{"id":98188,"date":"2016-06-05T16:19:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T16:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/05\/things-i-never-knew-about-depression-until-i\/"},"modified":"2016-06-05T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T16:19:07","slug":"things-i-never-knew-about-depression-until-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/05\/things-i-never-knew-about-depression-until-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I never knew about depression until I finally had a doctor explain the disease to me"},"content":{"rendered":"

hollowedskin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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theshortchickwiththefro<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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nonbinary–nique<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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xianimoon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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academicfeminist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Depression can manifest as irrational anger.<\/p>\n

My complete and total inability to keep anything clean or tidy for any amount of time is a symptom of my depression. I may never be able to do this. It\u2019s important that I remember that and forgive myself when I clean something out (like my car) and it ends up trashed within a week.<\/p>\n

Depression IS A DISABILITY. Requiring accommodations is okay.<\/p>\n

Medications don\u2019t make you better, they don\u2019t cure your depression. They serve as an aid. Their purpose is to help you get to everyone else\u2019s minimal level of functioning.<\/p>\n

Depression can cycle through periods of inactivity. This doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s gone away.<\/p>\n

The reason I don\u2019t feel like other people understand me is because \u2026 well \u2026 other people DON\u2019T understand me. They can\u2019t. They don\u2019t have my disability.<\/p>\n

Paranoia is par for the course.<\/p>\n

Depression can and will interfere with your physical mobility. Forgive yourself when you can\u2019t physically do something.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s entirely possible that I may never be able to live by myself. I can\u2019t take care of myself. I need help to do it. And that\u2019s okay.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As someone who suffers from depression and who experiences all these things as well I think this is important and needs to be reblogged.
Depression is a very difficult thing, not only for people who suffer from it, but for everyone who knows a depressed person. My family doesn\u2019t know how to deal with it, my friends try their very best to support me and I have tried to pretend I was fine until I was in ninth grade. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I didn\u2019t know any of this either until I was actually diagnosed & my doctor broke it down for me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This.all.is.the.truth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

i dont think ive spent more than 3 hours awake at a time for the past 3 days. I feel useless and pathetic but it helps to know that it\u2019s part of my depression and not a personal failing. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

hollowedskin: theshortchickwiththefro: nonbinary–nique: xianimoon: academicfeminist: Depression can manifest as irrational anger. My complete and total inability to keep anything clean or tidy for any amount of time is a symptom of my depression. I may never be able to do this. It\u2019s important that I remember that and forgive myself when I clean something out … <\/p>\n

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