i probably shouldn’t ask, because perhaps i don’t want to know.
but do you, darling ones, seriously think i am clinically depressed? i don’t think i am. i just think i am more a moody, mouthy bitch more than anything. but do i come off as someone who is depressed and should seek help?
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no you don’t
I don’t think so either.
I only know you from what you write here. From that, I’d say yes, you should seek a professional opinion. Being clinically depressed and not seeking help may be less embarrassing but is a hell of a lot more dangerous than going to a doctor and finding out you’re fine.
I don’t think it would hurt. Maybe not going so far as to see a psychiatrist, but seeing a therapist, or even talking to your GP about how you’re feeling would be a good place to start. Someone very close to me was down for a very long time, and it took talking to their doctor about it before realizing that they were depressed, and needed help. They were on Paxil for a littl while, talked things out with a therapist, and now they’re back to normal and not taking anything. Sometimes all it takes is talking and a little kickstart to the system.
If left untreated, depression can get worse until talking and a little 10mg pill won’t do the trick. If you think you might be depressed, talk to a professional about it and see what they think. We aren’t, don’t know you as well as we’d like to think we do, and can’t prescribe drugs.
I think you’re a highly intelligent person, with a side of heavy compassion, and a silver-tongued sense of humour. We sort usually don’t get very far into the day without something hitting us smack in the face because there’s a lot of stupid, stupid stuff in the world.
What I do is chip away at the things I do have control over, without completely retreating from the world, which include what sort of environment I work in, how I engage my family, what friends I simply will not have in my life and being forever grateful for the dumb luck that is a great relationship. You can always start over.
Having said all that, I have a few people in my life who are clinically depressed – some medicated, some not – and I couldn’t say just from reading you whether you’d fit into that category. So……………….yeah. That was helpful.