I don't always agree with medication (at least i don't in my case). I'm not so much of a conspiracy theorist, but let's face it- propaganda in many forms can convince us to be and think many different things when applied correctly. The medicine industry- just medication alone; is one of the biggest industries in the world. Who's to say we're not forcably depressed so that it is such a large industry? People generally seem more caught up with the fact "i'm depressed, how can i correct this problem now" naturally, worrying about themselves... rather than, "why does it seem like 90% of America is depressed, and how can we just fix it at the root." Just an observation...
In my case, i'm a very pessimistic, apathetic; a plain negative type of person. I truely don't believe that this is the fault of a chemical imbalance, but simply my method of thoughts. I've always been a philosophical, questioning type of person- and when you get deep enough with most anything there is often a lot of bad. Thinking of things like this is obviously depressing usually, but in my opinion it's just a heightened perspective. I don't want to lose that perspective, and that wisdom gained from deep negative thoughts. Then my ideals would be even more one sided than they already are- just in the opposite representation.
For nearly the last year i was heavily depressed a lot of the time. Very little sunlight exposure, unhealthy diet (though i'm young so my metabolism can still handle it to some degree), etc. Living on a 27 hour circadian rythm as a result of the near constant darkness of my basement. Heh, weird perhaps, but after going through so much depression myself, with little assistance, and no medication. Now that i'm all of the sudden, for no reason, feeling much better about myself lately (perhaps because it's now summer, and i'm going outside more), I feel like a much stronger and a more diverse person than i originally was.
^props for the person mentioning anger causing depression. i'd have to agree, i'm typically a pretty aggressive person inside- but i never show it unless it's a very serious situation usually. i'm sure something like that had a play in my depression.
not sure what to suggest to the person who started the post- everyones depression can be caused by different things, and cured in different ways. i don't believe that medication is the answer in a good portion of people though; just the easiest cure to fall back on- it's often just a ploy to take your money a lot of the time imo, especially in a capitolist society.
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