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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
I am confused by your analysis. You say the depression is your mind reacting to the fear and panic as a way to protect itself. If the fear is alleviated your mind has no need for the depression. Why do you assume your mind will stay permanently emotionally shut down. This thinking is not very scientific.
From a scientific point of view depression and anxiety and panic often go hand in hand. It is very hard to sort out which causes which or if they just come as one big clump. A professional would seek to treat both the anxiety and depression at the same time. From a scientific point of view it is proven that many people do overcome depression and anxiety and once again perceive pleasure. You seem to have ruled this totally out as a possibility. To say it is impossible for you is not logical. You do not know the future and you would have to try all the available options.
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Now first of all, the only way to know if my fear is alleviated in the first place is for the depression to ease up in order to see how much fear returns if any. But I do not see how that is going to happen since my mind is never going to take that risk. And even if the depression were to somehow go down and just a little bit of fear were to return, even if this fear is something that is almost totally alleviated and very little, my mind will still view the possibility of having panic attacks throughout the day and will still keep the depression there as a result. Second, as I just explained here, despite what you said which is that if the fear is alleviated then there would be no need for the depression, even if the fear is something extremely small, that would still keep the depression there based on the explanation I have just given here. Therefore, I still do not see how the depression will get better and still need a scientific explanation of how it will get better (if it even will).
Also, I am already aware that there are many people with chronic and severe depression and have gotten better, but I can't help but keep thinking that my situation is somehow different that will leave me with this depression which will last my entire life and never get better. The reason I think this is not only because all of my reasons stated so far, but also because depression in this case is a response when your mind recognizes something as being a problem or something as a possible problem. Depression eases up when your mind no longer recognizes that thing as being a problem or a possible problem. But no matter how much coping skills I acquire and such, the possibility of having many panic attacks everyday is, in fact, something that my mind views as a possible problem and I do not see how that will ever not be perceived as a possible problem. Having many panic attacks each day would be something horrific and I do not see how it would ever be possible for you to be perfectly fine with that and not view that as a problem. Therefore, this is why I feel that this depression will forever remain there because of the fact that I will forever view that as a possible problem and to forever keep the fear shutdown.