You aren't depressed

i think that people who come on here and say they are depressed really aren't. they just make themselves believe that they are somehow suffereing more than others which in most cases they aren't.

if anyone of you so called depressed people can give a good reason for being depressed than i might believe you.

otherwise quit your whining and do something about your boyfriend/girlfriend breaking up with you. like maybe moving on....

That may be true with some people. I myself come on sites like this to vent, to talk to people, to get out my frustrations and anger with out turning to something like suicide or cutting. Im currently fighting some demons in which i am not proud of and I simply wish to express my thoughts and feelings to someone I don't know. and sites like this allow me to do that.

The reasons I’m depressed is one because my father does not love me, my autistic brother he wanted to put up for adoption and when my mother was pregnant with me he punched her in the stomach and chucked her down the stairs. He also took me back to a school I got bullied at (when I was young) just to be Spiteful towards my mother who took me out of the school without telling him. He never sends me Christmas or birthday cards, I put my hopes up (foolish) only to be pushed back down...
I also got sexually abused from the age of about 8 till 13, and I feel its my fault, I told me mum about what happened about a month ago (I’m 14 now) and ever since everything has gone wrong, I’m sorry...
Also all the coursework at school, with everything I’m really falling behind.. That’s putting me down..
Then there are people at my school who threaten me and beat me up because I’m different and they call me a Goth, I’m me (even though I don’t like it), I wish they would stop with the labels...
Well you will probably pick at every part of this, and say I’m to young to be depressed…. But I’ve really got this feeling of emptiness, I’m really hollow inside..
And I just feel like I’m existing, nothing else… I really can't explain, but I’m really numb, sad and I’m real unsure of everything right now…
That’s my reasons… I’m not sure of what you will say… :(

okay you may be one out of the very few who actually are. but about the goth thing. ive never seen you so i wouldnt know. but try dressing like you. just be you. and if thats how you are then tell them people to fuck off.

ok then, well i will... thanx

Ok who are you to go round telling people they arent depressed you dont know anything about these people and like someone else said I dont need to justify to you why I am depressed, you have no right to tell me I am not depressed

you aren't depressed.

The condition of feeling sad or despondent.

Psychology: A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death. Also called clinical depression.

I guess if breaking up with your boyfriend causes these feelings, then yes, it would be considered depression. At least by the dictionary's terms.

I personal suffer from clinical depression, however. I have to take medication and all that good stuff. And you know what? I have no idea why I am depressed. My mom just died, I was molested, blah blah blah. All I know is I hate myself and I can't feel happy. It's not something that you can just get over. If it has to do with a chemical imbalance (which mine does) then it isn't my fault I am this way. But as someone who is not depressed and doesn't feel like this, just wouldn't understand. There are MANY things you can't understand until it happens to you. So, I dont' think you should really judge on something you know nothing about. But Lisa Marie...trust me, it's a GOOD thing you don't know about it, and I hope it stays that way for you. :-)

Some people make themselves believe that they are depressed, or its just plain make believe. Some people just want to feel special and different in someway.
Some people actually are depressed for no apparant or logical reason. If you've never been depressed then you wouldn't understand.

Lisa wot is ur problem?! who the fuck r u to tell ppl if they are depressed or not!! fuckin hel gurl, what do u know

personally i only sometimes get depressed, and only alone, but like that other person said, with the dictionary, i would be classified as clinically depressed. i know im not one of those people who goes around and says i am, but what if i were to, according to the dictionary, and also my manic depressant friend, i am. so are you going to hate against me now too. i said i was depressed, what now

its onli Lisa hu is out of line here. she cant tell ppl if they r depressed or not. thats out.

you know what Lisa? I think you need to shut your mouth because you have no right to judge whether someone is depressed or not when you don't know them!! People probably don't tell the full extent of why they are depressed on here becaue it would take too long or theydon't want to. I have a post and I said I cut because of my mom and you said that that was pathetic. You don't even know what she does! What if you said that to someone and later found out that their mother beat them on a daily basis? I bet you wouldn't feel all high and mighty with your 'attention' theory anymore after that!!!! I'm not going to go into detail about why I'm depressed but I am and I shouldn't have to give you a justifiable reason because you don't know me, my family, or my life. In fact, you don't know most of the people on here, if any, so you shouldn't be so judgmental and ASSUME that most of them are doing it for attention when most of them AREN'T!!!!! Thanks for being a bitch!

