Mental Illness...The truth

You sound exactly like you are Bi-Poler. I think you have just defined most of what people who have this problem suffer through. Bi-Poler, if you don't know what it is, has highs that are fantasic and lows that are at the other extreem. I am not expert but I think it is caused by a chemical imbalance in some people. I once chatted with a women that wanted to show me some of her paintings. Great......so she sent them to me. They were very good but they all were of a dark subject. Angels in a very dark setting. Caves that were dark. The paintings were well done but I couldn't help but feel they came from depresion. I didn't press the issue then. Later however...maybe a month....she wanted to show me more paintings she had done. I could not beleive the differance. They were bright and sun shiney an full of hope and really great pictures. I then told her how I felt about the first ones. She told me she was Bi-Poler. That made the differance. I am not sure of what help there is for those lows but I have to think there is some. Have you talked to your doctor about these? You do need help through those lows because as you age they may get worse. This is not a mental thing but simply an imbalance that causes this. This is jsut like your body being sick so you must take care of your brain. Of course it may simply be depression. I have a friend that has the same problem. Medication is available for that but you must be willing to take it.

Everyone gets unhappy sometimes, but what matters is what you do when it does happen. I hate to excersise, but can't deny that it brings me up when I do go, so I force myself. It usually does the trick. The hard thing is to stay away from my husband when I am in a flunk, I should, because it doesn't have anything to do with him, but it's soo nice to let someone else suffer when I'm down. So I try to put on headphones and be alone for a while until it gets better. Another tip is to get something boring done when you are down, for example to paint a wall or vacuumclean, by the time you are done hopefully you will feel better.

I wa diagnosed with bipolar about 10 years ago... Sounds like you have a problem and i would go get screend just incase

Yes I do. I have had depression since I was 14 years old. Even when things are going good for me they're still bad. I guess it's my way of preparing for things to continue to be bad or get worse. It's much apart of many peoples lives these days and isn't a big deal anymore. To me this is normal because this is my everyday life and has been for 5 years. It's really the only thing I know. I take medicine and it helps. It doesn't overcome it though. I don't know how we can overcome these kinds of health problems. They have tried a surgery but it's still in testing.

I don't think you can just shake off those feelings. As I said once before in a similar discussion, it helps to be a little "mad" to live in our Crazy world. I think you to own your feelings and be true to yourself and if something hurts or upsets you, you need to respond to it. Look at and analyse your feelings and why you feel so down. I know that my mood swings are related to the darn dark nodes of the moon, because as soon as it starts to wane and disappear, I care little for nothing or no one. I just shut down and cut myself off completely. I get more negative and then I pick up again. I try to push the dark thoughts away, I try to think of other hobbies and things to occupy me during the dark moon but other wise I just let it take me over and crash out for a few days. I don't think you are in any way "crazy" or abnormal or mentally unstable because who decides that any way? You? People, Doctors, Friends? Loved Ones, Society?

Well, I don't deny that I also feel it that way at times. I understand how hard it is going through that difficult phase. When i go through it, I feel my head's gonna burst and everything around me disgust me and I feel immensely suffocated and lost. I also told my boyfriend that I was sick mentally and he refused to accept it. i don't know why this thing happens. I don't know about you but when it goes out of control I pray and sleep. I may not be very religious but i believe in god and inspite of the harsh stage in my life i refuse to give up on life and try my level best to overcome it in prayer and supplication.

To invite happiness is the way to shake unhappiness away and to invite happines you need prepare your mind to keep satisfy what you have, what you get and what you passed or lost. Life is not a bed of roses to maximum people God created so never worry in deep way with any thing and never create depression in your mind, keep always satisfy with the belongigs you own and you may be gained. What you will loss or do not get think it was not in your fate and try to understand other people who are less opportunable than you then you will feel yourself lucky from them. This way you chan shake the unhappiness away and may feel peace in your mind.

Well I think some people have their own reasons to think that i have a mental illness.lol Seriously, sometimes I feel depressed and withdrawn without serious reasons, yes there may be some problems but nothing extraordinary and they might not be even new problems.. at times I really get detached from the world for no apparent reason.. I'm not sure if this is really a mental illness but I don't care much to be cured..

Hello. I think i have the same problem as you. I could get upset or become unhappy easily even though it's only a small thing that make me so such as reading.... this bring distraught and gloominess to my self. This happens sometimes. Please i need help and i would appreciate any helps that can be made.

It is very difficult to overcome depression and it's not difficult to imagine myself in your situation. Since you've mentioned, I'm beginning to ask myself that if ever unhappiness would sweep me, what would I do? I noticed that whenever I have problems (though my problems are usually trivial compared to others), I would always find an outlet. My outlet is sports and hanging out with close friends. A friend of mine loves cross-stitching so it's her outlet. I guess you have to find something that you would be interested in occupying your time with, so that you would have an outlet. Wish you all the best!

you know what, everyday it's our choice to be happy or not. so everytime you wake up in the morning, just remind yourself that it's in yours alone if you will make the day happy or not. try doing something extra ordinary, something you haven't done before.