I'm really enjoying everyone's input. It's interesting, because everyone has experienced it differently, yet there are so many similarities. Whateverist has a garden. I have my dates with myself.
In my case, when people mention "when I was depressed" or "I was depressed for a year", it's interesting and I want to learn more about that experience, because it has been different to me. I want to learn more about how they met it, was it scary, you know, the new experience.
I have suffered depression since I was six. I don't know what it's like to live a whole year without an appearance. All I know is how to fight it, thrive, camouflage it, control, and recognize it. I don't just survive anymore. I'm living, but when someone asks if I'm depressed, it feels incorrect. It sounds like a common cold. Like something that I'm momentarily experiencing. I have chronic depression. It's the only life I've known.
Yet, those of you who know me, know I'm not a crying baby every day. Actually, I laugh and smile a lot. I'm a happy person with chronic depression. Heh. Makes sense to me.
In my case, when people mention "when I was depressed" or "I was depressed for a year", it's interesting and I want to learn more about that experience, because it has been different to me. I want to learn more about how they met it, was it scary, you know, the new experience.
I have suffered depression since I was six. I don't know what it's like to live a whole year without an appearance. All I know is how to fight it, thrive, camouflage it, control, and recognize it. I don't just survive anymore. I'm living, but when someone asks if I'm depressed, it feels incorrect. It sounds like a common cold. Like something that I'm momentarily experiencing. I have chronic depression. It's the only life I've known.
Yet, those of you who know me, know I'm not a crying baby every day. Actually, I laugh and smile a lot. I'm a happy person with chronic depression. Heh. Makes sense to me.
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