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Aug 04, 2018, 08:23 PM
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My dad said that to me two summers ago when I was forced to live with my parents.
Do you think it's ********?
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Aug 04, 2018, 10:11 PM
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I don’t think you can break down depression so simply. I mean when I’m depressed I do dwell on past mistakes I’ve made but I don’t “live in the past”. I think your dad was trying to be helpful but fell a little short.
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Aug 04, 2018, 10:52 PM
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Btw it’s good to hear from you! I hope you’re doing ok.
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Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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Aug 04, 2018, 11:36 PM
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Hi raspberrytorte!
I don't really think much about the past when depressed. In fact, it's the LEAST time frame I think on. Mostly it's present and (fear of) future. |
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Aug 04, 2018, 11:37 PM
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Ras good to hear from you! I have heard that a lot since being depressed. Depression is living in the last, anxiety in the future, peace in the moment. I too dwell on past mistakes, experience when depressed.
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Aug 05, 2018, 08:03 AM
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The headline of this thread rang out no sooner had I read it.
YES! My depression very much is rooted in my past. I had a pretty exhilarating life (likely manic) for near two years that I had to give up kicking and screaming. In comparison, the life I lead today is quite boring. I pine over the loss of that lifestyle and have ended up in the hospital so distressed when triggered by something that has brought a memory rushing back. Of course there is no way I can talk to my boyfriend about this. It would crush him if I was honest and told him I preferred a past life to this one and this in turn adds to the depression about its loss. |
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Aug 05, 2018, 08:18 AM
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Depression has physiological and biochemical roots - so you're dad needs to educate himself. Yup, I think it's-
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Aug 05, 2018, 08:31 AM
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That is a quote by Lao Tzu, "If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future."
There is certainly truth to it (despite the fact it is incredibly reductionist), but it can come across as condescending if not said in the right place and right time. Of course, it can also come across as something that sounds like it was straight out of a fortune cookie.
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Aug 05, 2018, 08:35 AM
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I'm depressed and anxious so do they cancel each other out so you can live in the present?
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Aug 05, 2018, 09:13 AM
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Yep it's complete crap
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Aug 05, 2018, 09:15 AM
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Aug 05, 2018, 11:30 AM
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Yeah, it's just too simplistic. As sayings often are... |
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Aug 05, 2018, 11:57 AM
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Living in the past adds to my depression. I don't know it it's the root of it though.
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Aug 05, 2018, 03:15 PM
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My depression can be in the past, but it's more in the present and sometimes the future as well.
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Aug 05, 2018, 04:03 PM
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My depression triggers me to stressed a million on what to do now and especially the future. Not much of my past pops up.
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Aug 05, 2018, 04:44 PM
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Does living in the past cause depression, or does depression cause you to live in the past?
For myself, it seems to be the latter. I tend to dwell on the past once I am depressed. Kind of which comes first, the chicken or the egg? |
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