[Molson Can]

Good evening,

If any of you watch Grey's Anatomy (no, I don't run my life by it, but...) you know Ameliia had a brain tumor removed. After, she felt something was missing and that something else had to be wrong.

I think the same way about depression. It is like I am afraid to let it go. Depression and anxiety are so ingrained in me, I really can't imagine life without it. I've talked to my therapist, Psy MD, and a local support group about this. I think that with out these, I would have anxiety about not having anxiety.

It is like, even on good days, someone will ask how I am or how business is. Instead of being upbeat, I just say, 'ok' or 'could be better'.

I am sure I am not the only one that has this issue. I am just wondering how people work it.

Thank you

[CF17]

Well, I must be the pessimist one, but I believe that one shouldn't be afraid of depression or anxiety vanishing because it will not. It's a different from removing a tumor, I would dare to say that if mood disorders were tumors, even after removal, it would grow back. There is no cure for it. But there is maintenance and control of it. That's surreal, but if you are aware that they never found the causes (due to the complexity of our brains), it means that the treatments are based on trial and error, and it will never cure a patient for good. Unfortunately, we have a long way ahead of us when it comes to mental health and efficient methods to treat it.

[Buffy01]

Originally Posted by Molson Can

Good evening,

If any of you watch Grey's Anatomy (no, I don't run my life by it, but...) you know Ameliia had a brain tumor removed. After, she felt something was missing and that something else had to be wrong.

I think the same way about depression. It is like I am afraid to let it go. Depression and anxiety are so ingrained in me, I really can't imagine life without it. I've talked to my therapist, Psy MD, and a local support group about this. I think that with out these, I would have anxiety about not having anxiety.

It is like, even on good days, someone will ask how I am or how business is. Instead of being upbeat, I just say, 'ok' or 'could be better'.

I am sure I am not the only one that has this issue. I am just wondering how people work it.

Thank you

I feel the same way you do. I can't remember when I had been happy. I feel that without my depression I would be loss. Someday I wish that I could kicked off the depression snap out of it and feel good when I can't do any of those things.

[*Laurie*]

When I fall into depression I feel frightened of trying to let it go because I am afraid bad things will happen that will force the depression on me again. I hate thinking like that, but it's very difficult not to.

[roham_06]

Yeah I'm with you , but I believe that we can control what we feel my a good balanced medication, are you on any med?