What is Depression? (Depression #1)
by admin on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | 50 Comments
People sometimes have a hard time understanding the difference between depression and normal sadness. Dr. Eredlyi discusses the different kinds of depression, and how to recognize them.Watch More Health Videos at Health Guru: www.healthguru.com
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AspergersSurvivalGuide.com Those with Asperger’s syndrome often struggle with anxiety and depression. This video explains the reasons for this and profiles both causes and avenues to relieve these negative effects of Asperger’s syndrome.
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depression is a universal state of mind, it is an incurable disease because everyone can say they have it, if you are depressed and keep getting depressed, don’t take pills for it cause that can cause a chemical imbalance in your brain, the best thing to do is reach an elevated state of mind, depression is in the mind and if you don’t want to be depressed your mind can achieve it, unless something distraught happened to you that’s causing you to be depressed cause then you have problems.
@anebt you are hallucinating on the “God/Religion” matter .. i consider saying this to you as being “helping” you .. all i can do
@vicctooriaa whats the band youre talking about? tell me please
i’m in depresion cos of my phisical appearance… scars, teeth.
@mariiisp True!
fuck off loser bitches i am a hitman and i am always depressed and i love it
for me, depression is living without life
@LuV4RoBnFaB Thanks.
I would have to partially disagree. While I do agree that inconsistency between beliefs and actions is a shredder of credibility, consistency is not the only measure of acceptablity – if that is even a word – of a belief. The effect on others is more important yet.
Beliefs that harm others – and those of the Xian Scientists fall in that category – are far worse than those that do not; this factor outweighs consistency. If someone is harming another – particularly a child – that is unacceptable.
@tetraheli I absolutely made a choice to deal with the depression that almost killed me five years ago. I finally put all the pieces together. Thank God through Jesus Christ that He gave me a *brain* to think that what I was going through had no connection to reality as I was doing very well in life. I knew it wasn’t me, as I never had clinical depression before. It also helped that I was intelligent and able to put pieces together: My triggers were: Ovulation and food allergies.
@knowledgeispowerfful “We have a Divine Power with in us. Once we begin to tap into that source then depression start to fade away.” You don’t understand at all, do you? Depression–endogenous depression–resembles a “low” or “black” mood but there is much, much more. There’s a feeling of flatness (anhedonia), emptiness, (to many) digestive and other physical complaints, loss of energy, and many other symptoms that are totally and absolutely unrelated to any real event going on in life.
@1RadicalOne Actually I have more respect for Christian Scientists than for most of my fellow Fundamentalists. At least the Christian Scientists are consistent with their beliefs. The Evangelicals–most, but not all–will condemn depression and even many other illnesses as being “sinful,” yet they have a valve replacement surgery when they need one! I don’t mind someone’s beliefs provide they are consistently practicing it.
@withlove312 I totally agree. I was treated somewhat like a prisoner when I was in a mental health facility. My mom had to get a lawyer to get me out.
@MyLifeSucks1100 I agree. I’ve tried just about all the antidepressant meds and most either didn’t help or made me feel worse and I hated the weight gain side effects! I’ve been on Lamictal for a long time now and it helps very temporarily. The dosage has to keep being increased every few months. I started on 25 mg and now I’m on 300mg! Now the 300 mg has gone weak and I feel at the end of my rope.
My rant was not so much against fundamentalists in general – though I do admit I have had rants like that – but against those sects that discourage medicine, like Church of Christ, Scientist, Faith Tabernacle, End Time Ministries, Church of the First-Born, and so on.
@1RadicalOne I am a fundamentalist, but not an idiot like many of them. These are individuals who are misinformed, uneducated, and ignorant. Do not listen to them, and don’t listen to the psychologists who say that it’s ALWAYS in your head.
Rubbish.
With PMDD, a study has confirmed that women with PMDD, compared to controls, have lower, free, circulating estrogen in the blood stream, and more bound estrogen. We know that estrogen is tied to mood via its use in building serotonin and dopamine. However, there is a secondary pathway that to me is unsurprising. Vitamin D levels after ovulation drop more than that of controls.
For the days when Zoloft doesn’t cut it completely, I get an hour of bright sunlight daily..
@withlove312 i feel the exact same way. my life has just turned upside down, im 16 as well. although i love my mother, im just fuking lonely.
I have all of them. The only reason why I didn’t kill myself, is because I would just be more miserable in hell.
im so depressed because most of the people on the internet are idiots and the internet is retarded, most of you if not all would be violently attacking me over the internet if you heard what i have to say, good advice from me is: dont mention anything over the internet because you will get attacked
@juliogbox Thanks, but you know that is easier said than done. Doctors… they don’t have what I am looking for. There is no compassion there. They are treating their patient and thats it. At least thats how it is with me. They seem somewhat cold, not in a cruel way but a way in which you know they don’t understand the underlying problem.
