Thread Topic: depression and sadness
|
DazzlingVoid
Joined: Oct 5, '09
Status: New User |
2009-10-06 00:33:48 |
|
I'm a bit confused about sadness being a symptom of depression. I think of the emotion sad as what I feel if I miss someone who is no longer around, or I hear about someone's misfortune, or I am disappointed about something (a missed opportunity). When I am depressed I don't feel sad. I feel painfully empty, whereas sadness to me is a full feeling. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone with depression would characterize their feeling as sad. Is it really the same kind of sadness you'd feel at the loss of a loved one? |
|
|
Unanswered Thread: my test results posted by darron46 1 hour ago |
|
|
SufferingStill
Joined: Oct 5, '09
Status: New User |
2009-10-06 02:08:45 |
|
I understand your confusion...although the way I describe my feeling of sadness or depression is an overwhelming feeling of lonliness, emptiness and complete isolation. I don't feel at any time a full feeling...except a full and total feeling of being totally alone with no place to go and no one to go to. |
|
|
fantasy
Joined: Jul 28, '09
Status: Junior User |
2009-10-08 09:35:59 |
| Whenever I'm depressed its hard to describe, like utter desolation, I guess you could call it sadness, but it's not like the loss of a loved one, it's more like you realize the whole world is an illusion, everyone is either dead or f---ed up, and everything you've been led to believe is a lie. and there's this weird feeling inside, like my lungs or my heart is sinking down and being sucked into a black hole and then I want to cry because there's that cry feeling inside, but I can't cry, I just keep feeling miserable inside. ??do you understand? | |
|
Unanswered Thread: Nuclear Apocalypse posted by Gumba Gumba 19 hours ago |
|
|
Need to see a psychologist? Find reviews on the best doctors in your area at Angie's List
(Get access to thousands of reviews for a small charge) |
|
