Social Anxiety Support

epril · 10-01-2009, 10:47 AM

Or are some of you genuinely happy or content, despite having SA?

TheDaffodil · 10-01-2009, 11:02 AM

Every now and then I get stuck in a rut but generally, I really am happy. I've been living with it for a while. In the beginning of my journey with SA, I was very depressed. I've gotten much better.

LostInReverie · 10-01-2009, 11:08 AM

I think there's a pretty good gap between being generally happy/content and being depressed. Meaning, there are many people who are not happy with their lives but who also are not depressed.

leonardess · 10-01-2009, 11:10 AM

I only feel depressed when I'm going through something specific. However, I couldn't really classify myself as ever being really happy (not yet, anyway), content, or satisfied with anything. and that's due in part to SA.

nothing to fear · 10-01-2009, 11:12 AM

i was very severely depressed for many many years beginning when i was 12. i only started gradually getting better when i began treatment at age 18 or so. it was a very slow process but right now i'm actually the happiest i've ever been. feels good man.

JFmtl · 10-01-2009, 11:16 AM

I don't know if depressed is the right word, but depending on how my life is going, my morale usually shifts from very low (when i get many disappointments or when i get discouraged by everything and feel useless and doomed to fail) in a row to somewhat average (when everything is going steady)

Toad Licker · 10-01-2009, 11:18 AM

I had depression for many years before I had anxiety and I still get very depressed a lot. It turns out I'm probably bi-polar 2 since bi-polar runs in my family, damn family!

Fuzzy Logic · 10-01-2009, 11:22 AM

Somedays I am very happy and all is right with the world, others I feel very low indeed. I'm sort of worried, because I didn't use to be all over the place like that. Can you develope bipolar symptoms or do you have to be born like that?

Kelly065 · 10-01-2009, 11:28 AM

Im depressed a lot of the time

Jimbe · 10-01-2009, 11:46 AM

When my SA was at it's worst I was depressed .

I still feel depressed from time to time but i'm content mostly

Cool SAD sufferer · 10-01-2009, 11:50 AM

Generally, I'm content with my life, but it has annoying blips.

rubyruby · 10-01-2009, 12:08 PM

Sometimes I am happy.

It just seems sometimes like you have SA and you're going along trying your best to deal with that and then maybe you get arthritis and you keep going and now you are dealing with SA and chronic pain. And then everything starts to layer up and before you can say bob's your uncle you are depressed. You know what I mean?

~Jessie~ · 10-01-2009, 12:35 PM

I had gone several years with depression and don't have it anymore. However I am still not happy with my current situation, but for the most part I feel semi-happy/content with myself.

Thurston Lowe · 10-01-2009, 01:23 PM

I think I'm permanently 'a little bit depressed'. Reasonably content (when I'm alone), but never 'in the right mood' to engage in light-hearted conversation or bullsh... sorry... banter with others. Whenever I have to go to parties or weddings (urgh...), I always find that, in addition to feeling anxious, my mood is ever so slightly lower than everybody else's.

Right now, I'm cheerfully listening to music, drinking tea and eating cake. Place me in a room full of smiling people though, and I'll just feel devastatingly lonely.

inna sense · 10-01-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly065

Im depressed a lot of the time

ShyViolet · 10-01-2009, 01:43 PM

I'm depressed.

zomgz · 10-01-2009, 02:59 PM

it's kinda weird for me, i'll get kinda depressed and then as it gets worse and worse eventually suddenly i just bounce right back up. maybe i'm bipolar or something lol

Emptyheart · 10-01-2009, 03:02 PM

Depends
On my mood I guess, somedays I can be really happy and other days my mood changes and I feel deppressed..oh how I hate that feeling

nightrain · 10-01-2009, 03:07 PM

I'm genuinely happy right now

unmotivated · 10-01-2009, 03:12 PM

Very unhappy. Will be happier when working again in a suitable job.

10-01-2009, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
epril Status: sa challenger Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: arizona Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 2,654	Are all of you with SA depressed? Or are some of you genuinely happy or content, despite having SA?

10-01-2009, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
TheDaffodil Status: Antsy. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 1,170	Every now and then I get stuck in a rut but generally, I really am happy. I've been living with it for a while. In the beginning of my journey with SA, I was very depressed. I've gotten much better. __________________ "Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt." - William Shakespeare NotForSaleCampaign.org \| StopTheTraffik.org \| SlaveryMap.org

10-01-2009, 11:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
LostInReverie Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 26 Posts: 3,620	I think there's a pretty good gap between being generally happy/content and being depressed. Meaning, there are many people who are not happy with their lives but who also are not depressed. __________________ Tucker James

10-01-2009, 11:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
nothing to fear Status: silence is sexy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 4,842	i was very severely depressed for many many years beginning when i was 12. i only started gradually getting better when i began treatment at age 18 or so. it was a very slow process but right now i'm actually the happiest i've ever been. feels good man. __________________ everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt. ~ i really like music. and photography, though i'm nothing special.

