Depressed Much

I believe that at some point in everyones life, they will experience some form of depression. It may not be life changing. It may not require medication or therapy. But, they will experience it. Everyone handles depression differently. Some people just need time to deal with whatever caused or is causing it. This can be a fine line for some. If the feelings aren't getting any better you don't always realize it because you are in a funk. And by then you can become resentful to friends and family who try to point it out and help because you will take it the wrong way. Other people go to therapy. Other people (like me) have always had problems letting people in and that includes professionals. And I definitely don't like talking about my feelings (it makes you look weaker). But i've been in and out of therapy since I was young. And when I was young I didn't open up, but I realized you have to keep going back. What's the answer? Tell them what they want to hear! Not all at once because they will figure it out. Yes, I am aware, this makes Therapy useless. But if I can't open up anyway...ummm hello? Genius! Some peeps need medication. The depression can be caused for so many reasons that I didn't even realized. If there ends up being a combination cause it's a alittle harder to fix. If you have a chemical imbalance or a brain mis-fire, you may need meds forever. It sucks but it's that or getting so low you wish you were dead. See, that's the thing with these meds. You need to listen to the doctor! You can't take yourself off them because YOU think you're doing better and you definitely can't just stop taking them. Sure, at first everything seems fine. You think, "see I'm good". Then 7 days into it you start to become emotionless, you just don't care. Not about anything, you especially. You are just blah. A few days later you start to get morbid thoughts and it's scary. And by the time you realize you have made a mistake it's too late. You need to re-start your meds immediately but get yourself through the next week while they get back into your system. And even though you know this is exactly what is gonna happen, at some point you will attempt to take yourself off your meds again and torture yourself again. If you're depressed, do yourself a favor and look up the symptoms and better yet, the side effects. I didn't realize all the things that are going on because of depression. I'm getting the triple whammy. I'm getting it from the migraines, medication & depression. Just know you aren't alone!