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I've known since I was a kid that I'm depressed. I even have infant photos of me, where I look like I just hate life. Other baby photos the baby is smiling, and interested in everything. Whereas I look like even though I'm too young to even have thoughts, I'm still giving off body language of "leave me alone".

But when I started asking everyone I knew if they too were depressed, I haven't gotten one single person to say that they're happy. Everyone has said they're depressed. So now I wonder if it's a regional thing, or if everyone everywhere is depressed.

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[-] Kobester1985@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, I was diagnosed with what they said is severe depression with suicidal tendencies. I'm on a couple different medications for it. I do have a friend group of people that are both not depressed at all to clinically being diagnosed as having depression. We try to help each other out as much as we can. Relationships can be hard as there is such a social stigma with mental illnesses. I can't count the number of times I've lost a friend or potential romantic partner because of my depression.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Am I? Probably.

Is everyone I know? No idea, can't say it's something that comes up and I'm not qualified to diagnose them.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I’ve never known a person who is not depressed or anxious, just people who won’t accept that they are depressed or anxious.

[-] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

If I am depressed, I’m managing it well enough to function. I don’t take any medications or do therapy or anything like that. I probably have some unhealthy habits I’ve developed over time, but overall things are going okay I guess.

[-] bear@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 3 months ago

No, and that's absurd. The definition requires something non-normal. It's amazing that you can't seem to find a single normal person.

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip -4 points 3 months ago

Real depression where it's actually diagnosed, a few, I knew a lot of people with fake depression

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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago
  • Depressed people love talking online about how depressed they are. Especially self-diagnosed depressed people.

  • Young people in particular are prone to "depression" because they want to fit in and depression is so hot right now

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