RE: Is Depression/Annnxiety from the Bullshit You Experience or are You Prone to it?
November 21, 2015 at 5:18 pm
(November 21, 2015 at 3:57 pm)The_Empress Wrote:(November 21, 2015 at 3:29 pm)robvalue Wrote: I reckon I'm genetically vulnerable to depression. Almost my whole family suffers from it. I think it can probably affect anyone given enough stress, but some people get it more easily and indeed sometimes for no particular reason.
My first bout of depression was the culmination of being emotionally ground down by my parents until I had nothing left. The second was when I got ME, and since that's a situation that's not going away, I'm going to be fighting depression possibly forever now. There is a small chance it may go away eventually. After seeing a wonderful therapist I am coping better than ever before at the moment though.
That's an interesting thing: the idea that it might go away. I've had more than a dozen therapists over the years and I can't remember even one of them indicating my depression might go away. That's a really good thought, Rob. I've just never thought to consider it. Maybe they never mentioned it to me because they don't think, in my particular case, that it's feasible. I really wish you tons of luck.
Could happen. Your ability to cope with it can improve to the point where it's no longer the anchor on your life that it has been. I've had symptoms go into remission, and I've learned to cope with them when they do occur. The root causes of my PTSD aren't going away, you know?
