Posted on 01/30/2010 11:41:53 AM PST by j_marie
You still are missing the reality and your statement further reveals you don’t know what you are talking about. If a person’s brain doesn’t produce the correct chemical mix required, “character development” is irrelevant. Take a person of excellent character, who makes great decisions and expose him/her to extreme stress AND the wrong chemical mix in their brain and they aren’t less likely to suffer a depressive episode than a person of “lesser character”.
I pray you will take the time in the future to study & learn about the biological component of depression. Depression is a treatable illness. It doesn’t go away for many people without meds. I happen to be one of those people.
I’m a happy man & thankful for all the blessings of life God continues to pour upon us. I, my wife, son & priest are very thankful I had such a great doctor and for the medicine that helped me get stable & recover from the horrible episode I experienced. We are also thankful that because of the meds I still take, my life is stable, productive & a great joy.
Peace be with you always.
I mean a person who has a growing and developing hope vs. person who has none.
This will obviously have an impact on how a person navigates through a dark time.
If a situation triggers a depressive episode, then depression obviously cannot solely be dictated by chemicals in the brain, but also is due to circumstances.
Good book to read: Depression: A Stubborn Darkness--Light For the Path
I'm glad you have received help for your ailment.
“There seems to be a failure to communicate” here :)
Being depressed doesn’t = feeling “hopeless” all the time.
I was diagnosed at age 30. Doctors assured me I most likely was depressed starting in high school. My brain doesn’t produce the correct enzyme mix. Has nothing to do with being hopeful or or without hope. If I ever stopped taking my meds, I would descend into a dark, ugly pit.
Out of nowhere, into a very happy life a severe stress arises. I continue taking my meds but because of the stress my brain responds by not putting out the correct enzymes regardless of the meds. As a result I experience a severe depressive episode. I was unable despite the regular meds to sleep for weeks and months at a stretch, creating a greater imbalance in my brain. Finally, doc found the correct medicine to where I could sleep and many of my other symptoms were dealt with as well.
Peace :)
I understand this.
Peace to you too. Please consider the book I have recommended. The author has a lot of comforting things to say.
Hey come on what about us that have true problems I am bipolar and i will tell you one thing I am not and that is lazy. I work normally and I do what needs to be done... Yes somedays I feel as if I am going to crack but I don’t think you should get free days off for it... I am just like everyone else just have ups and downs...
Thank you... It is not a bad mood.. I will break it down to you... Imagine feeling as if the world is against you. Imagine thinking everyone wants you to fail, everyone wants you to be a laughing stock. Imagine thinking and feeling if your family would be better off with out you.. Imagine hurting the people closest to you..And I don’t mean physically I mean hurting them..Emotionally and then forgetting about it a few hrs later and wondering why they still are angry or hurt... I hate having it. I hate not being normal.. I hate that I take medication to just be normal and not feel like I am cracking up. Bipolar is not a bad mood it is a bad disease... When I was growing up it was always that I was a bad kid. But to me I never felt like I did any thing wrong.. Long bouts of crying and being angry.. OK You guys get the picture..
bipolar disorder has a set of symptoms that are profound in their disabling impact. Not just a bad mood.
Judgement is profoundlyimpaired with many bipolars and tragic outcomes sometime occur.
Thanks Stickman... I am happily married with Two daughters and a great life... Believe me I have almost lost it all because if this disorder..
Cool it or you are out of here.
Alternate nostril pranayam will do wonders for this and many other mental problems.
Emotions create chemicals. Think of fear.
I am sorry for being offensive.. Please forgive me..
Therefore the more we can exercise emotions via various avenues of self-control the more those chemicals will be controlled.
Yes, it works both ways. Since living beings are not chemicals - we are eternal souls “wearing” the body which is made of chemicals, the chemicals are not in charge!
I’ve experimented with “feelings” - it’s possible to create feelings by doing things such as making frightened sounds - you can actually cause fear by doing so, create a sad or bad mood by frowning. Once my children and I started to pretend to laugh - and within minutes we were genuinely laughing, rolling on the floor.
Deep abdominal breathing with inhalation through the nostrils can calm an agitated, angry or fearful mind within minutes. What to speak of alternate nostril Pranayam which is actually very easy.
There are many methods to calm agitation, quell fear, uplift depression using yogic breathing, essential oils, and sensory input of various kinds. Even foods. Many things can help. I treat people with many emotional problems with these methods.
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