-Hamster

you dont think i've i been through shit in my life? ah pssh you guys don't know anything about me. i have been through a lot and i have had sysmtoms of depression but i dont go around and cry about it.

I know that we don't know anything about you, but we're not the ones being judgemental, I could say you're doing it for attention, but I'm not. I believe you. People don't go around and cry about it. They probably post it on here to get it off their chests, or maybe they're looking for someone who's HELPFUL, not someone like you who's JUDGMENTAL.
-Hamster

We don't know what you've been through, and you know even less about us. You've blatantly proved yourself to not be sensitive. A lot of these people on this sight are depressed, and that's why they're here. For support, to release, to relate to others that feel the same way, and are neck deep in sadness, drowning in their own hell. And I don't believe it's your place or right to tell people how they feel, and how they don't feel. I'm sure you've been through a lot in your life, and it's been hard, and I'm sorry for that ... but you have to respect other people's feelings and emotions. Maybe they haven't been through all that you have, but what they have been through, is the worst they know.

totally agree with ya guard girl! lisa im sorry tht u are depressed, but ur kinda being a hypocrt. i mean, ur coming on the discussion boards named "sadness and depression" for one reason or another, tlling us u've been thru shuit, and then blaming other people for doing the same!!! confusion.......lol! hope u feel better, but pls dont be judgemental.

hey, lisa, I feel your pain. reading a lot of bad poetry about "my boyfriend dumped me" or whatever can make anyone insensitive.
You got a nice little rant off your chest. Good for you. Now go back to just being nice, and we'll be cool.
**to be fair, I've written my share of bad poetry about "my boyfriend dumped me" or whatever

i think you make the best point here, bravo *claps loudly* and i guess that makes sense,, i have no reason to be depressed when i do get depressed. bravo.

ok how fucking old are you... its none of your business whether people truly are depressed or not... you dont seem to want to help anyway. have you ever heard of teen suicide? my best friend called me one time threatening to do so... thats fucking depressed. who the hell are you to judge. people have problems in their lives. they is such things as being rape or finding out your father is dying of cancer and he wont stop smoking which btw could save his life because his outlook on life is all well im gunna die anyway. its not always loved ones though... it comes down to the simple things of people like you telling the shit like this. so fucking stop because you just hurt a hell of a lot of people and you dont even seem to care.
~cort~

btw the people who let out their feelings are the honest ones... the ones that want a chance to be heard and to be happy again.

I agree with vix. She really made a point. And lisa marie just think how many people you might of hurt by what you've said. Many people cant help being depressed. Real depression is an ILLNESS, not a choice!

Well actually only some of them are. Real depression is an ILLNESS like i said for gods sake! It can even run in families so I suggest you think before you say that.

Yet again, Rachel makes a good point. Although there is two forms of depress, that of an illness, and that of when something tragic happens or your not happy for a period of time, and you become lethargic. Who are you to saw whether somebody else is depressed or not? Are you them? I doubt you know any of them. It bothers me that people come on to these boards and act as if they know it all.

I have to agree with both Rachel's here... Depression, if you actually bother to look it up, can be sadness over a certain experience or a chemical illness that affects the brain - the person can't do anything about the way he/she feels. And you don't know what's going on in somebody elses brain... until you've actually experienced yourself you are not one to judge.

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The people on this site don't go around "whining", in real life no one may know, they might just need to write poems to help them, or ask if they are worried about things, and after all this is what this section is for, so if you don't want to hear it because all you care about is your world and don't want to give a shit about others then don't come in this section. Also depression is a serious mental illness, so instead of telling people to shut up, how about helping? just don't write stuff like that where its not wanted.

for your info people dont come here to whine about getting there heart broken!they come here to get it out so they dont have to hold it all up inside.