Not with that attitude... victimising yourself and convincing yourself things will never get better, only means you've set yourself to fail! Trust me... reevaluate your whole life and change every negative vibe. This can include work, friends, partners, and your mental well-being, which is vital, and it needs to be a priority, or you will always suffer. Good luck.
I feel that, too. All we can do is try. We never know what's just around the river bend. Best thing we can do is adapt to the flow of life. Just like we learned when we were kiddos to adapt to our abuse.. we can unlearn that. Be kind to you and your parts. Internal Family Systems Therapy helped me. A book that has helped me a lot & I'm still reading is The Body Keeps the Score
@@petecooper3048 It amazes me how much ppl love to accuse others of 'being a victim', when you haven't walked a mile in my shoe. Wasn't trying to get too deep here, but the causes of my CPTSD, were still active even in my adult years, and continuing. Hard to heal, when your wounds, keeps getting re-opened; then top it off with the fact that I never had the tools or supports I needed to figure shit out. Mental and emotional wounds are hard to heal, but psychiatry wounds are even worse. The only thing that has helped to help me on the path to healing, was understanding myself through these TH-cam videos, on these subjects. And some traumas affect your development, in ways that impact your life forever. Those who fully recover, usually have love and support somewhere. That's a required element. But a lot of us don't have that, which make healing such a prolonged, arduous journey. But you will never understand, and lucky for you, it sounds like you will never have to.
@@amineamraoui4397financial and environmental changes will and DO make a difference. Sometimes we just cry out and ask why this is happening to us and the stress makes us break down in ways like MDD
Same. There was a time it wasn’t so bad. Then it got REALLY BAD for years & years. 19 years of medicine after medicine & talk therapy until I weened myself off & figured some alternatives out. Now it’s mild. Still causes havoc sometimes, especially around my cycle, but looking back I realize how much danger I was in before.
I've had depression/anxiety on and off all my life. I can't tolerate meds. I'm starting TMS soon, hoping it will get me out of this really bad MDD pit I'm currently in.
Well before turning to antidepressants people should get their thyroid checked. I was struggling with depression ( Dysthemia) for 15 years just to find out that all of my depressiv symptoms came from my Hashimoto disease but every doctor allways were ignoring what i was telling them, sending me to one psychiatrist after another and they were giving me every antidepressant that exists with no effects whatsoever but a lot of side effects. If no therapy and no anti depressant medication works chances are very hight that it's probably a hormonal dissbalance problem.
I went to different drs several times when I started presenting hypothyroidism symptoms (undiagnosed at the time). I told them I felt tired all the time, they repeatedly said I was just lazy and fat (I had put on some weight.) Had they bothered doing a proper check up they should've caught the illness in time and spared me a lot of money and suffering. It angers me every time I think about it.
How do you manage your hashimotos? I think I may have it as I have been hypothyroid for 17 years but have never had the proper testing , just on thyroid meds
misdiagnsoed with MDD. ended up having ADHD abscence type. on meds. so much better. exercise daily helps tremendously as well. the natural endorphins are amazing antidepressants. just hard to get going sometimes. having a workout partner helps get me going. feel amazing after. 😊
Kudos to you! What meds do you take? And how do you give yourself the motivation to work out? I hope you respond because I’m in desperate need of help 😢
Funny because it was the opposite for me. Had an ADHD diagnosis but none of the medicine worked. Was then prescribed antidepressants and bam! I can focus.
Every time I workout I am amazed how well it works to calm the mind or feeling stronger mentally. Too bad my gym membership ran out a while ago but I need to buy another year. It's hard to get going but once the muscles stop aching after working out It's really nice
i have major depression and it really sucks. i take medications and sometimes go to therapy but every now and then i still experience episodes. my symptoms are there and sometimes they get worse. i actually had another episode recently. im doing a lot better these days though, and im generally a lot happier. it's hard to deal with but with the right help and treatment, it can get better.
I get episodes like this, they're part of burnout though for me. This last episode was annoying but way easier than the last ones, just physical depression symptoms, but no feelings of being depressed, not interested in stuff but not sad. I was able to take time off of work and buy a house, and have savings to do so. Having most of my needs being met has done wonders. What it took to get here broke me a little, but now I'm okay.
I'm not diagnosed for depression because I never sought therapy for that reason, but I used to often suffer about 7-10 days of "depression" before my period. This went on for years, which greatly impacted my life. I showed all the symptoms you mentioned in this video. I would call it "an episode" . When I was put on birth control for a different reason, the depression was virtually gone. Now I only suffer 2 days of a depressive episode, right after I stop the active pills and right before my period starts. If I don't take my birth control 2 days after my period ends, I slip back into the episode. That was when I accepted that my depression is hormonal.
Might want to check if you have PMDD as well. Feeling moderate or major depression/depressive episodes right before your period starts and then feeling better afterwards is a big giveaway of PMDD. Glad the birth control seems to be helping you though!
@Psychooncrack8 Thank you. I definitely should. I wasn't provided with resources regarding periods and PMS growing up as a teenager. I was prescribed the birth control pills in college for a late period that was making me fainty to the point that I couldn't walk in a straight line anymore. The birth control pills definitely saved my life! I no longer have irregular heavy periods and extreme cramping. Acne which I've been suffering for a decade was gone, and I was able to reclaim my mental health. The symptoms that come along with periods no longer hold me back from living my life.
