Personal Narrative: Clinical Depression

When I heard that these disorders could also affected me resulting from major depressive disorder, I was still in denial mode. Then I came to realize that having MDD was only affecting me, but also affecting my family and my friends. I became a bother to them and also came to realization that I needed help. So I asked my parents to help me seek treatments to where I can get back to my normal self. My normal self was a person that was cheerful, always making jokes, happy, and just lived life to the fullest. I miss my normal self. The treatments that I had were very affective. The disorder that I was treated for is psychotherapy, where I talked about what is making me think negative thoughts and it allow discussing how I can improve on thinking

Information: Depression is much more than a momentary case of the blues. It is an ongoing problem that can considerably impair a person’s conduct, judgments, daily activities,

“It gets better”, is always a cliché saying for someone with depression to hear. The constant reminder that it can just “go away”, but it doesn’t. It stays with you as long as you’re alive. When people say that they have a broken arm, everyone flocks to them, wanting to put their signature onto the cast. If you say you have depression, they run the other way. People don’t want to be around somebody, who is stereotyped to self-harm, always cry, and look sad. Depression isn’t always that case. It’s this feeling of constant sadness that you always mask over with a bright smile, broken eyes, and the daily “I’m fine”’s.

I first realized something wasn’t quite right with me in 1996, I was stationed at Ft. Campbell, Ky. I remember wakig up and having terrible dreams, that I had never had before, but I pushed it out of my head. The dreams would continue to come and agitate me and make me very uncomfortable. One morning I finally woke up and felt I needed to get to the bottom of theses dreams, I called my older sister up who was living in Knoxville Tn. And asked her, “did these things happen to me”, her reply was, “Yes”. After that phone call I tried to commit suicide, which landed me in the hospital and on medication for depression, which was the first time I was medicated and labeled as being depressed. It would be years before the question came up again,

Everyone will have a sad moment in their life, whether it is a death, a friend betraying he or she, or not getting accepted to the college of his or her choice. Depression can be described with many different words, but it will come down to sadness. People who live with depression will see lack of joy, energy, and happiness. They will not enjoy life, or living. They see it as pointless and useless. Many people will have a depressing moment at some point in their lifetime. The people who develop depression do not have to be poor or unsuccessful. They can be making millions a year and still be depressed, showing that money and success does not guarantee happiness. To be able to fully understand what depression is, one will need to know the

If I were a famous YouTube sensation, my most watched video would be called: My Depression and Anxiety Story. When I was a Sophomore in high school, I went through a long period of time where I felt utterly miserable and alone all of the time. I would want to share my story with everyone, so they would know that even the most unlikely person can go through hardships. This is my story.

An accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that played a key role in shaping who I am today was we when I no longer treatment for my mental illness – Major Depressive Disorder.

I sat down and started thinking, "could I have really seen that?". I could've imagined it from my depression, but that looked all too real. Even the passenger's were staring at him. Could that really have been... my grandfather?

Perspective is everything. Many would argue that perspective doesn’t matter; that perspective is just some deep psychological nonsense that one does not need. Clearly that is not the case at all. It’s only logical fact that a positive outcome of life leads to a positive life. For example the person who acknowledges the glass of water as half full is more positive then the person who views it as half empty. Therefore, one can theorize

What’s up with Jen. As I am sure you’ve heard, I’ve been trying to stave off a depression cycle for the last few months. I have lost several battles in the past few weeks, but I am doing my best to get back on track. In the past week, I’ve been to see my psychiatrist to tweak my medication and will continue to see her regularly until my mood has stabilized. I’ve also met with one of the therapists at the counseling center with whom I will be meeting on a regular basis. My support system is strong, and they are aware that I am struggling.

I wasn’t always the strong motivated individual that I am today. In my first year of highschool I was diagnosed with depression, I had many issues with my parents arguing, my brother taking the wrong path, and I being judged and insulted by peers. I felt forced to listen to all the negative rumors spread about me, yet, I didn’t allow it to affect me much and I tried to focus on my education. Although, my mind slowly started believing the negative rumors of myself and I allowed it to consume me. Without a thought I wanted to finish my life at that precise moment. I was being challenged with hard classes, I had work, and I played a sport. All these activities and priorities made it harder for me to cope with my depression. Yet, I met someone,

Life may have its ups and downs but no matter how bad things may seem, I believe that the pain and misery and even depression, or any sort of negative feeling you have at any point in time, is only temporary. Things will improve and do not worry about the small things in life because everything is in God’s plan for you.

1. No matter how hard we try to prepare ourselves for challenging experiences and try to stay positive, it becomes harder to do than planned when the time comes. It was the end of the last semester and I was on the verge of emotional depression that totally overwhelmed me. During the exam period, I wasted my weekends on the Internet, chatting and Facebook-ing. I needed to submit an important paper on Tuesday morning. On Sunday night, after wasting so much time of mine and having a little red eyes because of so much exposure to electronic screens, I sat down to write my paper. Only then did I realize that the paper was due the next morning, not on Tuesday. I was extremely nervous because it was too little a time to finish it. Moreover, I was so angry with myself that I wanted to cry. It was a realization that I was off course in my study habits and that I had not overcome my habit of willingly putting myself in difficult positions. The more I thought about being in that mess, the angrier I got with myself. I got even angrier thinking about how it was not the first time in my life that I put myself in such a situation. I could not concentrate on my paper because of that emotional response. Then suddenly I thought that I just needed to talk to someone and calm down. I called my classmate and just told her about everything. She said that the instructor had actually extended the deadline until Thursday. It was such a relief. I thanked her profusely and decided

Depression affects everyone's life at sometime or another. Depression comes in a wide variety of forms, from mild unhappiness to a chemical imbalance in the mind. There are many different symptoms that reveal a person's problem with depression. If left untreated, depression may continue to develop into a serious illness or even death.

Depression has a voice, a dark and entrancing voice, luring you into its pain. It tells you how terrible you are, grows and grows, replays every mistake in your life, and humiliates you daily; it makes happiness impossible and friends a difficulty. It’s the darkest, ugliest shade of colors, that permanent paint that won’t come out. Once this color finds its way onto your canvas, it will unravel over your beautiful art. Cover up who you really are and you’ll hurt inside. There are people in this world that have known darkness for so long that they know how to hide it, they’ve had their 3AM thoughts of pain and torture. People can cover it up with a smile and positivity and you’ll never see them break down. They refuse to feel, they don’t connect