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Experiments to understand depression


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Though there are many aspects to depression and it affects so many facets of individuals lives in all very unique ways 

 

this topic is elusive and difficult to describe what it is like for those experiencing it. 

in fact those that are struggling with it may ironically have a difficult time in general identifying and conveying their emotional and internal experiences. 


there is a large difference between the symptoms and the experiences and affects of depression one ones life 

 

and today I’m just trying to describe what it’s like in my experience. 


(if you don’t have one of these experiences it does not mean you do not have depression and if you are questioning your mental health please do seek a professionals guidance. These are just based on my personal experiences. There is help and it’s not all hopeless. I would love for others to contribute any examples of their experiences as well.) 

 

1. Put a large shelf, chair, or any random large intrusive object right in your door way of every room in your house. Try living like that for a week. Now you might have a taste of how difficult and annoying depression can be. How frustrated you become. And how tired you become, how unmotivated you might feel to bother with, doing tasks that involve having to go through the struggle door way again. Even feeling a little trapped should you be in a room surrounded with exits blocked by couches and shelves. 

this is functional depression. 

For major depression (the kind you think of people who cannot leave their bed for months) you would need to put five couches and five chairs and five shelves in each door way to amplify the difficulty. 

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It's really not that hard to describe depression. 

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2. Ever wake up early for school or work after having only slept maybe a total of 5 minutes last night? Try it. Try going to sleep for maybe, no more than 30 minutes and then go about your day. And don’t eat breakfast or drink water, or get ready. Don’t shower the night before either. 

This is how disgusting and exhausted you feel. Everyday. 

 

Try going on 5-7 days with no more than 30 minutes of sleep per night is all you are allowed. 

How easy is it to smile by the fifth day? 

By the seventh day, you probably feel like you’re in a fog. 

Easily irritated. Not caring about things, and dressing like you’re going to sleep all the time. 

All you want to do is sleep. 

This is the exhaustion of major depression, and how difficult it can be to smile. 

it can actually get worse than this. 

try going three days without sleep. This is how it feels be in a more severe slump with major depression everyday 

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"Notice my struggle."

Wouldn't depressed people not be this motivated to have it noticed? Most I've met tend to just be low energy and keep to themselves, seeing the stuff you do on the regular as exhausting. 

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Blanc doesn't have depression. She's just jealous that not everyone in the real world can pamper her and give her everything she wants.

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She's just jealous that not everyone in the real world can pamper her and give her everything she wants.

Yet you'd request that Blanc never change this about herself? 

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She's just jealous that not everyone in the real world can pamper her and give her everything she wants.

Yet you'd request that Blanc never change this about herself? 

 No, I said that to annoy you. Blanc doesnt have the mental capacity to understand what I say lol

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She's just jealous that not everyone in the real world can pamper her and give her everything she wants.

Yet you'd request that Blanc never change this about herself? 

 No, I said that to annoy you. Blanc doesnt have the mental capacity to understand what I say lol

That's fair. 

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That’s not what this topic was made for 

 

I just thought of the idea and thought it was a clever way to convey it 

 

I’m currently not depressed but I use creative outlets as a way to process things I’ve gone through, as a carthasis and to put to rest thought processes I’ve had 

 

but this was more of like a creative project for me to do that I always wanted to do but I wasn’t quite sure how I would go about it 

 

and then yeah I just thought of the idea and I liked it and wanted to share it 

 

But it’s meant to be sort of like an art project but it’s in the form of writing and I just go “hey I made this thing” and then people can go “oh yeah that’s cool.” And then they can add to it 

 

and I enjoy that sort of thing. 

when other people do it and express their creative ideas as well 

 

it was just kind of like... it is like a painting but it’s meant to be thought provoking for the reader so it’s a thought experiment 

 

my attempt at one anyway. 

I just like the process of creating things sometimes, it’s stimulating and then the release of endorphins or something when you made something you like is good idk 

 

so that’s why I made it or what the thought process was behind what I was doing here lol 

 

not like “hey look at me I have depression” lol 

 

there’s just been a lot of creative projects I’ve seen trying to convey it and I’ve always wanted to do my own because I was inspired by their work and idk 

 

i had the idea and figured I would start the thread about this idea I had and see where it goes 

 

I was hoping people would add to it whatever they wanted like it’s totally free reign you could write a poem or literally anything to express what it is like for you no matter how abstract and I would Find that reallt interesting 

 

a sharing of experiences 

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Blanc said: 

That’s not what this topic was made for 

I just thought of the idea and thought it was a clever way to convey it 

Your clever way of conveying it was to make a topic where you could rant about your depression, rather than depression itself like the title suggested. You start trying to keep it general but you show your hand once you start self-directing about how yours works through asking others to experience something similar if they want to "get it" like you do. 

This topic is meant to just be yet more reinforcement towards your Hypochondriasis. You otherwise are making it into something less clear so that others can join the label like we so commonly see at Youtube and formerly saw fashionized by places like Hot Topic. 

Depression is actually one of the more straight forward disorders to identify. The only real "mystery" around it is over how people experiencing sadness and angst will grab that word from it being more socially demanding on the ear. 
 
More often than not it's not that someone doesn't see depression so much as they don't see it out of those they're close to, instead opting towards "that's just how they are". Depression can be under-reported through it's non-acquired forms from lacking a self-comparison, while many going through mood swings add to over-reporting. The ones with problems tend to not get the help they need while the squeaky wheel hype types take a surprising amount of the focus. 

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