Ok, I’ve been in and out of therapy for three years. I’ve had depressive episodes where I severely lack energy and yet can’t sleep, I wake up or go to bed crying, feel constantly weepy or very irritable and they usually last for around a month or two, sometimes three or even four months. I also have adhd and have been trying to unmask which is VERY hard. I don’t know if I meet the criteria for major depression (never been diagnosed as such that I know of) but I’d love to find a therapist who takes it seriously. I feel like my diagnosed ADHD, general anxiety disorder and panic disorder kind of get in the way of therapists seeing how debilitating my depression can actually be. I’m also a massive people pleaser due to years of masking adhd and tend to tell doctors what they want to hear. As well as being labelled as parentified by several therapists which I feel is responsible for how I manage to sometimes push on and mask how much I’m actually struggling. I kind of felt I wanted to get that all out.
I've had a lifetime of it. I had seven years with a wonderful psychiatrist, who helped me greatly. I need medication & it's something that I really need.
It's even worse when you have PMDD and it convinces you that you don't need to take your meds or keep up your personal hygiene especially if you work from home because you're lacking structure and self discipline and accountability during these months long depressive episodes.
@@jodestolo Aww thank you, it's rough out here in these streets sometimes but I'm doing a bit better now that I've started to take my meds again. Hope you're doing okay too!
I think the criteria for PMDD is that you have the depressive symptoms the week before your period and they resolve once you get your period. If you have depression that is months long, that is depression and not PMDD. You can have both but that is hard to diagnose. From what I’ve researched at least.
My last cycle scared the bejeezus out of me. The hardest situation I moved through, ever. Now if I feel I am at the edges of another episode? Im calling all the numbers, I am not going to see it through.
Reaching out for help is always the best option. It’s ok to feel overwhelmed and anxious about another episode. I really hope you get the positive support system you want🖤
Keep pushing, do not give up. Keep fighting. It took me 15 years and I'm back at an ok job but, appreciate that I'm better and, improving. I hope your episode doesn't last as long. 🤛🏽
I got a depressive illness when I left school, after a few months the despair lifted, but it was more than a year later before I could function normally again. I spiiralled straight into another illness in March 2020. It was more severe that time and lasted longer and for the first time in my life, I wanted to die. That just spirraled into an ED and lifted as my ED got worse. I'm still not back to full functioning years later, I'm still hoping I'll be able to make a full recovery, but it seems like the longer this goes on, the less likely that is. This certainly sounds like what I have been through, although I was never diagnosed, as I didn't seek help the first time around, and it was my ED I sought help for the 2nd time. I was diagnosed with CPTSD and GAD, and I'm especially struggling to understand the CPTSD one.
Yea i get depressed for literally months at a time. Its ridiculous, you forget what it feels like to not be depressed as shit, but then its not even like low lows and high highs its just low lows and not depressed lol
I have PTSD and MDD, as well as anxiety. But I can DEFINITELY say that the PTSD made my depression way worse. Sometimes my brain doesn't even have the willpower to drink water. I've tried so many medications, so many therapists, I'm just exhausted. I hope there is some type if treatment out there that can help both you and me.
Would u mind talking about this a bit more?! I felt like my severe depression just got pushed away when i got PTSD. I don´t even know if im depressed anymore. My PTSDT gets missdiagnosed as me beeing a drug addict tho andf its just withdrawls lol...
@@bamfyfe Yeah unfortunately you're not going to get an accurate diagnosis of any mental health issue if you're in active addiction. You would need to detox, stay clean for as long as possible, and let your brain heal, repair itself, and kind of "reset". Substances can make your brain mimic many mental health disorders, so that's why any (any GOOD) psych, would have you detox and do whatever it takes to help you stay detoxed for at least a few months (depends on which substance you use). Been through benzo withdrawals myself a couple times when I didn't refill my Rx on time, and they would've diagnosed me with God only knows what because it was a mess. BTW I hope you never find out what benzo withdrawals are like. It's the absolute worst. Anyway, there is hope out there. I hope you're able to kick addiction's ass. I've unfortunately lost a lot of beautiful ppl to addiction, including my own grandfather, but have also seen other people beat things like major opiate addiction and stay clean for 25+ years and counting. It's not impossible. If you ever decide you want to, and need any resources, I am more than happy to do all I can to help. Hang in there Bam 💜
@@bamfyfe I'd recommend seeing a TRAUMA SPECIALIST. I've been hit with the "substance abuser" assertion a number of times and it takes forever to get them to understand that I really, truly have never even tried alcohol or drugs. I grew up in the '70s and '80s and saw what it does to people, so no thanks. I've been told that X% of PTSD sufferers do A or B, and that means I for sure do. However, that also means that (100-X)% DON'T do A or B. That's something many clinicians don't seem to accept. It's dehumanizing. Just a guess on my part, maybe you also experience some degree of psychosis or mania? As I understand it, psychosis or mania can accompany PTSD even a little, which complicates not only diagnosis, but the experience and treatment. After 12 years since my diagnosis, I'm convinced that most therapists at the Masters level aren't able to fully handle things like this, whereas a doctoral degree is BUILT on being investigative. I've loved most of my Master's level therapists, but after 12 years of doing the same exact things and my condition still getting worse, I'm going for a psychologist next.
