Is this depression?
Im so sad, and I have been off and on for about a year. It started last year when I had this though it my head, "what if Im not real, oranyone else around me, and this is some deep figment of my imagination or something?" Whenever this thought isnt in my head, I feel fine, happy. But when this thought enters my head, Im just so miserable, Ill think nothing matters because its not real. I will be looking forward to an event, but then I think,"I shouldnt be excited, its not real" and then everything feels, imaginary. Like Christmas, for example, my favorite time of year, it just makes me feel so amazing, but when it came up last year, I was just sad the whole time because I felt it wasnt real. And the people around me arent real, like you guys answering my question could just be some figment of mine. This thought has taken me over, and it enters my mind usually when Im looking forward to something, or am happy about something. Ive asked this question before, but nothing really seem
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i am not sure that is is depression actually, this sound to me more like a maturation in abstract thinking and deep philisophical thinking. Your a very deep thinker.
I am not a spiritual person and to say this from me sounds strange but perhaps your having a crisis in faith more then depression have you ever been a religious person? If so have you fallen out of touch with your religion.
You may also be loosing touch with reality is there any major trama's that have happened to you recentaly because you are exhibiting signs of someone who is suffering from a form of ptsd. I know i have ptsd and suffer these same thoughts off and on and thought i was depressed or loosing my mind. Sometimes it is easier to think nothing is real because if nothing is real then nothing can hurt. Ptsd is actually a nervous disorder and depression can be a symptom. I know it sounds strange being anxious can make you depressed but it is true. Therapy has worked for me and scrapbooking. I keep a scrap book something real and tangable i can touch so i know things are real. I hope this helps. If you need someone to talk to email me at iddietoknowyouloveme@yahoo.com i have several address's lol this is not my main one just an alternative one
I am hear to lend an ear. I am also a psy student
..It's tragic that you've been depressed for so long because of this thought you've had that everything around you is a figment of your imagination.
Because it's not true. The computer you're typing on is real. The rain falling from the sky is real. And if you make the wrong person mad at you, you'll find out how real he is when he kicks your ***. Seriously. It's all real.
Here's how you made the mistake. You didn't understand the difference between objective reality and subjective reality. Objective reality is what's out there. It's really out there, and believe me it's quite real.
Subjective reality is how you process it and perceive it in your brain/mind. Your senses give you initial information about reality, then some of it is allowed to be focused on in consciousness, at which point you relate perceptions to memories, feelings, thoughts, analysis, desires, goals, values, plans and yes, imagination. This is all totally unique to you, although everyone goes through their highly individualized perception processes, creating their very own subjective experience of reality. That's why people don't always agree on what they see.
So your EXPERIENCE of reality may include a little imagination on your part, but it's all out there as real as it can be.
So if that thought was depressing you, you can flush it out. It's a totally erroneous concept that has bothering you unnecessarily all this time.
Cheers.
you are not busy
omg that's terrible!! seek help from a professional, maybe meditation could help to visualize that thought being removed, good luck!
This is depression all the way man. Depression is created when chemicals in your head are mixed together. It's not a thought that starts it but a number of things combined for that day or week. What you're describing though is far more serious than typical depression. I've heard about this a couple of times through television and a few medical books my grandmother had laying about when she though I was depressed. It's called ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION. Check it out and go see a doctor about that. Things tend to get worse when it comes to this kind of stuff.
God be with you.
Seems like it could be depression. You could really benefit from meeting with a therapist.
I think that thought is a great mystery to many of us. After all, our planet is so small and insignificant in this vast universe, and people here on earth seem to act as if they have it all figured out, and that they are actually important people. But thats only one way of seeing things. Realtity is defined by the one experiencing it. Don't forget that when you make your loved ones smile, it was really you that did it, and that feeling is very real for them. When someone or somethng gives you the urge to smile, that is proof of its relality, and you should accept it as such. If you pick at reality too much, it will fall apart, but not because it's not real, but rather we just can't comprehend that with our human minds.
Please get some help, you won't regret it.
