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Originally Posted by MuseumGhost
rdgrad15, I agree. I suspect there are degrees of depression, as I do know mine crept up on me over a course of years. I went through stages of it, and some of them lasted a strangely long time without me being able to sense much change. But I did not feel bad enough to seek medical assistance, for an amazingly long period of time (although, in hindsight, I wish I had.). Throughout that time, my life was marked by an unnamable sadness, and also the onset of a moments of dread. I finally sought medical assistance when things did get really bad for me, in 2007.
I am enormously grateful my worst symptoms have significantly lightened. I cannot take all the credit for achieving this, by any means. I believe the courses of medication I had taken contributed the most to my healing. Also, I am completely aware that I am vulnerable to a relapse.
Yes, I can usually monitor and manage my emotions much better these days than in the recent past.
There are still several areas however where things still feel a bit triggering and troublesome, I won't lie. Working around generalized anxiety has been the biggest obstacle. I've still got a ways to go.
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Yeah there are different degrees of depression, sometimes it's so mild that you don't even notice or it's so debilitating that you can hardly function. If I do have any form of depression, it's probably situational since it takes something happening for me to become extremely sad for over two weeks without letting up. Other than that, there's just a low level of lingering sadness that will stick around for a few days and disappear for a day or two and then return. It's extremely mild in comparison and never lasts two weeks so that's why I'm unsure if it's depression, glad you have recovered and recognize that you could relapse.