10-01-2009, 11:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
JFmtl Status: schtroumpf grognon Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Montréal Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,098	I don't know if depressed is the right word, but depending on how my life is going, my morale usually shifts from very low (when i get many disappointments or when i get discouraged by everything and feel useless and doomed to fail) in a row to somewhat average (when everything is going steady) __________________ Reverend Lovejoy: Marge, just about everything’s a sin. [holds up a Bible] Y’ever sat down and read this thing? Technically we’re not supposed to go to the bathroom.

10-01-2009, 11:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
leonardess Status: wheresthefire?inmyeye! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WILL you people please leave me alone?I'm supposed to be working lol Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 1,231	I only feel depressed when I'm going through something specific. However, I couldn't really classify myself as ever being really happy (not yet, anyway), content, or satisfied with anything. and that's due in part to SA.

10-01-2009, 11:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,638	I had depression for many years before I had anxiety and I still get very depressed a lot. It turns out I'm probably bi-polar 2 since bi-polar runs in my family, damn family! __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

10-01-2009, 11:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Fuzzy Logic Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 312	Somedays I am very happy and all is right with the world, others I feel very low indeed. I'm sort of worried, because I didn't use to be all over the place like that. Can you develope bipolar symptoms or do you have to be born like that? __________________ “There is but a thin line between madness and genius. I have been trying valiantly to cross it, but I don’t think I’m mad enough yet.”

10-01-2009, 11:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
Kelly065 Status: Emotional Mess Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Asheville, NC Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 96	Im depressed a lot of the time

10-01-2009, 11:46 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jimbe Status: Busy being useless Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United Kingdom Gender: Male Age: 16 Posts: 144	When my SA was at it's worst I was depressed . I still feel depressed from time to time but i'm content mostly __________________ Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none. ~Stuart Chase Life is cruel

10-01-2009, 11:50 AM	#11 (permalink)
Cool SAD sufferer Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 356	Generally, I'm content with my life, but it has annoying blips.

10-01-2009, 12:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
rubyruby Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 58	Sometimes I am happy. It just seems sometimes like you have SA and you're going along trying your best to deal with that and then maybe you get arthritis and you keep going and now you are dealing with SA and chronic pain. And then everything starts to layer up and before you can say bob's your uncle you are depressed. You know what I mean?

10-01-2009, 12:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
~Jessie~ Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 138	I had gone several years with depression and don't have it anymore. However I am still not happy with my current situation, but for the most part I feel semi-happy/content with myself. __________________ *"Life is waiting for you, its all messed up but we'll survive"* - Life by Our Lady Peace __________________________________________________ _ Looking for more friends, Age: 20-22, preferrably female PM me any time ^_^ (I miss the old SAS...........layout)

10-01-2009, 01:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
Thurston Lowe Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ireland Gender: Male Posts: 16	I think I'm permanently 'a little bit depressed'. Reasonably content (when I'm alone), but never 'in the right mood' to engage in light-hearted conversation or bullsh... sorry... banter with others. Whenever I have to go to parties or weddings (urgh...), I always find that, in addition to feeling anxious, my mood is ever so slightly lower than everybody else's. Right now, I'm cheerfully listening to music, drinking tea and eating cake. Place me in a room full of smiling people though, and I'll just feel devastatingly lonely.

10-01-2009, 01:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
ShyViolet Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Gender: Female Age: 29 Posts: 1,942	I'm depressed.

10-01-2009, 02:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
zomgz Status: Wherever The Winds Fly Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Washington Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 600	it's kinda weird for me, i'll get kinda depressed and then as it gets worse and worse eventually suddenly i just bounce right back up. maybe i'm bipolar or something lol __________________ Chained to the bottom of the ocean floor, it's like running underwater. Feel free to add me to: Myspace \| Facebook \| Mindviz

10-01-2009, 03:02 PM	#18 (permalink)
Emptyheart Status: wishes to be SA-free Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: In my own world. Gender: Female Posts: 369	Depends On my mood I guess, somedays I can be really happy and other days my mood changes and I feel deppressed..oh how I hate that feeling

10-01-2009, 03:07 PM	#19 (permalink)
nightrain Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 825	I'm genuinely happy right now __________________ My youtube videos!

10-01-2009, 03:12 PM	#20 (permalink)
unmotivated Status: Duplicate Account Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 15	Very unhappy. Will be happier when working again in a suitable job.