, someone to talk to, going to the doctor about your depression are the best things that you can do right now, to get the support you need. Another good idea is to read more about depression using the self-help guides available on this website.

Depression never goes away completely, you just learn how to cope with it in a way that works for you. Because depression is different for everybody only you can find a way to cope.

Some people worry that depression will never go away, or that it's a fixed thing that you always have to deal with. As I've seen, when you become passionate about something or find something to love, it seems to fade.

Depression is really weird in that sense. It never truly goes away, even if nothing's wrong and even with medicine it's always there creeping. But there are ways to make it manageable.

It does not go away. But from personal experience, I can say it does get better. Surround yourself with positive people and find outlets for your feelings.