Just love when doctors explain their "knowledge" that they have accumulated over the years, most of the time it's just pure fuuuucking crap they talk about, really I don't think they have a hum about what reality looks like in other people
I had sever depression issues after my youngest was killed in 2011 but I was strong enough to recover on my own, it doesn't mean that I forgot about her, I just learned to live with out her 😢😢 😢😢😢😢 & know will be together some day when is my time
I have Bipolar and on my lowest level of depression I remember I struggled with having strength in my body. I remember going to therapy and my dad was driving the car. On every turn he made I could not physically stabilize myself and I would go along with the inertia and move side to side like if I was drunk. I would sometimes even accidentally hit my head against the window because I could not sit straight. Seriously, all physical strength in me was gone. Even walking felt like running. I would sometimes even stumble while walking. So, yes, depression is way more than just negative emotions.
I definitely agree. My parents died in my early 20s and I wasn’t the same since. Hypersexuality and alcohol addiction kicked in and I was on the maniac rollercoaster til now and I’m 41. Not drinking as much and hypersexuality minimize but unfortunately it’s still there. Still healing. But it’s a beautiful journey I’m closer to the Most High more than ever.
I remember when I was 14 years old I slept for like 2 weeks. I would wake up here and there long enough to force myself to use the restroom and eat. I was never medically treated . That was my one and only incident in my life and I'm 39 years old now. I really hope that never comes back again
Teal Swan Says: What would someone who loves themselves do? I think this is an interesting idea because so much of the abuse we survive is rooted in hate. Love and compassion for self is essential. Disconnect from the hate. It can be done.
My boyfriend was diagnosed just before we got together and I was there with him through the absolute worst of it. I'd seen people with depression before but his was not only brain fog and major depression symptoms it was HEAVY. Full blown panic attacks that were signalled by excruciating headaches, constantly battling suicidal racing thoughts and other "bad thoughts" which he never described to me. Sleeping for 15-20+ hours every day and losing all his appetite. Completely shutting down & losing his ability to communicate for hours/days at a time. Like nothing I've known before but his psych only diagnosed him with Depression... so is it a form of depression to get to the point he did.. I'm not quite sure... He is much much better now but I fear the underlying cause (which there well may be) is still creating "waves" of depression and I would sincerely appreciate your input on this @DrTraceyMarks 🙏 Thank you for what you do by the way. Very meaningful information and education you are spreading.
medication is not the end all be all. been on it since I was 16, i’m almost 26 now and the depression episodes always come back. you have to do the inner work which I am doing now
When I'm having an episode I can't get out of bed. Don't want to see or talk to anyone. These can last for days and out of it for a week afterwards. But somehow I cope.
This sounds like my boyfriend... I moved across the country to be with him in the Summer and he hasn't been himself since October. He got really distant and stopped caring about most things. No amount of support I try to offer has made a noticeable impact. I've felt so bad for him, but it's hard for me, too, I hardly know anyone out here so I basically came here to be alone most of the time...
Looking at the statistics instead of the trigger. It doesn't just come and go for no reason, that's why meds really don't work in the long run. Even when it makes one "feel" not depressed, I'm still depressed
I've been diagnosed with MMD for about 8 years now I've done years of outpatient and months of impatient treatment along with medications but my depressive episodes are very servere and persistent and in some of my more recent ones I've had (in my personal non medical opinion mild in comparison to most cases) psychotic features and I feel lost I would try just about any sort of alternative treatment to get this under control but I just don't even know where to start with that I just want to be normal and have the achievements, responsibilities, and freedom my peers do I'm 20 years old and I feel like doctors see me as lazy and potentially attention/drugseeking because of how little response my MDD has had to standard treatments so far
I’ve had it my whole life and was diagnosed with it as a young adult as a teen and put on medication but the medication made me feel like a zombie so I quit because I rather feel anything then not feel and remember just anything because yes the meds helped but I found my self like on pilot mode and I couldn’t remember anything plus it made me sleep walk which made me more tired. I try to keep my mind busy all the time but I still find myself slipping back into depression almost weekly.
This. Major depression. I'm just out of one that lasted for two years. Turns out treating my untreated ADHD helped me out of it. I've been struggling with depression my whole life. It goes hand in hand with ADHD. Right along with anxiety.
@@Moonsfire62 i don't understand what's the difference between all of them💀 in my health journal diagnosis it just says something similar to "mixed anxiety and depression" in my language.
It's sort of odd to have a person sobbing. When you're there, there's a whole lot of nothing outside of knowing something is wrong and you are tired and maybe sick. And the ideation looming.
Stay away from their medication, and don't go to therapy. You will be utterly disappointed, if you can afford regular appointments maybe it could be beneficial but I couldn't and it was a waste of time... I went through this episode, and it does surpass with time. The reality is you need to change your life/friends.
I’m fighting with PMDD for 2 years now, and it’s the third time in my life it’s happening. I guess this is the worst cause medication doesn’t seem to work and I don’t really see any improvement. What should I do?
Yepp. It keeps coming back every few years. But having been in therapy, at least I don't feel like it's a moral failing and I just have to wait it out for a few months and not myke it worse.
