Posted by OldSchool on January 5, 2002, at 20:49:34
In reply to Psycotherapy vs Meds, posted by Mags on January 4, 2002, at 20:39:49
> I am in group therapy plus I take cognitive thinking. I am told this will help in combination with my meds. I am finding that most of the group have had or still have horrible life experiences that they have not been able to overcome and have become depressed.I don't have bad situations in my life and yet I am majorly depressed right now. Thought I had found my magic pill but not so....I am feeling very uncomfortable in these groups because I can listen and offer some support but feel different from them. Has anyone else felt this way. I sometimes find myself making up a cognitive report because I haven't had any irrational thoughts and If I have I know it is the depresion talking.
> Any comments on this?
> Thanks, MagsYou dont need to have experienced severe life events to have depression. Major depression is a physical disease. It can hit for a variety of reasons and negative life events is only one of them. Some drugs can cause depression. Also, sometimes depression just tends to run in families genetically and some people just get it no matter what they do.
Horrible life experiences does not necessarily equate to major depression. There are people who have been thru pure hell and never get depression. And people who get the severest of depressions who have had relatively easy lives. I think a lot of it is genetic, the ability to get this way (major depression). Again, think of it more of as a physical disease process, a health problem. You cant sleep good, you lose weight without trying, you cant think clearly or concentrate, you dont have a sex drive, etc. etc.
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