Social Anxiety Support

Mercurochrome · 08-25-2009, 09:45 AM

In general, over days, weeks, months, years.

Mercurochrome · 08-25-2009, 10:21 AM

I voted #$^@#$

Canadian Brotha · 08-25-2009, 10:35 AM

I voted moderately all the time though I can get some intense sessions of it here & there

Madison_Rose · 08-25-2009, 11:53 AM

What are you asking? The thread title is "are you depressed?" but the question above the poll is "do you feel sad and unhappy?" Depression is different to sadness. Sadness is a normal emotion that everyone experiences. Depression is an illness that is characterised by constantly feeling sad, often for no reason, loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, lack of motivation, feeling hopeless and helpless.

Mercurochrome · 08-25-2009, 12:02 PM

I then said #@%^#$&# $@#%

I'm referring to Depression, or constantly feeling sad, often for no reason, loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, lack of motivation, feeling hopeless and helpless.

rumjungle · 08-25-2009, 01:20 PM

Both options 3 and 4

Over the last 5 years it has been a bit of a rollercoaster, I've recovered from depression before however in the last the 6 months I feel I've taken a few steps back and spiralled back down into it. It is becoming more severe more of the time, depression is a bigger problem for me than social anxiety, but the two often feed off eachother.

anonymid · 08-25-2009, 02:00 PM

I'm depressed pretty much all the time. It varies from moderate to severe, so I went with the 3 & 4 combo.

Madison_Rose · 08-25-2009, 05:46 PM

Oh, ok. Severely, sometimes then.

zookeeper · 08-25-2009, 09:01 PM

Yay for crippling depression!!

outcast69 · 08-25-2009, 09:19 PM

comes and gos,I don't really understand what triggers it.I wish I had more answers.

lyssado707 · 08-25-2009, 11:58 PM

i think i'm dysthymic. so "lowly, all of the time"

Pocketfox · 08-26-2009, 12:55 PM

Severely, about 90% of the time. I get small periods of calm.

LostPancake · 08-26-2009, 03:19 PM

moderately always. mostly from the isolation, i think.

Just Lurking · 08-26-2009, 03:32 PM

Severely, pretty much all the time. It's been that way for much of my life.

So far, despite that, I've managed to keep going... holding down a job and going back to school in the Fall... I remain hopeful.

Xtina_Xposed · 08-26-2009, 08:59 PM

I picked "Severely, all of the time"

EagerMinnow84 · 08-26-2009, 10:13 PM

I chose options 3 and 4. Some days I am depressed and functional. Other days I am depressed and I cry all day, can't get out of bed, hardly eat.

Toad Licker · 08-27-2009, 08:13 PM

Severely sometimes though I'm usually depressed to some point on most days.

epril · 08-27-2009, 08:20 PM

I've been very lucky lately. I take antidepressants which help a lot. Without them I have been very suicidal. Sometimes now I feel very sad, but not so sad that I want life to end. I get bored and lonely a lot. I am the one who needs to fix that. Real depression needs imo therapy and drugs to heal.

Logan X · 08-27-2009, 08:30 PM

severe is on a good day.

nightrain · 08-29-2009, 03:02 PM

I haven't felt depressed for a while now. I just feel lost...

View Poll Results: Are you sad and unhappy?
Severely, all of the time	25	20.49%
Moderately, all of the time	18	14.75%
Severely, some of the time	12	9.84%
Moderately, some of the time	39	31.97%
Both options 3 and 4	22	18.03%
Not at all	6	4.92%
Voters: 122. You may not vote on this poll

08-25-2009, 09:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mercurochrome Status: see other Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: away Age: 29 Posts: 2,964	Are you depressed? In general, over days, weeks, months, years. __________________ well acquainted with worms and dirt

08-25-2009, 10:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mercurochrome Status: see other Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: away Age: 29 Posts: 2,964	I voted #$^@#$ __________________ well acquainted with worms and dirt

08-25-2009, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Canadian Brotha Status: A Lonely Soul Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,789	I voted moderately all the time though I can get some intense sessions of it here & there __________________ Listen To My Demo Album, "Soul Of A Man" Listen To Live Folkstyle Sculpting Facebook=Become A Fan Blogspot=My Poetry I See What I Want To See, And Read Into It What I Want To Read Depressions Blinding Me, It’s Clouding My Vision Of Positivity Stand Up Live Your Life, As People Do In Society Maturity Is Calling, It’s Time To Find Your Personality Everybody Knows Everything, When It Comes To People Outside Themselves ^^^An Excerpt Of Song Lyrics Of Mine^^^