Holy, moly. I really just dismissed this as "Not I." But then thought back to like 4 times unexplained just 🌪🌧🌨😭 would come on, stay for 3-4 months or 1.5 years (fluctuating in severity) And I'm currently doing pretty good and actively trying to not be...down? And then I realized I was not really listening to the beginning 1st time around, and why does this ENTIRE thing actually sound really familiar?! But also, I'm not 🌪🌧🌨😭 right now, so does it even matter?
Is it normal to have major depression but not have it go away? I've been diagnosed since I was little but it feels like it never goes away the LONGEST is maybe like 5 days but usually I go AT LEAST a year before I even get that.
I’ve gone through 3 therapists trying to get treatment, but nobody wants to help me. They keep telling me that “I’m so aware”. I just want to be a functioning adult like everyone else 😢
@@comealongcomealong4480 if I’m telling you that I’m not functioning the way that I WANT TO, what was the point in putting all this? Idc what YOUR PERCEPTION IS. I know me, you don’t. You must also be a therapist. Bye.
@@jasminegreene8159what do u mean by functioning adult? Is their something ur incapable or struggling to do witch is considered easy as an adult? If so what is it? you dont need to answer its out of curiosity
@@stangyu3272 I don’t mind. Im 32. I’ve cried every single day since I was 8 years old. Most days, it’s a struggle to get out of bed in the morning. I’ll sit in darkness for hours and just cry. Which makes it hard to work. I’ll go days or weeks without showering. Wear dirty clothes because I can’t bring myself to do laundry. House a mess. I don’t dance even though I would love to. I can’t keep friends because I distance myself often. I’ll go weeks even months without answering calls or texts. I have no motivation or joy to do anything. The best way to describe it is like having a dark cloud over your head 24/7.
@@stangyu3272 there’s so many things that are “normal” for others but it’s not for me. I think I’m neurodivergent in some way, shape, or form. And I’m literally begging people for help or medication so that I can have the desire to do things.
Do you have it right now, cuz im just here. Im just cringing sometimes cuz i havent been depressed for so long but right nowmi can feel the stress that leads to it
I have life-long depression due to CPTSD. This ain't never going away.
❤ I understand. I’ve got CPTSD too.
Same, much love ❤
Not with that attitude... victimising yourself and convincing yourself things will never get better, only means you've set yourself to fail!
Trust me... reevaluate your whole life and change every negative vibe. This can include work, friends, partners, and your mental well-being, which is vital, and it needs to be a priority, or you will always suffer. Good luck.
I feel that, too. All we can do is try. We never know what's just around the river bend. Best thing we can do is adapt to the flow of life. Just like we learned when we were kiddos to adapt to our abuse.. we can unlearn that. Be kind to you and your parts. Internal Family Systems Therapy helped me. A book that has helped me a lot & I'm still reading is The Body Keeps the Score
@@petecooper3048 It amazes me how much ppl love to accuse others of 'being a victim', when you haven't walked a mile in my shoe. Wasn't trying to get too deep here, but the causes of my CPTSD, were still active even in my adult years, and continuing. Hard to heal, when your wounds, keeps getting re-opened; then top it off with the fact that I never had the tools or supports I needed to figure shit out. Mental and emotional wounds are hard to heal, but psychiatry wounds are even worse. The only thing that has helped to help me on the path to healing, was understanding myself through these TH-cam videos, on these subjects. And some traumas affect your development, in ways that impact your life forever. Those who fully recover, usually have love and support somewhere. That's a required element. But a lot of us don't have that, which make healing such a prolonged, arduous journey. But you will never understand, and lucky for you, it sounds like you will never have to.
slept more than 14 hrs yesterday and been eating continuously when i am awake. I just want to be my normal self back.
14 hours isn't much. I sleep 20 when depressed and don't eat at all.
i had moderate to severe MDD for 8 years. Now it’s mild! we do recover :)
8 years!, you must have done something to recover?!
@@amineamraoui4397financial and environmental changes will and DO make a difference. Sometimes we just cry out and ask why this is happening to us and the stress makes us break down in ways like MDD
Same. There was a time it wasn’t so bad. Then it got REALLY BAD for years & years. 19 years of medicine after medicine & talk therapy until I weened myself off & figured some alternatives out. Now it’s mild. Still causes havoc sometimes, especially around my cycle, but looking back I realize how much danger I was in before.
@@shorty63136spit it out-what did you do to get better? Some of us are still in the trenches!
I've had depression/anxiety on and off all my life. I can't tolerate meds. I'm starting TMS soon, hoping it will get me out of this really bad MDD pit I'm currently in.
I battle MDD. It’s hell, but acceptance and awareness keeps me on my toes.
Well before turning to antidepressants people should get their thyroid checked.
I was struggling with depression ( Dysthemia) for 15 years just to find out that all of my depressiv symptoms came from my Hashimoto disease but every doctor allways were ignoring what i was telling them, sending me to one psychiatrist after another and they were giving me every antidepressant that exists with no effects whatsoever but a lot of side effects.
If no therapy and no anti depressant medication works chances are very hight that it's probably a hormonal dissbalance problem.
