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Originally Posted by jova
Hi. i was wondering if people could link their depression / disorders from a physical trait? Or if we are born with a predisposition for ------ and the trait just makes matters worse. With me my severe low self esteem, slight paranoia and avoidance of most social situations and mirrors try to avoid stems from being bullied in the work place, college and school, parents ready with the(mild version of what was said) ugly and stupid comment at any wrong i did. I have a cleft palate and lip, my jaw and teeth arewonky i have no real defined chin and my yeyes are spaced far apart and shaped like squished sharp oval.
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Not sure if I'd link mine to my depression nor anxiety. However, I am sure that any self esteem issue that you've felt a result of your birth defect, could indeed create a situation where you have depression.
My teeth, also, will never be perfect. As much orthodontic work that was done, some things just aren't meant to be perfect. I didn't get bullied in school over that. Before I had my tonsils removed, as an adult, I used to have an agape mouth appearance from breathing through my mouth. I do recall, back in '09, my stepmom's sister inlaw mentioning that I seemed to have grown into my mouth. After the tonsillectomy I was better at nose breathing, and not mouth breathing.
I was fortunate, with the surgeons I had, as a baby. I was once, highly insulted at a dentists office, because I don't have a tooth, right next to my top two front teeth, thanks to scar tissue. Hmph.
Highly insulted, because of the way cultural shifts have resulted and people missing teeth are usually associated with doing illicit things. Hmphh.
Would you say, that your depression is environmental or genetic? I, personally, err on the side of environmental. My anxiety, I'd go with neurological.