@withlove312 Maybe you should go to the doctor. Depression could be treated with drugs.
I have been depressed for about ten years. I think now that is the way I am, and the way I will be.
I have had major depression before and have been suicidal. It runs in my family. Just recently it has started coming back. I’m not sure what to do about it. I am 16 and I don’t have any friends and my mother, whom I love very much, can only give me so much emotional support. I feel very alone.
@XVmercylessVX story of my life
Is everyone with Aspergers Rhesus negative blood group? Is seems so lol
@aszuka I think this is good advice, I will pass this on to my son. TY
@mininow Well the guy on this video think he know it all, so he wants people to sign up for what ever crap he is running. He manage to hit some points tho so not all bad.
This video is most meant for people who want to understand asperger..never any one that can get 100% points on videos like these tho.
I would say 40-60% out of 100% on this video.
I thought this was a good video – it’s to help parents and people on the outside understand what it’s like to be an aspy and maybe STOP trying to ‘toughin’ us up or otherwise subject us to horrendous stress for ‘our own good’.
I am an aspy, and I found that the only way to push foward is to toughen up your mental block.
There is a higher rate of anxiety and depression for people with Asperger’s than those without, so thank you for highlighting this area of concern. There is help available from the support of loved ones and friends, from counseling to learn how to fight off thinking errors and learn stress reduction strategies, and possibly medication. Also, although anxiety and depression often do go hand in hand, they can also exist separately.
Here’s some irony. I’m watching this video about AS cos i have it, but it’s useless to me, because i don’t care about it. This guy and video tries to be all emotional, but fails miserably. It really doesn’t say much as it talks.
What’s the point here? Is this meant for other people?
My child has AS 9yrs old, always knew something wasnt right, he’s very talented and knowledgable about his topics. ADHD Anxiety medications life’s a nightmare.
I Have AS and I get Depressed easy I feel that my life is going nowhere all the stuff thats happened to me nobody would believe me I’ve gone through enough to learn about lif and people It is difficult and I wish I had a Girlfriend but I can’t socialize right with anyone without Three things happening T-T
i have Asperger’s im 18 and ya depression and anxiety hits me hard, i remember a few years back when my friend betrayed me and told my ex something she got really pissed and didnt talked to me for 3 days i never had worst anxiety in my life. couldnt sleep at all and after those 3 days she calls me to say she wants to break up and then depression kicked in, i think i was depressed for over 3 months but im glad im over that (: just went through a break up but im doing fine
life lesson learned
if iwas able to drive and had a job and car etc.. and was able to live and make it on my own I think my own anxity and depression would be alot better.:) I dont think ill live to be anb old man or if i do then i am probably going to fall by living on the street or forest untill i die. Or locked away strapped to bed with an IV.
i have asperger’s and it is very tough, i worry about everything and anything. I dont think my mind has been blank for a split second my whole life. Everything is to loud and to bright, its very difficult.
That lad at 2:40 looks like Fred/Lucas. Fred definitely has severe social impairment!
I’m in this boat right now as well. Definitely suicidal. Definitely depressed. Definitely anxious.
I have friends, but none of mine live near me, so I can’t see them face to face. I can talk with them online – and I do – but there isn’t anything they can do to help.
My parents don’t care, either. I’m basically pretty much alone.
I am 20 years old, and I was diagnosed with Aspergers. I feel so alone and isolated right now, when I get depressed I tend to sabotage myself. I’m having thoughts of suicide and it is hard to breathe
I don’t think I have aspergers, but I have huge anxiety and depression and I can’t make friends to save my life
@Juelz906
I know how you feel… I also have AS
*hug*
Talk with someone about your problems/thoughts
i jus found out i have Aspergers a few weeks ago. im 15, and been walking around for years jus wondering whats wrong with me. lately i jus been feeling like crap. suicide thoughts keeps running through my mind
@Nickolaz19 Interesting. I am 20 years old and in college. It has been extremely difficult for me because nothing has come out right. I’m studying political science and i hate it. I love studying and reading about viruses. I just don’t drink. I don’t have a GF either. It all right. Time will tell
Leave the alcohol hun, it wont help you. Just keep trying, and concentrate on being happy. There are so many things that you CAN do. It’ll be hard, but if you battle it ot im sure you’ll find everything you want.
@TheCoolestKid15 You just showed your absolute ignorance and lack of empathy. I feel sorry for you, especially if some day you are faced with some kind of struggle. I hope no one mocks your despair and pain, I really do.
No. Please don’t do that!
I have asperger’s syndrome got diagnosed when i was 9 and im 20 years old never had a girlfriend becuz of dis disorder should i kill myself. so now im drinking alcohol to escape my problems. i just want a girlfriend really bad.
I have Asperger’s Syndrome and I’m 13. I have lots of anxiety and depression.
how do i get a news letter on as i believe my son has this