I went to different drs several times when I started presenting hypothyroidism symptoms (undiagnosed at the time). I told them I felt tired all the time, they repeatedly said I was just lazy and fat (I had put on some weight.) Had they bothered doing a proper check up they should've caught the illness in time and spared me a lot of money and suffering. It angers me every time I think about it.
How do you manage your hashimotos? I think I may have it as I have been hypothyroid for 17 years but have never had the proper testing , just on thyroid meds
“Comes and goes” lol maybe for some but not for me. Been like this for as long as I can remember and it’s never gone away.
Had it for over 10 years. Fasted for 33 days, changed my diet completely, my sleep schedule, and the way I spoke to myself.
Recovering is possible. 💙💜
misdiagnsoed with MDD. ended up having ADHD abscence type. on meds. so much better. exercise daily helps tremendously as well. the natural endorphins are amazing antidepressants. just hard to get going sometimes. having a workout partner helps get me going. feel amazing after. 😊
The same
Kudos to you! What meds do you take? And how do you give yourself the motivation to work out? I hope you respond because I’m in desperate need of help 😢
Funny because it was the opposite for me. Had an ADHD diagnosis but none of the medicine worked. Was then prescribed antidepressants and bam! I can focus.
Every time I workout I am amazed how well it works to calm the mind or feeling stronger mentally. Too bad my gym membership ran out a while ago but I need to buy another year. It's hard to get going but once the muscles stop aching after working out It's really nice
i have major depression and it really sucks. i take medications and sometimes go to therapy but every now and then i still experience episodes. my symptoms are there and sometimes they get worse.
i actually had another episode recently. im doing a lot better these days though, and im generally a lot happier. it's hard to deal with but with the right help and treatment, it can get better.
Mental health needs to be taken more serious in this country
What country?
I get episodes like this, they're part of burnout though for me.
This last episode was annoying but way easier than the last ones, just physical depression symptoms, but no feelings of being depressed, not interested in stuff but not sad.
I was able to take time off of work and buy a house, and have savings to do so. Having most of my needs being met has done wonders. What it took to get here broke me a little, but now I'm okay.
I'm not diagnosed for depression because I never sought therapy for that reason, but I used to often suffer about 7-10 days of "depression" before my period. This went on for years, which greatly impacted my life. I showed all the symptoms you mentioned in this video. I would call it "an episode" . When I was put on birth control for a different reason, the depression was virtually gone. Now I only suffer 2 days of a depressive episode, right after I stop the active pills and right before my period starts. If I don't take my birth control 2 days after my period ends, I slip back into the episode. That was when I accepted that my depression is hormonal.
Might want to check if you have PMDD as well. Feeling moderate or major depression/depressive episodes right before your period starts and then feeling better afterwards is a big giveaway of PMDD. Glad the birth control seems to be helping you though!
@Psychooncrack8 Thank you. I definitely should. I wasn't provided with resources regarding periods and PMS growing up as a teenager. I was prescribed the birth control pills in college for a late period that was making me fainty to the point that I couldn't walk in a straight line anymore. The birth control pills definitely saved my life! I no longer have irregular heavy periods and extreme cramping. Acne which I've been suffering for a decade was gone, and I was able to reclaim my mental health. The symptoms that come along with periods no longer hold me back from living my life.
Ok, I’ve been in and out of therapy for three years. I’ve had depressive episodes where I severely lack energy and yet can’t sleep, I wake up or go to bed crying, feel constantly weepy or very irritable and they usually last for around a month or two, sometimes three or even four months. I also have adhd and have been trying to unmask which is VERY hard. I don’t know if I meet the criteria for major depression (never been diagnosed as such that I know of) but I’d love to find a therapist who takes it seriously. I feel like my diagnosed ADHD, general anxiety disorder and panic disorder kind of get in the way of therapists seeing how debilitating my depression can actually be. I’m also a massive people pleaser due to years of masking adhd and tend to tell doctors what they want to hear. As well as being labelled as parentified by several therapists which I feel is responsible for how I manage to sometimes push on and mask how much I’m actually struggling. I kind of felt I wanted to get that all out.
I've had a lifetime of it. I had seven years with a wonderful psychiatrist, who helped me greatly. I need medication & it's something that I really need.
I cancelled a Instacart order and went home cause I couldn’t focus and I sat in the car for an hour and now I need to clean but idk just can’t
It's even worse when you have PMDD and it convinces you that you don't need to take your meds or keep up your personal hygiene especially if you work from home because you're lacking structure and self discipline and accountability during these months long depressive episodes.
Felt x1000. Hope you’re doing okay today
@@jodestolo Aww thank you, it's rough out here in these streets sometimes but I'm doing a bit better now that I've started to take my meds again. Hope you're doing okay too!
And people just don’t understand.I work in healthcare and they are the least understanding. PMDD sucks ladies, we’ll get through it.
Whew. This was real close to home.
Especially if nobody checks on you & you don’t talk to a person for days on end. Good times 🙃
I think the criteria for PMDD is that you have the depressive symptoms the week before your period and they resolve once you get your period. If you have depression that is months long, that is depression and not PMDD. You can have both but that is hard to diagnose. From what I’ve researched at least.
This has happened to me. I completely fell apart in my Dr.'s office. I was a blubbering hot-shit mess. My Dr. saved me. Thank you.
