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depression
I'm just curious on how many of you guys have depression. Further more, I would like to know whether you were self diagnosed or not or how you feel about self diagnoses.
See, the reason why I'm asking this is because my class was having a lesson on well being/mental health and the teacher had said that you should never self diagnose yourself with depression, because it could be dangerous and worsen your mental state.
BTW I don't have depression nor self diagnosed depression, but I've just been wondering since I know many of you here self diagnosed yourselves with depression.
I tend to wonder if this site (this group of people in general) has a disproportionate number of people with depression, or if as a society there’s just more than we want to pay attention to.
I also wonder if maybe some of the people here who think they are depressed and weird are maybe still grappling with puberty (it’s a lot longer than you...... 1 reply
Same
my aunt who is a doctor, mind you
Told me that you should only say you have depression if you are diagnosed by a medical professional
Depression is legit thing and not a joke
I was consulted by her and she told me I don't have depression
I was just sad 2 reply
I went to the psychiatrist last year and she diagnosed me with depression,that being said what i say here is purely my opinion.
I have been self diagnosed for a long time,i have been visiting therapists ever since i was....14 i believe(i'm 21 now) with longer pauses (first time w the school therapist when i was 14 for a few months,then when i was ...... 1 reply
cw mentions of suicide and self harm
i self diagnosed my depression im also really suicidal and i self harm so yea its a bit obvious i think
but i was really hesitant to self diagnose up until it got this bad, sometimes it's hard to know if its just a temporary depression (like the one u have after having a baby or someone dies) or if you are just...... reply
I have it and was diagnosed by my doctor. Currently doing ok, getting everything sorted out. I sort of agree with the opinion that it’s bad to self-diagnose but strongly recommend that if you suspect it, please go to a doctor or mental health professional to confirm it. Your feelings are valid so you're welcome to seek out help and/or clarity wit...... reply
I think I do, because I have most of the symptoms.
And honnetly I think your teacher's wrong, it's worse feeling how I've been feeling for YEARS and just going "oh I can't self diagnose!", deep down knowing there's something but forcing myself not to look into it because...
Because what, I'll get depressed more? Didn't happen actually. I just f...... 1 reply
