Posted by BekkaH on February 26, 2003, at 21:32:16
In reply to The remarkable feat of depression, posted by Eddie Sylvano on February 24, 2003, at 11:57:45
> Every time I go on antidepressants, I'm consistantly surprised to discover (after a couple weeks), how bad I was really feeling. Depression comes on so gradually for me that it's like a slow layer of dust forming on the TV screen. You don't notice how dirty it was until you wipe off a section. Same thing here. Beyond that, I find it remarkable that such a feeling is always a rediscovery. It's as if depression erases your memory of what it was ever even like to feel "good." All you're aware of is how you've felt since the depression, so the concept of happy is more of an ideal than an actual memory. Anyone else identify with this experience?
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I certainly can identify with that. Depression can be so insidious, and you described it so well.
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