Its definitely always come back and I don't realize i am depressed until its taken over i hate it
My last cycle scared the bejeezus out of me. The hardest situation I moved through, ever.
Now if I feel I am at the edges of another episode? Im calling all the numbers, I am not going to see it through.
Reaching out for help is always the best option. It’s ok to feel overwhelmed and anxious about another episode. I really hope you get the positive support system you want🖤
Currently stuck in one that has lasted since having covid in October 2022. Everyday tasks like showering or any kind of self care feel impossible. 😢
I've been in the same situation too and it's just getting worse and worse
Keep pushing, do not give up. Keep fighting.
It took me 15 years and I'm back at an ok job but, appreciate that I'm better and, improving.
I hope your episode doesn't last as long. 🤛🏽
I got a depressive illness when I left school, after a few months the despair lifted, but it was more than a year later before I could function normally again.
I spiiralled straight into another illness in March 2020. It was more severe that time and lasted longer and for the first time in my life, I wanted to die. That just spirraled into an ED and lifted as my ED got worse.
I'm still not back to full functioning years later, I'm still hoping I'll be able to make a full recovery, but it seems like the longer this goes on, the less likely that is.
This certainly sounds like what I have been through, although I was never diagnosed, as I didn't seek help the first time around, and it was my ED I sought help for the 2nd time. I was diagnosed with CPTSD and GAD, and I'm especially struggling to understand the CPTSD one.
Yea i get depressed for literally months at a time. Its ridiculous, you forget what it feels like to not be depressed as shit, but then its not even like low lows and high highs its just low lows and not depressed lol
This is my longest episode its coming up on 3 months i pray it passes soon .
How are you today
I'd love to know 1) why my PTSD always seems to be diagnosed with MDD as its sidekick and 2) how PTSD alters MDD's experience and presentation.
I have PTSD and MDD, as well as anxiety. But I can DEFINITELY say that the PTSD made my depression way worse. Sometimes my brain doesn't even have the willpower to drink water. I've tried so many medications, so many therapists, I'm just exhausted. I hope there is some type if treatment out there that can help both you and me.
Would u mind talking about this a bit more?! I felt like my severe depression just got pushed away when i got PTSD. I don´t even know if im depressed anymore. My PTSDT gets missdiagnosed as me beeing a drug addict tho andf its just withdrawls lol...
@@bamfyfe Yeah unfortunately you're not going to get an accurate diagnosis of any mental health issue if you're in active addiction. You would need to detox, stay clean for as long as possible, and let your brain heal, repair itself, and kind of "reset". Substances can make your brain mimic many mental health disorders, so that's why any (any GOOD) psych, would have you detox and do whatever it takes to help you stay detoxed for at least a few months (depends on which substance you use). Been through benzo withdrawals myself a couple times when I didn't refill my Rx on time, and they would've diagnosed me with God only knows what because it was a mess. BTW I hope you never find out what benzo withdrawals are like. It's the absolute worst.
Anyway, there is hope out there. I hope you're able to kick addiction's ass. I've unfortunately lost a lot of beautiful ppl to addiction, including my own grandfather, but have also seen other people beat things like major opiate addiction and stay clean for 25+ years and counting. It's not impossible. If you ever decide you want to, and need any resources, I am more than happy to do all I can to help.
Hang in there Bam 💜
@@bamfyfe I'd recommend seeing a TRAUMA SPECIALIST. I've been hit with the "substance abuser" assertion a number of times and it takes forever to get them to understand that I really, truly have never even tried alcohol or drugs. I grew up in the '70s and '80s and saw what it does to people, so no thanks. I've been told that X% of PTSD sufferers do A or B, and that means I for sure do. However, that also means that (100-X)% DON'T do A or B. That's something many clinicians don't seem to accept. It's dehumanizing. Just a guess on my part, maybe you also experience some degree of psychosis or mania? As I understand it, psychosis or mania can accompany PTSD even a little, which complicates not only diagnosis, but the experience and treatment. After 12 years since my diagnosis, I'm convinced that most therapists at the Masters level aren't able to fully handle things like this, whereas a doctoral degree is BUILT on being investigative. I've loved most of my Master's level therapists, but after 12 years of doing the same exact things and my condition still getting worse, I'm going for a psychologist next.
Mines been hanging around for about 25 years now. I’ve honestly given up on ever feeling any type of joy again.
Poor love
And people who knows you have depression will create problems on purpose to get rid of you.Dont let them win.
Just love when doctors explain their "knowledge" that they have accumulated over the years, most of the time it's just pure fuuuucking crap they talk about, really I don't think they have a hum about what reality looks like in other people
That's it!!!!! And no one gets it, they think I'm lazy. I have cptsd too.
I had sever depression issues after my youngest was killed in 2011 but I was strong enough to recover on my own, it doesn't mean that I forgot about her, I just learned to live with out her 😢😢 😢😢😢😢 & know will be together some day when is my time
Yes you will God bless you
I knowwhat you are going thru
I think I've been disassociating so bad I feel so out of it and it's getting worse and I can't afford therapy
I have Bipolar and on my lowest level of depression I remember I struggled with having strength in my body. I remember going to therapy and my dad was driving the car. On every turn he made I could not physically stabilize myself and I would go along with the inertia and move side to side like if I was drunk. I would sometimes even accidentally hit my head against the window because I could not sit straight. Seriously, all physical strength in me was gone. Even walking felt like running. I would sometimes even stumble while walking. So, yes, depression is way more than just negative emotions.
