Is this depression??

Question

I always feel so lonely, and I spend most of my time on the computer because my friends are jerks and never call me (and when I call them, they always seem to be "busy"). In conversations, I tend not to have much to say. I never really know what to talk about. I guess it's because there really isn't anything exciting in my life to talk about. I don't know why, but my eyes constantly feel like just staring. It's not like I'm tired, but I have this feeling to always just stare into space. I don't know how to explain it, and I don't really know why I get like that. When I am alone, I find myself thinking about food, so I typically binge. Umm... I also like writing stories, typically thriller/suspense... I don't know why, but I enjoy writing about me getting kidnapped, being tortured, and then somehow escaping and saving hostages. I almost want this to happen to show people that I am strong enough to take torture, and brave enough to save people. Maybe I'm just insane...

Please be nice and helpful in your answers. Thanks!

Answer 1

I am not sure if it is entirely depression, I have suffered from depression for 8 years and binge eating can def be one symptom of depression, lemme give you a list of some depression symptoms...

Insonmina (or wanting to sleep all the time)

Loss of appetite--or binge eating

Loss of interest in activities once enjoyed

Poor self image resulting in not showering or not taking care of ones health

Thoughts of suicide

Feelings of worthlessness

isolating from loved ones and friends

Bouts of sadness

Those are just a few symptoms.

It also sounds like you may have ADD (attentino deficit disorder) since you are always wanting to daydream b/c ppl with ADD have a hard time concentrating...if these symtpoms start effecting quality of life you should seek help from your docotr.

Answer 2

I don't think you're depressed, just having trouble with your feelings right now.

Depression is when symptoms are present for longer periods of time, and this has an effect on other aspects of life as well. Common symptoms of depression include:

- Thoughts of suicide or suicidal behaviour

- Feeling down or sad

- Crying more often, without particular reason

- Being easily annoyed

- Restlessness

- Unexplained physical symptoms e.g. back pains, headaches

- Lack of sleep or oversleeping

- Difficulty making decisions or concentrating

- Feelings of worthlessness

- Unintentional weight gain or loss

- Loss of interest in activities which were once enjoyed

- Loss of appetite, or gain in appetite

- Withdrawal from social situations

When these symptoms persist for long periods of time, it's best to consult a professional like your GP. What you explain doesn't sound like anything to worry about, unless you experience a lot of the above symptoms. You sound like you are having difficulty in social situations - talking to people and behaving around people. I think the rest is just natural, but if you're worried talk to your GP. If there's a mental health issue present, there's things they can do to help.

Answer 3

No, isn't is depression and no insane status of mind. You are normal, intelligent , with rich imagination, maybe a bit melancholic and interiorised  person  But so are many writers

I also like to be alone and write and in computer and .. I am feeling good. With friends occasionally only ,because I consider a waste of  time speaking on nothing. And I have so much projects to do !

But please pay attention to one important thing. Sleep enough and during the day find a time to relax

It is important to your health and peace of mind and to a prodigious creation.

Good luck and don't worry more.

Answer 4

Could be and then again maybe you just need some new friends who will inspire you to do more.  Have you thought about joining a youth group, social club or just introducing yourself to someone new? sometimes we all get stuck in these kinds of situations. Maybe you should talk with a counselor and tell them what you wrote here. they could probably be alot more helpful than we can.  Your stories..very imaginative..maybe you could become a writer. but you have nothing to prove to anyone but yourself. Don't worry about impressing other people to show them how "strong" you are.  Just be yourself and let people like you for who YOU are.  that's when you will find true friends and be a little happier with your life.  Good luck..i wish you well..From a lady who used to be extremely shy herself!!

Answer 5

A lot of people do not know if they have depression. Depression has become one of the major psychology problems in the developing countries. Depression can develop when we are living in a stress environment. Unfortunately, a lot of people do not realise that they have depression. Today, I would like to share with you the symptoms of depression.

“The movie is really not nice.” “The food is tasteless”. “It is not interesting at all, I would rather stay at home.” If the statement is familiar to you, you could be attacked by depression. A depressed person mood is usually dejected, gloomy and joyless. They feel the world is boring and meaningless. The world is colourless and the only colour in their mind is black and white.

Some of the depressed patients complaint they have low self-esteem and deep feelings of inadequacy. They have low confident level on themselves and towards other people. Am I good enough? Other people don’t like me! I’m not being welcome. These statements are common statements appear in their mind due to their low confident level.

When you realise that you frequently worries and frets, you might be attacked by depression. I have a lady patient who can go back home to check if she has turned of the tap, switched off the electricity, locked the door, closed the window for several times before they went out from their house. At first, she thought she was being forgetful but in reality, this was the initial symptoms to develop depression. Hence, early detection could prevent formation of depression.

Some participating in yahoo answer session, I realised that a lot of people had symptoms of self-derogatory during depression. They felt relief after hurting themselves. They were not sure the reasons they were doing so. If this problem is not rectified immediately, depression is developed and this would lead to suicidal case. Self-derogatory is a serious symptom that needs immediate attention.

A depressed patient engages in critical and judgmental attitude towards both self and others. They are not satisfied with the people next to them. No matter what they did, how well they try, the depressed patient always feels they are not right. My mother was undergone depression after my dad past away. When we bought her new mattress, she kept complaining the previous was soft and the new mattress was too hard and she couldn’t sleep at night. We brought her out for lunch, no matter which restaurant we went she felt the food was not delicious. The judgemental attitude would not be realised by them but people next to them would suffer from this personality.

Some of the depressed patient would be highly pessimistic and complaintive. During working with the depressed patients, I found that their world is full of sadness. They felt that the world was hopeless. They always labelled themselves with “bad luck”, “no hope” and other pessimistic words. Some of the aggressive patient would start to complaint. One of my friends received a letter from the patients with the statement, “You consultancy is not professional enough”. In fact, the patient did not even know the term professionalism in medical practices!

Experiences a great deal of guilt and regret is the last general symptoms of depression. Most of the suicidal cases are generally related to this feeling. These patients feel that nothing much they can do and the suicidal would be their last choice. When this idea becomes a core believe, they tend to suicide. When we realise this element appears among our friends, we have to remind them it is a symptom of depression.

As a psychotherapist, long term goals are set to brighten downcast mode, improve self-esteem and feeling of self-worth, decrease ruminative worry, enhance optimism, reduce feelings of guilt and remorse, reduce griping and complaining, facilitate positive interpersonal relationships and finally expand active problem solving, thereby decrease passive resignation.

In the next article, I would share with you on the therapeutic interventions on dealing with depression patients.

Step 1: Ensure your emotion is controlled daily. Don't over reacted, stay calm and don't get worry easily

Step 2: Think before your action. Don't repeat her past experience on herself. Remind herself from time to time.

Step 3: Be confident to yourselves. Remember everyone is the winner. "Only One sperms out of millions fertilize an egg"

Step 4: Get a group of close friends to share your experience and get some activities that would occupied your time

Step 5: Increase scope of life. Meaning that she should involve in more social activities like dancing, outing and others.

Step 6: Put a rubberband on the wrist. If there is a negative thought, Tighten the rubber band and release it. Hence the effect of the pain would be able to reduce the possibility of negative thought.

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Besides, If you have more psychological problem, please write to me at

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