Is Depression "B.S" to you?

[90sKids98]

There are people online that always talk about how they're so "depressed" and how they "want to die" which leads people into thinking they're just attention seekers. But do you actually believe people can have real anxiety and/or suicidal thoughts which lead to depression?

 

[FreakensteinAG]

The attention seekers would say stuff like that, but the legitimate depressed and suicidal people wouldn't even want to move and interact with the world, sometimes you wouldn't even know they had the condition, because they bottle it up inside.

 

[Lyke]

Yes they can and people mostly tell that they have depression on the internet because they got no one to talk to
Most of them are bullshitting us though

 

[DominiqueX]

There are people online that always talk about how they're so "depressed" and how they "want to die" which leads people into thinking they're just attention seekers. But do you actually believe people can have real anxiety and/or suicidal thoughts which lead to depression?

@bold
What a question is that, do you live on the dark side of the moon? Yes, people have these problems and depressions are real. But there is a big and important difference between "feeling depressed" and the actual clinical disease "depression".

 

[Venomous Cobra]

Obviously they can, but most of the time it's just publicity stunts.

 

[The Necromancer]

Depression and anxiety are obviously very real mental diseases.

 

[Ricardo]

@bold
What a question is that, do you live on the dark side of the moon? Yes, people have these problems and depressions are real. But there is a big and important difference between "feeling depressed" and the actual clinical disease "depression".

You took the words right out of my keyboard.

 

[Lyke]

Btw i also get depression when a fizz one shots me

 

[Punk Hazard]

What type of damn question

 

[Sonnelion]

The attention seekers would say stuff like that, but the legitimate depressed and suicidal people wouldn't even want to move and interact with the world, sometimes you wouldn't even know they had the condition, because they bottle it up inside.

This^^^

 

[Arian]

The attention seekers would say stuff like that, but the legitimate depressed and suicidal people wouldn't even want to move and interact with the world, sometimes you wouldn't even know they had the condition, because they bottle it up inside.

THIS!!! self diagnosed depression and other mental illnesses for that matter (anxiety or adhs) are ****ing bullcrap....

 

[Guntah]

There is true depression and there is social media depression.

Big difference.

 

[90sKids98]

@bold
What a question is that, do you live on the dark side of the moon? Yes, people have these problems and depressions are real. But there is a big and important difference between "feeling depressed" and the actual clinical disease "depression".

Trust me I don't actually think its B.S or anything, but I have seen many people literally say depression is a ridiculous feeling that is mistaken for a mental illness. Im asking b/c Im curious if anyone else actually agrees.

 

[Donald J Trump]

The fact that you asked that makes me think that you're a very stupid person.

 

[Pyro NB]

Yes whether the people only do or don't idk but overall yes

 

[V h o]

Yes they can, and depression is a terrible state to be in. Although the internet with trolling, lying, deceiving, and all other forms of shenanigans have made people sceptical of how truthful things are. Remember some kid died because people thought the kid was lying about finding a grenade in his basement (internet told him to pull pin).

 

[The Work]

I think you really can't tell who the depressed people are.

So anyone who says they're feeling suicidal might want attention.

In my opinion though

 

[Illuminater]

No it's not false they legitimately have depression. Some of the people saying they don't have no idea how those people feel. Smh I expected entirely different responses from this thread. What a ****ing shame.

 

[Callypigia]

There are people online that always talk about how they're so "depressed" and how they "want to die" which leads people into thinking they're just attention seekers. But do you actually believe people can have real anxiety and/or suicidal thoughts which lead to depression?

I really can't believe you asked if depression and anxiety are real. Maybe you are just trolling, or maybe you are just too young to have seen or experienced it. Many people are afflicted with at least one Major Depressive episode in their life; in some countries it can be up to 20%.

I actually had a patient commit suicide last week. He wasn't the first person suffering from depression to commit suicide and he won't be the last. While it is true that some people seek attention, that also does not mean that their symptoms are fraudulent. Many people have poor coping skills as well as biological factors and psycho-social stresses that impact their overall mental health. Often people who suffer from depression/anxiety have to work to retrain their thinking/self-talk patterns that exacerbate their symptoms. Even those with personality disorders (i.e., Borderline Personality Disorder) who practice suicidal gestures often complete suicide. As long as you assume people are feigning mental illness for attention you will be turning in a blind eye to humans who are struggling in some way. If you are interested I can go into a lot more detail about this.

 

[90sKids98]

I really can't believe you asked if depression and anxiety are real. Maybe you are just trolling, or maybe you are just too young to have seen or experienced it. Many people are afflicted with at least one Major Depressive episode in their life; in some countries it can be up to 20%.

I actually had a patient commit suicide last week. He wasn't the first person suffering from depression to commit suicide and he won't be the last. While it is true that some people seek attention, that also does not mean that their symptoms are fraudulent. Many people have poor coping skills as well as biological factors and psycho-social stresses that impact their overall mental health. Often people who suffer from depression/anxiety have to work to retrain their thinking/self-talk patterns that exacerbate their symptoms. Even those with personality disorders (i.e., Borderline Personality Disorder) who practice suicidal gestures often complete suicide. As long as you assume people are feigning mental illness for attention you will be turning in a blind eye to humans who are struggling in some way. If you are interested I can go into a lot more detail about this.

If you read my earlier post you'd know I don't believe its BS at all. It was more of being curious if there really are scum bags who believe that its a fake mental illness. I used to have anxiety to the point where seeing certain people or things caused me to sweat and my heart race. So I know fully well what anxiety, and even depression can become