And yet I’m supposed to act like I’m okay so I can live.
I live with MDD and it's hard.
A lot of these medications make it worse
I definitely agree. My parents died in my early 20s and I wasn’t the same since. Hypersexuality and alcohol addiction kicked in and I was on the maniac rollercoaster til now and I’m 41. Not drinking as much and hypersexuality minimize but unfortunately it’s still there. Still healing. But it’s a beautiful journey I’m closer to the Most High more than ever.
Or years of this with no break! Story of my life!
Ketamine microdose is the only thing that has helped.
You should try an infusion
@@jdrex5039 what kind of infusion?
Sleeping a lot, craving junk food, keeps on gaining weight.
Loved the guy tripping at the door.😂
Yep, I am being treated
I remember when I was 14 years old I slept for like 2 weeks. I would wake up here and there long enough to force myself to use the restroom and eat. I was never medically treated . That was my one and only incident in my life and I'm 39 years old now. I really hope that never comes back again
Try 25 years
Hard times long time now. Thank you for your video topics😢
I have this and my family too.
Teal Swan Says: What would someone who loves themselves do? I think this is an interesting idea because so much of the abuse we survive is rooted in hate. Love and compassion for self is essential. Disconnect from the hate. It can be done.
Once I'd seen the burger being dipped in ?liquid cheese I couldn't concentrate on your words
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Same. Now I need a burger and I'm sure what she was saying was helpful.
My boyfriend was diagnosed just before we got together and I was there with him through the absolute worst of it. I'd seen people with depression before but his was not only brain fog and major depression symptoms it was HEAVY. Full blown panic attacks that were signalled by excruciating headaches, constantly battling suicidal racing thoughts and other "bad thoughts" which he never described to me. Sleeping for 15-20+ hours every day and losing all his appetite.
Completely shutting down & losing his ability to communicate for hours/days at a time. Like nothing I've known before but his psych only diagnosed him with Depression... so is it a form of depression to get to the point he did.. I'm not quite sure...
He is much much better now but I fear the underlying cause (which there well may be) is still creating "waves" of depression and I would sincerely appreciate your input on this @DrTraceyMarks 🙏
Thank you for what you do by the way. Very meaningful information and education you are spreading.
medication is not the end all be all. been on it since I was 16, i’m almost 26 now and the depression episodes always come back. you have to do the inner work which I am doing now
This is sooo good to know. Thankyou so much! I recognise the getting out of bed symptom in me atm. Looking forward to this episode passing!
So what if someone's life is just causing situational depression. Like I don't have a chemical balance. But current events are depressing AF
I just got over my 1st episode that started in May. I am a bit anxious though not sure why.
In my major depressive episode and could not show up to classes for 3 days now
When I'm having an episode I can't get out of bed. Don't want to see or talk to anyone.
These can last for days and out of it for a week afterwards.
But somehow I cope.
Oh, I thought this was just part of my personality cause I’m like this every day
Yep!!!! Currently being treated for moderate to severe depression....
This sounds like my boyfriend... I moved across the country to be with him in the Summer and he hasn't been himself since October. He got really distant and stopped caring about most things. No amount of support I try to offer has made a noticeable impact. I've felt so bad for him, but it's hard for me, too, I hardly know anyone out here so I basically came here to be alone most of the time...
Looking at the statistics instead of the trigger. It doesn't just come and go for no reason, that's why meds really don't work in the long run. Even when it makes one "feel" not depressed, I'm still depressed
Either I'm Depressed (entirely likely) or that cheese deeped burger looked really good...
It's been 5 years that I've been an alcaholic, a shroom trip made me realize I've been like this since 11,but somehow affecting me hard now at 30
I've been diagnosed with MMD for about 8 years now I've done years of outpatient and months of impatient treatment along with medications but my depressive episodes are very servere and persistent and in some of my more recent ones I've had (in my personal non medical opinion mild in comparison to most cases) psychotic features and I feel lost I would try just about any sort of alternative treatment to get this under control but I just don't even know where to start with that
I just want to be normal and have the achievements, responsibilities, and freedom my peers do I'm 20 years old and I feel like doctors see me as lazy and potentially attention/drugseeking because of how little response my MDD has had to standard treatments so far
Mine came 35 yrs ago and haven’t left my side.
I'm dealing with major depression for last 7 ,8 months and getting no treatment. I want die. I can't go through it anymore 😭😭😭.
Try some antidepressants
Helps a bit
I think I just had that for atleast 4 months to the point I’m alright now… i think
I’ve had it my whole life and was diagnosed with it as a young adult as a teen and put on medication but the medication made me feel like a zombie so I quit because I rather feel anything then not feel and remember just anything because yes the meds helped but I found my self like on pilot mode and I couldn’t remember anything plus it made me sleep walk which made me more tired. I try to keep my mind busy all the time but I still find myself slipping back into depression almost weekly.
Huh? What is it called if you are depressed for more than a year?
