mate sent me this, and intrestingly enough it says i have “mild” depression
Scored 6 on the test.. stuff like feeling tired and sleeping alot or loosing intresnt in tv or book ive always been like this
Ive never thought im depressed like
recon this test is any good or pretty cutter cooker?
What do use score on it?
Inb4 whole forum is full marks
https://patient.info/doctor/patient-health-questionnaire-phq-9
But of a ramble on it mate but it’s a subject I know a little about so...
Thing is.... Depression shares a lot of symptoms with a lot of other things and a lot of other things can cause you to feel depressed. Vitamin deficiencies for example or poor nutrition, too much drug use etc. The deficiencies can be identified via bloods, ask your doc. It’s free.
The main culprits in men are usually iron, d3, b12, folic acid, magnesium, zinc.... Get some bottled fish oil and take two
Big spoons twice a day.
Take them all daily. They’re all cheap as fuck and all big contributors to people feeling like shite.
Then there’s drugs use.... If you’re using reccies, steroids, drinking booze and eating shit then you’re gonna feel a bit meh as your body is in a permanent state of stress, everything comes at a price.
With reccies and food we get the temporary pleasure and then you have to pay the piper. Not saying that’s you but it’s another factor in the last.
None of that is depression though, it’s the result of us not treating our bodies with love and respect. There’s an irony in all this that in the process of trying to improve our bodies aesthetic we’ll also hammer it with an all manner of drugs and fuck it up, it is what it is.
If you feel shit after a session or holiday that’s fairly normal as well.
A good measure of depression is look back on the last few weeks or months. If you haven’t felt happiness or emotion over that time and you’ve just constantly felt like shit, there’s a good chance you’re depressed.
I used to sit up all night at my worst because if I went to bed and slept it meant I had to wake up and go though another day and I couldn’t face it so in my head I was just delaying it by staying up. Then every morning id wake up and sit on the end of bed and ask myself was it even worth getting up and say today was the day I’d top myself, then I’d swallow my daily handful if drugs and get on with it. End of the day I’d tell myself fuck it, one more day. That went on for about two years, it was fucking horrible.
Weird logic, sounds ridiculous but that’s the effects of long term depression.
Other people’s version might be different, If you’ve been having good days and bad days though that’s fairly normal for anyone and it’s not likely depression.
Truth be told mate I think a lot of people believe they’re depressed but it’s mostly just people being unhappy with their lives and making no effort to change it, or they hide behind drugs and booze and just coast but deep down we know we’re doing that and it bothers us.
That ain’t depression, it’s just laziness and escapism. Again, just an observation of modern times and not saying it’s you.
If you don’t work towards something with a purpose though, if you don’t move daily towards something that you find value in, you’re gonna feel like your life lacks meaning... That’s gonna lead to malaise and eventually that can bring you down.
It’s you job to find out what your actual goal in life is, find out what you really want and to get the fuck on with working towards it. It’ll kick in over the next few years for you mate and you’ll know exactly what I mean by this if you don’t already.
Find whatever it is and do it you won’t have time to feel depressed, or even be depressed. You’ll be on the road to wherever it is you wanna go and that’ll be all you need to get through the day.
It’s all just killing time anyway but give yourself too much of it and it’s dangerous.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk chaps.