That doesn't really sound like clinical depression...you've just managed to freak yourself out pretty good...we all go through things like that...just remember, if you can think we're all not real, then you also have the power to make everything super-real. When you feel like that, just remember that this YOUR world...and there's no one more real than you!
I don't think it would be depression. More High Anxiety. You become so anxious & excited, then the devil pops up on your shoulder, feeding you the bull you're listening to, you believe it (his lies), then the whole thing is ruined, just like he knows it will be. "This is too good to be true.", he says. Or, "This is too good for you. You're not good enough for this." and so on. Quit listening to the lies & enjoy your life ! Quit falling into the trap. You already know what you're going to do when these occasions come up, you expect them, so they have to be real.
This is definitely depression, hands down. You should see a qualified psychological doctor for help. My aunt was experiencing depression and went to just a regular M.D., and he prescribed her the wrong sort of medication and she wound up committing suicide two weeks later. You should see an actual psychologist. With proper meds and just a few visits, you'll be feeling as good as new. The hardest step though is to realize that you have a problem and to overcome the current boundries by taking that first step to see a doctor. If you can do that, you're all set on the path to recovery. Stay cool, and good luck.
Paranoid! That is the phrase that came into my head while reading your input. You have had or were afraid you would have (in the mind, it is the same) a bad experience. When you are truly totally depressed, Christmas can be real or not, because, you just don't care! I think your biggest problem is instead of being able to enjoy life for what it is, you tend to be afraid it won't be as good as you hope. It is not your job to figure out if all this is real. It is your job to look around you at the incredible beauty. Your family, your friends. You need to put that brain in neutral every once in a while and just cruise. There is some truth in different old sayings, like, "enjoy today for tomorrow may never come" or, " what will be will be". Even the Bible teaches, you cannot control life around you, " can you by thinking (or wishing) make yourself even one inch taller?, Can you change a dime into a dollar, because you wish it were so?
So who are you to try to figure out the universe or life?" It is your job to enjoy this day the Lord has given you, to be kind and helpful to others, and to love each person as you love yourself. Start applying this and I promise your mind will be at ease.
they're going to tell you its Dysthymia and to 'get over it'
STOP!...enough about you...if you have just one person you love cling to them...help them,take a break from you...lay on a blanket and watch the clouds...do something!...you sound smart you are smart ,so smart in up...we all go through this shadow and we come out as you will
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i am not sure that is is depression actually, this sound to me more like a maturation in abstract thinking and deep philisophical thinking. Your a very deep thinker.
I am not a spiritual person and to say this from me sounds strange but perhaps your having a crisis in faith more then depression have you ever been a religious person? If so have you fallen out of touch with your religion.
You may also be loosing touch with reality is there any major trama's that have happened to you recentaly because you are exhibiting signs of someone who is suffering from a form of ptsd. I know i have ptsd and suffer these same thoughts off and on and thought i was depressed or loosing my mind. Sometimes it is easier to think nothing is real because if nothing is real then nothing can hurt. Ptsd is actually a nervous disorder and depression can be a symptom. I know it sounds strange being anxious can make you depressed but it is true. Therapy has worked for me and scrapbooking. I keep a scrap book something real and tangable i can touch so i know things are real. I hope this helps. If you need someone to talk to email me at iddietoknowyouloveme@yahoo.com i have several address's lol this is not my main one just an alternative one
I am hear to lend an ear. I am also a psy student
..It's tragic that you've been depressed for so long because of this thought you've had that everything around you is a figment of your imagination.
Because it's not true. The computer you're typing on is real. The rain falling from the sky is real. And if you make the wrong person mad at you, you'll find out how real he is when he kicks your ***. Seriously. It's all real.
Here's how you made the mistake. You didn't understand the difference between objective reality and subjective reality. Objective reality is what's out there. It's really out there, and believe me it's quite real.
