do you have any method to deal with depression?

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I keep bottling it up probably the reason for my high blood pressure. Stand back I may explode or implode watch out for your shoes its going to get messy.

sleep, diet, exercise, hobbies, and/or friend(s) is what comes to mind.

If I'm a bit down or not motivated I watch this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR44oOYjvOw[/youtube]

If I'm really depressed I talk about it with friends/family, or do the things I like to get my mind off it. If the depression is caused by something I can change, I change it.

That is not clinical depression, it is depressed mood.

Important differentiation between chronic boredom and acute boredom. Chronic boredom is continuous intellectual lethargy, rather than anything short-term, and has therefore implications considerably more deep than those arising from typical "boredom", as the word is generally used. I consider this to be the cause of depression.

I deal with my bouts of depression by taking time to talk to people about the issues I am facing: I find that letting everything out to someone is a good release. I also try to distract myself by doing things that will make me happy: Youtube marathons, long hot baths, massages, and tasty food are some of the things that perk me up.

Being in combat is not boring at all. But it can cause severe depression. Get a clue instead of posting nonsense.

Perhaps, if FHS said "I consider this to be *A* cause . . . " rather than "*THE* cause," she wouldn't be getting flak over it. I can see how an extended period of severe boredom might, conceivably, lead to the chemical imbalances normally found in Clinical Depression.

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No. Being in combat is not boring in the general sense of the word, but long-term exposure to such a thing could presumably lead to, I use the term again "intellectual lethargy", meaning a minimum of or total lack of... invigorating rational thought (I can't find the words for it really). Depression comes from being deeply involved psychologically in very little. Look at the demographics, look at the particular causes, look at the conditions under which it develops. Everything suggests that I am right.

Free-Hinter-System wrote:
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Ah, c'mon! That was uncalled for. Funny, but uncalled for.

Free-Hinter-System -
As I said above, I do find your hypothesis interesting as one possible explanation for Depression.

You do realize, however, that it goes against pretty much everything known about the disorder. At least, I hope you know this. Proposing an alternative explanation to increase knowledge about a subject is great - talking out of your butt on a subject you know nothing about, isn't.

I also hope that you are aware that "chronic boredom"* does not appear to be a recognized disorder, while "Clinical Depression" most definitely is.

Are you aware of these two things?



*changed from chronic depression to chronic boredom. my oops.

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I sleep.

OK, I'm kind of sorry, but depression is caused by things that happen and things we see. Sometimes the world is awful and we can't change things. If a person experiences the same horror over and over it hurts worse and worse each time. Some people experience the horror of feeling ostracized. while others get their hearts broken by people who are supposed to love them. Some people experience things that are better left as nightmares than discussed with others. Boredom is not a factor in any of these.

At my house, my depression deals me.

Different people experience depression differently. It's not always caused by the world being awful or horrible. Sometimes a chemical imbalance is enough in-and-of itself to make life seem awful. It's really hard to deal with ANYTHING, even very minor hardships when you're depressed because it feels like there is NO POINT to life. There is nothing to reward yourself no matter how hard you try. Everything is dull, flat, bleak. The simplest things take all your energy.

I agree that boredom doesn't cause depression in the first place but it's definitely a symptom that can perpetuate depression in a cyclical way. If I'm merely extremely bored and unsatisfied when things are going okay there's already this sense of my already being in a pleasure deficit. Then when some stress or hardship comes along I crash into almost suicidal lows. I simply have no way to deal with things because when I'm bored and unsatisfied even in the best of times I realize it's not even worth trying when things are bad. When things are bad all I can think about is how I wish I was never born. There's just this great big emptiness and void behind everything where even the happier times are tarnished in the form of boredom.