When Being Sick Cures Depression
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Why does feeling sick make me feel so good? Why does being sick cure my depression? Why does being sick feel so peaceful? Why does being sick feel so good mentally- but so bad physically? All these questions are questions I have always had every time I get sick, so today I wanted to make a video discussing why I believe being sick causes such mental bliss & nostalgia.
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I’ve always tried to find people who experience/discuss this online and could never find anything. The amount of relief and catharsis I feel when I’m sick is immense! I think it’s because your brain is letting you off the hook of ambition, self-criticism and hyper-vigilance
definitely have thought about this before lol ..the possible explanations you gave sound right to me
Just recovering from a fever. Being sick-sick brings me back to times in childhood where my parents would put a bit of special attention and care on me. I wouldn’t have anything to be responsible for. I could just rest guilt-free. Taking a day off work for a fever brings me back to that same mindset. It’s a complete release from all responsibility, without energy to worry about whatever is going to happen tomorrow. No one can blame you for being sick. I was happy to learn that other people have had a similar experience. Your idea about the brain functioning on a different level while sick is quite interesting, particularly in regard to hormone levels changing. It makes sense that in a sick state, the body would need to boost you up with positive neuro chemicals to keep you going. It also makes sense that some people would experience a positive effect due to the dissociative effects of being sick, allowing the brain to quiet down for awhile.
Next time I'm sick or in pain I'll definitely remember this video! 😅
Virginia Woolfe kind of talks about this in On Being Ill. I think for me it's the sense of vulnerability, the brush with mortality putting things in perspective, and the greater sense of empathy for others from being in pain oneself. And gratitude for simple things like not being in pain/not being unwell.
I’ve never heard anyone else describe being sick that way, is this just a you thing or do many people experience this? When I’m sick it’s just suffering I wish I had this experience 😂
This is exactly why I felt the need to make this video 😂. There seems to be no scientific evidence or “theories” that even come close to explaining it :/
But to be clear: I feel physically like everyone else, I feel like I’m in extreme unbearable pain. It’s just mentally I feel very peaceful- the only way I can easily describe it is like being in the happy mindset of a child again, like you see the world through a child’s eyes again.
I don’t think it’s a me thing though bc I have found some other people who relate & describe it perfectly on Reddit, maybe it’s just extremely rare & a genetic or specific type of brain thing
You just unlocked a childhood memory for me. As a child I'd get extremely bad colds and flus, and these intense fever dreams. They were insane and I felt like I was high on drugs 😅 I definitely have nostalgia for my childhood. This was super interesting! I had a terrible 24 hour migraine yesterday and all I could focus was on the pain rather than the usual overthinking about mundane things that don't really matter. I'm a naturally depressed and anxious person though.
NO! the smell has a crazy sense of nostalgia haha, I've never fully reflected on how the smell makes me feel but yeah it's always a positive feeling and odly spiritual and transcendent?!?! Thats crazy you feel that way about it I would never of thought I would've heard someone vocalise this and ne relating so hard haha
because i get to lie in bed and someone else gets to take care of my kids
This reminds me of that stage in a breakup where you finally have time to really settle in with the heartbreak. You start to look back on the good times with your ex, and remember all those memories that make you feel good. You know that you're currently suffering, but just being able to be in these moments in your head gives you this reassuring feeling that everything will be okay eventually.
having been sick many times in the last 2 years, i feel the same! im more peaceful and positive in the head
I can relate. I’m bipolar and mostly in anxious state of mind so when I’m sick I feel like I can relax and kinda... turn off my mind process? Cause nothing makes me do anything (which I’m physically not capable to do since I’m ill)
Maybe it has something to do with responsibility, so who knows.
(English is not my first language)