Can someone who is depressed be happy?!


Question: Can someone who is depressed be happy?
I think i'm depressed, for a while now. I've lost focus, lost interest in activities i used to enjoy, take naps during the day, go to bed late, I can't seem to concentrate or even put effort into school anymore. I don't care about anything anymore. I've self-injured before, and i've thought about suicide and even have attempted. When i'm in school, i'm quite. I don't talk because I care too much of what others think of me. When i'm with my friends, laughing and smiling is a routine.I stay home a lot. When friends invite me places sometimes I say I can't hang out just because I don't want to. Nobody knows about my depression, i'm too afraid to tell my parents and i don't want to burden them. I can't tell my teachers because most of them don't even know me or think i'm lazy and hate me because I can't concentrate or do well in school. Sometimes I feel happy for a moment. But I never stay happy. Like some days, I genuinely feel happy, but then the next day I wake up and the happiness is gone. So, is it normal to have some days that you're sort of happy? Please help. Thanks.

Answers:

Depression is largely chemical and hormonal, making a powerful and painful trend. You can have happy times even with depression, because chemicals are only one part of being depressed. The rough part is that even when you're happy, the chemicals can work against it and try to bring you back down. It doesn't completely control you, so you can still be happy.



I think so. I am the same way actually. Sometime I feel high as a cloud when I am with other people, but when I am alone I feel like I could take my life away.



Yeah...im happy when my friends make me laugh or are total dip shits I have to laugh

Same situation you in :/ sucks huh?



When I was in school I was lonely and self conscious to the point of dropping out. Sad. Now I'm twenty seven, and I wish I could have been studying, using my isolated nature better. Even just academically. Esp. academically because if I could have made my parents happy with those stupid grades, have a better job, I think I would feel so much better now about the past.

But yeah nobody's ever really happy that much. It's mostly just grinding it out. Those "moments" of happiness are what life is. It's normal to forget them quickly. Falling in love or being in love helps though. Sacrificing constant happiness for stability.




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