Subjective reality is how you process it and perceive it in your brain/mind. Your senses give you initial information about reality, then some of it is allowed to be focused on in consciousness, at which point you relate perceptions to memories, feelings, thoughts, analysis, desires, goals, values, plans and yes, imagination. This is all totally unique to you, although everyone goes through their highly individualized perception processes, creating their very own subjective experience of reality. That's why people don't always agree on what they see.
So your EXPERIENCE of reality may include a little imagination on your part, but it's all out there as real as it can be.
So if that thought was depressing you, you can flush it out. It's a totally erroneous concept that has bothering you unnecessarily all this time.
Cheers.
you are not busy
omg that's terrible!! seek help from a professional, maybe meditation could help to visualize that thought being removed, good luck!
This is depression all the way man. Depression is created when chemicals in your head are mixed together. It's not a thought that starts it but a number of things combined for that day or week. What you're describing though is far more serious than typical depression. I've heard about this a couple of times through television and a few medical books my grandmother had laying about when she though I was depressed. It's called ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION. Check it out and go see a doctor about that. Things tend to get worse when it comes to this kind of stuff.
God be with you.
Seems like it could be depression. You could really benefit from meeting with a therapist.
I think that thought is a great mystery to many of us. After all, our planet is so small and insignificant in this vast universe, and people here on earth seem to act as if they have it all figured out, and that they are actually important people. But thats only one way of seeing things. Realtity is defined by the one experiencing it. Don't forget that when you make your loved ones smile, it was really you that did it, and that feeling is very real for them. When someone or somethng gives you the urge to smile, that is proof of its relality, and you should accept it as such. If you pick at reality too much, it will fall apart, but not because it's not real, but rather we just can't comprehend that with our human minds.
Please get some help, you won't regret it.
That doesn't really sound like clinical depression...you've just managed to freak yourself out pretty good...we all go through things like that...just remember, if you can think we're all not real, then you also have the power to make everything super-real. When you feel like that, just remember that this YOUR world...and there's no one more real than you!
I don't think it would be depression. More High Anxiety. You become so anxious & excited, then the devil pops up on your shoulder, feeding you the bull you're listening to, you believe it (his lies), then the whole thing is ruined, just like he knows it will be. "This is too good to be true.", he says. Or, "This is too good for you. You're not good enough for this." and so on. Quit listening to the lies & enjoy your life ! Quit falling into the trap. You already know what you're going to do when these occasions come up, you expect them, so they have to be real.
This is definitely depression, hands down. You should see a qualified psychological doctor for help. My aunt was experiencing depression and went to just a regular M.D., and he prescribed her the wrong sort of medication and she wound up committing suicide two weeks later. You should see an actual psychologist. With proper meds and just a few visits, you'll be feeling as good as new. The hardest step though is to realize that you have a problem and to overcome the current boundries by taking that first step to see a doctor. If you can do that, you're all set on the path to recovery. Stay cool, and good luck.
Paranoid! That is the phrase that came into my head while reading your input. You have had or were afraid you would have (in the mind, it is the same) a bad experience. When you are truly totally depressed, Christmas can be real or not, because, you just don't care! I think your biggest problem is instead of being able to enjoy life for what it is, you tend to be afraid it won't be as good as you hope. It is not your job to figure out if all this is real. It is your job to look around you at the incredible beauty. Your family, your friends. You need to put that brain in neutral every once in a while and just cruise. There is some truth in different old sayings, like, "enjoy today for tomorrow may never come" or, " what will be will be". Even the Bible teaches, you cannot control life around you, " can you by thinking (or wishing) make yourself even one inch taller?, Can you change a dime into a dollar, because you wish it were so?
So who are you to try to figure out the universe or life?" It is your job to enjoy this day the Lord has given you, to be kind and helpful to others, and to love each person as you love yourself. Start applying this and I promise your mind will be at ease.
they're going to tell you its Dysthymia and to 'get over it'
STOP!...enough about you...if you have just one person you love cling to them...help them,take a break from you...lay on a blanket and watch the clouds...do something!...you sound smart you are smart ,so smart in up...we all go through this shadow and we come out as you will
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