Mental health thread

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Is it normal to be one day depressed and the next day not be depressed?

 

[fake-kun]

Is it normal to be one day depressed and the next day not be depressed?

It's perfectly normal. A lot of people with depression have good days when they don't feel as depressed.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Is it normal to be one day depressed and the next day not be depressed?

Yes, I would say so. It's normal to have good and bad days when living with depression.

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Is it normal to be one day depressed and the next day not be depressed?

Yes and no. If it's cyclical and not tied to any events in particular, it could be a 'mood disorder'.

Or you could just be feeling burnt out, and rest can help that. Psychology and emotional stuff is always going to be crazy complicated. What's one person's normal could be debilitating for another.

Hormones can also be a factor, depending on age.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Hormones can also be a factor, depending on age.

Well i'm 15 so hormones are definitely a factor

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Well i'm 15 so hormones are definitely a factor

Ooh yeah. Males and Females(talking biology, not gender) both get hormone-induced emotional stress! It's just more apparent in people with a monthly cycle.

Don't feel bad for having a hard time regulating that. It's so fucking hard and I feel like a lot of adults like to forget how hard it is to manage everything on top of your body screaming from every cell.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Ooh yeah. Males and Females(talking biology, not gender) both get hormone-induced emotional stress! It's just more apparent in people with a monthly cycle.

Don't feel bad for having a hard time regulating that. It's so fucking hard and I feel like a lot of adults like to forget how hard it is to manage everything on top of your body screaming from every cell.

I also feel more depressed on mornings (mostly on school days)

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

I also feel more depressed on mornings (mostly on school days)

Booting up in the morning took me a long time, too. I missed the bus pretty often because I had a hard time getting out of bed.

Is there anything specific you're dealing with in school? Social or academic?

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Is there anything specific you're dealing with in school? Social or academic?

Well most of my classmates are annoying (mostly the male ones) and I sometimes get a score lower than I expected

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Yes and no. If it's cyclical and not tied to any events in particular, it could be a 'mood disorder'.

I'd like to second this. If you're alternating between being soul-crushingly depressed one day and on-top-of-the-world happy the next, it may be worth getting screened for Bipolar Disorder.

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Well most of my classmates are annoying (mostly the male ones) and I sometimes get a score lower than I expected

Well the guys will grow out of it(mostly). As for academic stuff, if you did your best and you're passing your classes, I think that's okay. You're not gonna be amazing at everything, but you're also not going to be bad at everything either. Are there any classes you really like?

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I'd like to second this. If you're alternating between being soul-crushingly depressed one day and on-top-of-the-world happy the next, it may be worth getting screened for Bipolar Disorder.

Yuuuup. Some people can function through both ends but for me, the low end of the cycle was way too hard to get through without outside help.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Are there any classes you really like?

Math, physics, chemistry and english

 

[PrismRed]

Math, physics, chemistry and english

You have a potential to be the next generation Walter White, stand proud.

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Math, physics, chemistry and english

Hell yeah. Those are difficult subjects, especially physics and chem. You care about your grades, which shows you care about learning the material. Don't be so hard on yourself about that. Are you able to communicate with your teachers about maybe not understanding some of the material, if you miss questions on an exam?

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Are you able to communicate with your teachers about maybe not understanding some of the material, if you miss questions on an exam?

Yes I am

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Yes I am

Sorry I feel like I got sidetracked. I guess what I'm trying to say is like, yes it's important to get good grades but it's not everything. Giving it your all and having the outcome be less than you expected is okay. No one gets everything right 100% of the time, and that's fine. Sorry I have a hard time verbalizing what I'm thinking sometimes and it turns into soup.

 

[Ghaleon777]

I just came to the realization that nothing in this world matters, like having good clothes or trying to impress someone you like; it's all pointless. Someday everything will end, and no one will remember you.

Having realized that I stopped caring about what people think of me, how I live, and so on. I just try to do the best I can to be good, enjoy my own hobbies, and be done with it.