08-25-2009, 11:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Madison_Rose Status: conservative gay hamster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: United Kingdom Gender: Female Age: 27 Posts: 1,307	What are you asking? The thread title is "are you depressed?" but the question above the poll is "do you feel sad and unhappy?" Depression is different to sadness. Sadness is a normal emotion that everyone experiences. Depression is an illness that is characterised by constantly feeling sad, often for no reason, loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, lack of motivation, feeling hopeless and helpless. __________________ Freethinker? Skeptic? Agnostic? Atheist? Not sure? www.the-brights.net

08-25-2009, 12:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mercurochrome Status: see other Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: away Age: 29 Posts: 2,964	I then said #@%^#$&# $@#% I'm referring to Depression, or constantly feeling sad, often for no reason, loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, lack of motivation, feeling hopeless and helpless. __________________ well acquainted with worms and dirt

08-25-2009, 01:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
rumjungle Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Female Posts: 454	Both options 3 and 4 Over the last 5 years it has been a bit of a rollercoaster, I've recovered from depression before however in the last the 6 months I feel I've taken a few steps back and spiralled back down into it. It is becoming more severe more of the time, depression is a bigger problem for me than social anxiety, but the two often feed off eachother.

08-25-2009, 02:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
anonymid Status: gulping for shape Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 2,077	I'm depressed pretty much all the time. It varies from moderate to severe, so I went with the 3 & 4 combo. __________________ "He who has not the courage to suffer either death or life, who will neither resist nor flee, what can we do with him?" - Montaigne

08-25-2009, 05:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Madison_Rose Status: conservative gay hamster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: United Kingdom Gender: Female Age: 27 Posts: 1,307	Oh, ok. Severely, sometimes then. __________________ Freethinker? Skeptic? Agnostic? Atheist? Not sure? www.the-brights.net

08-25-2009, 09:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
zookeeper Status: The floor is lava!! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soap Fortress Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 1,065	Yay for crippling depression!! __________________ You leapt into the abyss, but find It only goes up to your knees, ~ Nick Cave

08-25-2009, 09:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
outcast69 Status: Comfortably Numb Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philly Gender: Male Posts: 230	comes and gos,I don't really understand what triggers it.I wish I had more answers.

08-25-2009, 11:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
lyssado707 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Humboldt County, CA Age: 22 Posts: 3,227	i think i'm dysthymic. so "lowly, all of the time" __________________ In Loving Memory, http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...6/P1000595.jpg http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...P1000480-1.jpg Marmalade January 1991-February 19, 2007

08-26-2009, 12:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Pocketfox Status: o_q Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 115	Severely, about 90% of the time. I get small periods of calm.

08-26-2009, 03:19 PM	#13 (permalink)
LostPancake Status: ghostly Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: an endless labyrinth Gender: Male Age: 40 Posts: 780	moderately always. mostly from the isolation, i think.

08-26-2009, 03:32 PM	#14 (permalink)
Just Lurking Status: Student.. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Posts: 2,852	Severely, pretty much all the time. It's been that way for much of my life. So far, despite that, I've managed to keep going... holding down a job and going back to school in the Fall... I remain hopeful. __________________ "The psychiatrist says, 'I think you're crazy.' The man says, 'I want a second opinion.' The psychiatrist says, 'Okay, you're ugly, too!'" ~Henny Youngman

08-26-2009, 08:59 PM	#15 (permalink)
Xtina_Xposed Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Florida Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 87	I picked "Severely, all of the time" __________________

08-26-2009, 10:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
EagerMinnow84 Status: Living in Technicolor Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dancing with Gene Kelly Gender: Female Posts: 1,189	I chose options 3 and 4. Some days I am depressed and functional. Other days I am depressed and I cry all day, can't get out of bed, hardly eat. __________________ I don't know, I kind of like him. He's the exact opposite of everything I really hate. In a way, he's such a clueless dork, he's almost kind of cool

08-27-2009, 08:13 PM	#17 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,594	Severely sometimes though I'm usually depressed to some point on most days. __________________ 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

08-27-2009, 08:20 PM	#18 (permalink)
epril Status: sa challenger Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: arizona Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 2,646	I've been very lucky lately. I take antidepressants which help a lot. Without them I have been very suicidal. Sometimes now I feel very sad, but not so sad that I want life to end. I get bored and lonely a lot. I am the one who needs to fix that. Real depression needs imo therapy and drugs to heal.

08-27-2009, 08:30 PM	#19 (permalink)
Logan X Status: I'm dead inside Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LaSalle, QC Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 5,274	severe is on a good day.

08-29-2009, 03:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
nightrain Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 825	I haven't felt depressed for a while now. I just feel lost...