This. Major depression. I'm just out of one that lasted for two years. Turns out treating my untreated ADHD helped me out of it. I've been struggling with depression my whole life. It goes hand in hand with ADHD. Right along with anxiety.
@@Moonsfire62 i have both depression, anxiety and adhd.. and I've had all of them for as long as I can remember .
Could be PDD Persistent Depressive Disorder
@@shakiral32 yes. But you can get a major depression on top of that. That turns really dark.
@@Moonsfire62 i don't understand what's the difference between all of them💀 in my health journal diagnosis it just says something similar to "mixed anxiety and depression" in my language.
It's sort of odd to have a person sobbing. When you're there, there's a whole lot of nothing outside of knowing something is wrong and you are tired and maybe sick. And the ideation looming.
Stay away from their medication, and don't go to therapy. You will be utterly disappointed, if you can afford regular appointments maybe it could be beneficial but I couldn't and it was a waste of time... I went through this episode, and it does surpass with time. The reality is you need to change your life/friends.
POV: You're fighting a boss and your co-op connects mid fight.
That explains A LOT
I’m fighting with PMDD for 2 years now, and it’s the third time in my life it’s happening. I guess this is the worst cause medication doesn’t seem to work and I don’t really see any improvement. What should I do?
Yepp. It keeps coming back every few years. But having been in therapy, at least I don't feel like it's a moral failing and I just have to wait it out for a few months and not myke it worse.
Hi, listening to your videos from belgium.
what we need is a hug
Holy, moly. I really just dismissed this as "Not I." But then thought back to like 4 times unexplained just 🌪🌧🌨😭 would come on, stay for 3-4 months or 1.5 years (fluctuating in severity)
And I'm currently doing pretty good and actively trying to not be...down? And then I realized I was not really listening to the beginning 1st time around, and why does this ENTIRE thing actually sound really familiar?!
But also, I'm not 🌪🌧🌨😭 right now, so does it even matter?
My boyfriend has always had depression fits, but he won't go get seen for it. He's really bad right now, and I don't know what to do.
I had no idea that depression was episodic until recently, idk if I have it but I feel like shit all the time, definitely not episodic
So.... this feeling is supposed to go away? Then why can I not remember a time I didn't want to die?
I need to know about the Belgium shirt 🇧🇪 ! 👀
Is it normal to have major depression but not have it go away? I've been diagnosed since I was little but it feels like it never goes away the LONGEST is maybe like 5 days but usually I go AT LEAST a year before I even get that.
Yo that tub of cheese is crazy. Americans just dunking a piece of folded toast and calling it a toasted cheese
You have to get rid of the thing you are thinking about causing your depression
i did't ate anything for 2 straight days.. i'm hungry but SEEING food is making me nauseous I AM BATTELING WITH MYSELF
I just wanted to say that you have incredible hair. ❤
So what’s the difference between that and Cyclothymia (not sure if I spelled that right)?
I was miss diagnosed with this then miss diagnosed bipolar turns out i have bpd and cptsd
what does void mode mean [idk if you know what this means but i could explain]
Now I want a double cheeseburger and more cheese to dip in
I’ve gone through 3 therapists trying to get treatment, but nobody wants to help me. They keep telling me that “I’m so aware”. I just want to be a functioning adult like everyone else 😢
@@comealongcomealong4480 if I’m telling you that I’m not functioning the way that I WANT TO, what was the point in putting all this? Idc what YOUR PERCEPTION IS. I know me, you don’t. You must also be a therapist. Bye.
@@jasminegreene8159 I've just deleted my reply to you. Apologies if I caused further distress.
@@jasminegreene8159what do u mean by functioning adult? Is their something ur incapable or struggling to do witch is considered easy as an adult? If so what is it? you dont need to answer its out of curiosity
@@stangyu3272 I don’t mind. Im 32. I’ve cried every single day since I was 8 years old. Most days, it’s a struggle to get out of bed in the morning. I’ll sit in darkness for hours and just cry. Which makes it hard to work. I’ll go days or weeks without showering. Wear dirty clothes because I can’t bring myself to do laundry. House a mess. I don’t dance even though I would love to. I can’t keep friends because I distance myself often. I’ll go weeks even months without answering calls or texts. I have no motivation or joy to do anything. The best way to describe it is like having a dark cloud over your head 24/7.
@@stangyu3272 there’s so many things that are “normal” for others but it’s not for me. I think I’m neurodivergent in some way, shape, or form. And I’m literally begging people for help or medication so that I can have the desire to do things.
How is this different from episodes of burnout?
Do you have it right now, cuz im just here. Im just cringing sometimes cuz i havent been depressed for so long but right nowmi can feel the stress that leads to it
I just need help asking for help..
But if you are Carnivore or Keto depression and anxiety stay away..With no medication
There be no coming back...
I have major depression eps 😢 few times a year
?? got out of it, took a few years and friends, getting a gf also, but i didnt take nothing
Did you mean to say that if you’re on medication‘s that it is more likely to come back?
It may come back regardless you’re on medication or not. Stay healthy.
My depression is killing me...I'm tired..
Nah depression isn’t self limiting, depression is for life.
What do i do now?
It goes away?? 👀
Does anyone know the movie Leo DiCaprio is shown here?
I think is the beach
It's Romeo + Juliet
Reminds me of bipolar depression