I see that people become frustrated by comparing to others: "this guy is more successful than me; i will never do anything with my life, Who cares? Like I said, everything will end one day. Stop crying and do something valuable with your time.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I just came to the realization that nothing in this world matters, like having good clothes or trying to impress someone you like; it's all pointless. Someday everything will end, and no one will remember you.

Having realized that I stopped caring about what people think of me, how I live, and so on. I just try to do the best I can to be good, enjoy my own hobbies, and be done with it.

I see that people become frustrated by comparing to others: "this guy is more successful than me; i will never do anything with my life, Who cares? Like I said, everything will end one day. Stop crying and do something valuable with your time.

I've discussed this before, but I consider myself a positive nihilist. Life has no meaning but the subjective meaning we give it, so you might as well live the life you want to live on your own terms.

 

[Ghaleon777]

I've discussed this before, but I consider myself a positive nihilist. Life has no meaning but the subjective meaning we give it, so you might as well live the life you want to live on your own terms.

True, i became a kinda positive nihilist as well by realizing this.
By the way, your whole profile is sweet hahaha too much "kawainess" you changed even the font lmao.

 

[moonbits]

I'd encourage physical activity and exercise personally. Getting into martial arts was a godsend for my own mental health.

yeah, this 100%
3 months into boxing and my punches are getting stronger, the technique is improving. I used to avoid the hardest punching bag and now I go directly to it.

 

[stoicvampirepig]

I used to suffer with this, if you hang on in there it does get better with age, well, you get better at dealing with it...once your hormones stop being so rampant it has a calming effect...if you can make it to 35, you'll be okay.

Apologies to people who still suffer and are older, I'm just trying to get the young un's some hope. :)

 

[Onionstarz]

Im not allowed to get a job i need a bit of paper to say im sane it's a pain.
Apparently i would be a danger to coworkers because i have no sense of danger/death and do risky things without noticing.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Another thing is so many are horrible at moderation

Yeah for some its better to cut off entirely because they can't moderate

 

[Kamako]

I've discussed this before, but I consider myself a positive nihilist. Life has no meaning but the subjective meaning we give it, so you might as well live the life you want to live on your own terms.

Sorry for the wall of text, but I cannot in good faith say I believe that supposition to be true.
I fear that the notion "nothing matters", removes any objective personal responsibility.
"Everything matters" is actually a far more horrifying thought to contend with, I feel.

If life can be perceived as a series of systems, and each system can be said to run optimally or sub-optimally, then there is an "optimal" (best) way to act and to live, and a "sub-optimal" way. In every moment. In every instance.

But the weight of that responsibility is too much to bare. And also, there is no objectively agreed upon "best" way to act. Eventually, living in a way that is "best for me" enacted on a large enough scale, will inevitably encroach upon what is best for another. I wish there was a way I could neatly marry the objective position with the subjective position to overcome this problem.

But I can't. So I feel many, including myself, often surrender to positive nihilism. It's still a hell of alot better than some of the alternatives. But, who knows? Cynics will claim that saying "everything matters" leads to its own set of psychological neuroses and complexes anyway. Nothing "optimal" about those, unless it turns out that the best way to contend with an insane and disordered world is to observe it through an insane and disordered lens...but somehow I doubt it.

Sometimes I think it's best for my mental health not to consider the question at all.

 

[Deleted member 884]

I just came to the realization that nothing in this world matters, like having good clothes or trying to impress someone you like; it's all pointless. Someday everything will end, and no one will remember you.

Having realized that I stopped caring about what people think of me, how I live, and so on. I just try to do the best I can to be good, enjoy my own hobbies, and be done with it.

I see that people become frustrated by comparing to others: "this guy is more successful than me; i will never do anything with my life, Who cares? Like I said, everything will end one day. Stop crying and do something valuable with your time.

Couldn't agree more. It's just being realist, when you see things and life for what they really are.