Love help: I’ve realized that I just love being depressed. - Help.com

No. Being depressed has destroyed my life and relationships with people I care about a lot. I’m sorry but I can’t see how anyone can love being truly depressed. I’m happy for you though if you’ve found some kind of output for it…

Yes. It’s automatic focussed concentration, the weight of depressing sinks you into profundity and the clear deep wateres away from the turbulence of the waves and splashes of all the superficial activity above. This is a big reason why it is so hard to escape, because going to the light hurts the eyes, superficial activities hurt the mind, bounciness destroys the pure deep focus and concentration.
All those good things aside, depression sucks and can destroy your life. But the good aspects are still good if you can enact them in other ways.

well… i dont know about being creative but
those who like depression…. i guess they just dont look at the bright sides
those who are happy… look at it
some people(alittle like me or maybe you)… find small things and get upset for it

It’s easy to tell how much people love depression when they come here depressed and suicidal and we point out that the treatments are readily available, it’s easy to overcome and get out of depression if you go toward the experts — the answer is almost always an excuse why they’d prefer to suffer. Months later, this still goes on unless someone dramatically clarifies things for them, which rarely happens because we try not to be so dramatic as to offend.

president mindhealer wrote:
It’s easy to tell how much people love depression when they come here depressed and suicidal and we point out that the treatments are readily available, it’s easy to overcome and get out of depression if you go toward the experts — the answer is almost always an excuse why they’d prefer to suffer. Months later, this still goes on unless someone dramatically clarifies things for them, which rarely happens because we try not to be so dramatic as to offend.

Really? I’ve been suffering with depression for a very long time. I’ve gone through a lot of treatment and yet STILL nothing has worked for me and I sadly know others who have been in the same situation. It’s not an excuse at all and I don’t understand anyone who claims they would WANT to be depressed, that they would WANT to live in a hopeless place and have their lives crumble around them… really I wish I had your experience of depression.

Anonymous wrote:
Really?

Yep. Completely dedicating yourself to overcome it works.

There is nothing “magic” or “impossible” about depression just because you personally don’t have the knowledge or skills to overcome it. But if you believe it’s impossible then it will be. Argue for it and it can stay true.

Anonymous wrote:
really I wish I had your experience of depression.

That right there could give you something worse than you might ever have imagined. If you are busy wishing for badness, for even a tiny fraction of your life, you’re not doing the positive work it takes to live happily.

You’re so ignorant. I really don’t know why I even bothered wasting my time replying to your comment as if there was any hope in hell of getting someone like you to understand the reality of something like this.

Depression: lying in a dimly lit roim feeling extremely relaxed and being infinitely entertained by the patterns of light on the sheets and walls. Its quiet and the sadness is very soothing. Kind of like being a fungus.

Thanks for all the replies and opinions..
Tbh I don’t think it’s actually easy to get rid off depression. It comes and goes… 4 years of depression, 2 months of ‘normality’, another year of depression…
I don’t think I would know how to live without it anymore.

You dont have to be totaly normal if it doesnt suit you. Just dont call it depression. In my opinion.

Anonymous wrote:
You’re so ignorant. I really don’t know why I even bothered wasting my time replying to your comment as if there was any hope in hell of getting someone like you to understand the reality of something like this.

And also it is not my fault you’re so in love with depression. You can have an affair with it your whole life or move on.

president mindhealer wrote:
And also it is not my fault you’re so in love with depression. You can have an affair with it your whole life or move on.

You’re just further proving my point. Ignorance may be bliss but your arrogance will get you no where.

Omg. You should unsub, Mind Healer.

Anonymous wrote:

president mindhealer wrote:
And also it is not my fault you’re so in love with depression. You can have an affair with it your whole life or move on.

You’re just further proving my point. Ignorance may be bliss but your arrogance will get you no where.

You claim to not know how to deal with depression despite going through many treatments, and then say it is because I am ignorant.

Feel free to try to explain that.

Vacation from Stress wrote:
Omg. You should unsub, Mind Healer.

I’m not going to hurt anyone.

president mindhealer wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

president mindhealer wrote:
And also it is not my fault you’re so in love with depression. You can have an affair with it your whole life or move on.

You’re just further proving my point. Ignorance may be bliss but your arrogance will get you no where.

You claim to not know how to deal with depression despite going through many treatments, and then say it is because I am ignorant.

Feel free to try to explain that.

And, also you did directly wish to “have my experience of depression.” Arrogance, ignorance, or anything else, what if you actually got what you want and wish for here?
You would be depressed. I point that out and you say it’s because I’m “ignorant”. If you have any reasoning other than your complete and total passionate love for depression, I’d be interested in hearing it. I realize that you’ll probably rather insult me in reply, but you don’t have to. We are talking about an actual issue that really matters, that most of us have to deal with in one way or another.

president mindhealer wrote:

president mindhealer wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

president mindhealer wrote:
And also it is not my fault you’re so in love with depression. You can have an affair with it your whole life or move on.

You’re just further proving my point. Ignorance may be bliss but your arrogance will get you no where.

You claim to not know how to deal with depression despite going through many treatments, and then say it is because I am ignorant.

Feel free to try to explain that.

And, also you did directly wish to “have my experience of depression.” Arrogance, ignorance, or anything else, what if you actually got what you want and wish for here?
You would be depressed. I point that out and you say it’s because I’m “ignorant”. If you have any reasoning other than your complete and total passionate love for depression, I’d be interested in hearing it. I realize that you’ll probably rather insult me in reply, but you don’t have to. We are talking about an actual issue that really matters, that most of us have to deal with in one way or another.

I think there is some misunderstanding… Anonymous with brown icon didn’t say that he loved being depressed, I did.. We’re two different people.