To continue the thought I started yesterday, depression doesn’t just happen. It’s a destination, and it takes a while to reach it. There are signs along the way, saying “Exit 29B, Depressionville, 26 miles”. If you notice the signs, you can correct course and go someplace else.
Of course, nobody tells us how to read the signs because if we do, we can’t be milked for cash. We can’t be put on meds and then more meds to correct the previous meds, and then some meds for the other 3 meds, and so on.
There are signs, and they are age-specific.
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I think in some ways we are beginning to accept that at least some life circumstances, like being fired or going unemployed for a while can lead to a depression and it is a good idea to take steps to avoid it.
Though I agree that we are seeing an unprecedented increase in prescribing mood altering drugs.
It’s weird how people see taking drugs as the answer to problems in their life, rather than changing their life.
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I know this guy who left an office job he loved to go into the business he really hated under the pressure from his family. He simply broke himself on the altar of his family’s needs. A couple of years later he had a major depressive episode and was stunned, simply stunned when I suggested these things might be related.
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It’s interesting isn’t it that these things so often happen, yet people in the middle of it, refuse to see it.
I understand a depression resulting from not making a good break from one’s parents. What are other markers one should look out for?
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What are the age specific signs?
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For example, when a teenager is always in headphones, that’s normal and healthy. When somebody past 30 is, that’s a sign they might be trying to drown something out.
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