Posted by Karen44 on July 21, 2006, at 23:30:40
In reply to Re: Thoughts on Depression and other diagnoses..., posted by linkadge on July 21, 2006, at 18:25:47
> Depression seems to be a very different thing for different people. There are, of course, certain core similarities, but I don't think its fair to make assumptions based on the presence of absence of certain symptoms.
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> Some people have psychomotor retardation for instance, whereas I do not. Lack of energy has never been a component of my problem, nor was it when my mother, granfather, or great grandmother were depressed.
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> In my books, the emotions, cognition and energy are all separate things.
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> There have been people in history who could be extremely articulate yet extrodinarily depressed at the same time.
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> Sylvia Plath comes to mind.
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> Linkadge
>You are so right. I am so depressed, and yet no one at work realizes how depressed I am. It is taking me longer to get reports done, and so I spend more time after 5 p.m. trying to get them done. But I act cheerful, etc. to everyone and hide how I feel very well. In fact the psychiatrist I have been working with doing therapy as well as med's wanted me to agree to be honest about if I was depressed, becuase he is aware of how well I can hide how I feel. I was 99.99% honest with him, and when I was not, I always told him after the fact.
Karen
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