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Do you know what causes your depression/sadness?
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For those of you that are depressed or sad, do you know what the reason is?  Is there something that happened (you don't have to explain) or something going on in your life right now that caused this problem?

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For me, there were of course a few of the small things, and the fact that my parents argued... but what made things worse was that I couldn't understand why these "small" things would take such a great affect on me.  If anything, it was made worse just because I couldn't figure out what was wrong...

Of course, I passed out of the phase, it was probbaly mostly hormones if anything... but who knows... :).  There was no one particular thing that really triggered it all...  it was a very gradual process in, and a gradual proess out :)


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I do, but ony a few peopel know ti.

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my mom. hands down is the main cause. other things dont help though.

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I know, but I think I'll just pass on the explaining.

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It would seem like I should be happier, my life has been getting better, im closer to my friends and I got a  great boyfriend. But I still recently developed depression, the reason I do not know, but im on Zoloft now.

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some people are just sad people

it feels good to be depressed (to me it does)
everytime i get depressed, its like "shit, i hit rock bottom" again. then i realise theres only up to go and i kinda like that feeling. knowing something good is about to come my way. and that usually brings me outa my rut. so really, im only depressed for like 10 minutes each time. lol

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Genetics, for one.

But I had a few tumors at an early age, and they keep coming back and no one knows why. Abusive mother. Molested by a friend, which almost turned into rape.

Oh, and I should add that I'm only open about it through years of therapy. At least with the molesting thing. The mother and tumors have just always been a part of life.

Post edited at 9:25 pm on Aug. 19, 2008 by hkittyly

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I don't know that it is any particular event rather than my inability to get over the feeling that I have no significance whatsoever and that my existence is meaningless.

I've had shit happen, but nothing bothers me as much as that one single thing....

Post edited at 9:25 pm on Aug. 19, 2008 by greatescape11

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Quote: from Alabamarama at 12:23 am on Aug. 20, 2008

I know, but I think I'll just pass on the explaining.

Yeah, Same here.

Thanks.

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I know but I'm not explaining the reason.


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Quote: from Alabamarama at 9:23 pm on Aug. 19, 2008

I know, but I think I'll just pass on the explaining.

same.
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Well I'm not depressed now, buta few years ago when I was a freshman I was, and looking  back now I believe it was triggered by a falling-out I had with my best friend.

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Yes, my friends know two reasons, and only one person knows the other.

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broke free of depression a long time ago

but the causes were

1) childhood upbringing mistakes my parents (predominantly father) that snowballed into gigantic social failures and snowballed further into worse

2) continued inertia and poor parenting later on

3) lack of people to be close with



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