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You sound exactly like me…
http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide…

The weird thing is this isn’t the first time this has happened, when I was 12 I spent the year the same way. I attempted suicide twice that year but couldn’t follow through at the last minute because of what it would do to my family. I couldn’t hurt them like that. Then I spent all those years since then ecstatic, like nothing could touch me.

kath.tastrophy wrote:
The weird thing is this isn’t the first time this has happened, when I was 12 I spent the year the same way. I attempted suicide twice that year but couldn’t follow through at the last minute because of what it would do to my family. I couldn’t hurt them like that. Then I spent all those years since then ecstatic, like nothing could touch me.

no way!!!! ME TOO!! I thought I was completely inhuman…I didn’t cry at this graduation, and then everyone was like “wow, she doesn’t have a heart” and I still didn’t care. It did bother me though…oh well

I know! I’ve been in close relationships and when they ended i didn’t shed a tear. My friends thought i was just being tough but I really didn’t care.

kath.tastrophy wrote:
I know! I’ve been in close relationships and when they ended i didn’t shed a tear. My friends thought i was just being tough but I really didn’t care.

My shrink told me it was like a defense mechanism; like if you got hurt too much ur brain is just like “f that I’m just gonna chill out up here”. Haha, then when things get really bad, all you can do is laugh. My friends think I’m crazy when I laugh, but what else can we do? It’ll be ok though, don’t worry.

Sounds like manic depression to me (mind you, I’m not a doctor, and I don’t play one on tv). Go see your doctor and tell him what you just told us. There are drugs that are almost 100% effective to treat it.

Dragon_Lady wrote:
Sounds like manic depression to me (mind you, I’m not a doctor, and I don’t play one on tv). Go see your doctor and tell him what you just told us. There are drugs that are almost 100% effective to treat it.

Haha, I tried those. They’re fun

I’d really rather avoid drugs for this. I’m a bit of a hippie at heart. Plus i feel at my age pumping myself full of lithium and prozac isn’t wise. Although at this rate it could turn into a needed option and I’m aware of that.
I went my doctor in February and he mentioned depression and took blood but never got back to me.

Whether this is of consequence (I don’t know) but i recently learned by grandmother is severely bi-polar. However she didn’t show signs until her 70’s and no one in my immediate family has been diagnosed to my knowledge.

kath.tastrophy wrote:
I’d really rather avoid drugs for this. I’m a bit of a hippie at heart. Plus i feel at my age pumping myself full of lithium and prozac isn’t wise. Although at this rate it could turn into a needed option and I’m aware of that.
I went my doctor in February and he mentioned depression and took blood but never got back to me.

Whether this is of consequence (I don’t know) but i recently learned by grandmother is severely bi-polar. However she didn’t show signs until her 70’s and no one in my immediate family has been diagnosed to my knowledge.

Wow. My aunt was just diagnosed with bipolar disorder…the thing whith these mental issues is that a lot of the signs overlap. And I know what you mean about the drugs. I only took them because I felt like there was no other option, but after a while, I got tired of being numb, so I stopped. You should just do things you like to do, and avoid things that will hurt you, until you have this under control. (I mean like drugs, alcohol, boyfriends haha)

See here lies the main reason for me posting this. Before very recently I’ve been coping with this, whatever you wanna call it, by doing things i enjoyed. Now, by no means have I overdone them, trust me, yet suddenly everything i had left, every scrap of happiness i was holding onto has become limp, lifeless, and utterly colourless. For lack of a better phrase it feels like I’ve hit rock bottom. It’s gone beyond saddness to this gray area of drone-like unfeeling.

KatieMac wrote:
See here lies the main reason for me posting this. Before very recently I’ve been coping with this, whatever you wanna call it, by doing things i enjoyed. Now, by no means have I overdone them, trust me, yet suddenly everything i had left, every scrap of happiness i was holding onto has become limp, lifeless, and utterly colourless. For lack of a better phrase it feels like I’ve hit rock bottom. It’s gone beyond saddness to this gray area of drone-like unfeeling.

I know exactly what you mean. I used to love drawing in my journal, but now I don’t even go near that thing. I did, however, find other things I enjoyed. Listening to music was what I lived for a while ago…maybe when school starts you’ll have something to focus on?

listen to encouraging music. ksbj.org