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Sep 03, 2024 at 06:00 AM
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Does anyone else think that depression has a smell to it
Honestly, I think it smells horrible. I think it's one of those smells you're just like ugg, get that away from me Also sometimes when I'm really depressed I can smell it on me even though I'm actually clean and no one else can smell it hmm |
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Sep 03, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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That is interesting.
When I have been really depressed, I thought everything smelled awful, even flowers, perfume and such. I don't have a memory though of smelling depression emanating from me. The brain works so strangely, especially when it is hurting. Maybe someone else here has had the same kind of experience you describe. Best wishes to you. |
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Sep 03, 2024 at 09:14 PM
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No, I can't say I've smelled my depressions at all, before. Or in others. But rather just a lack of enjoyment or appreciation, a greyness, to anything but thankfully no horrible smells. Your sense of smell might be connected up to your brain a bit differently, if I may put it that way, emily1890. Interesting...
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Sep 06, 2024 at 02:01 PM
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I just get tired, more sore, lazy & I don’t normally go put as much & I sleep more when I can
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Sep 06, 2024 at 08:11 PM
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No, my sense of smell has been double-whammied by allergies and pet ownership.
I wonder if you're experiencing a kind of synesthesia. But instead of one sense (taste, for example) crossing over into another (color), the sense of feeling depressed may be stimulating the olfactory sense. __________________ Major Depressive Disorder; Sleep Apnea; possibly on the spectrum Nuvigil 50mg; Effexor 37.5mg Wellbutrin 150mg; meds for blood pressure & cholesterol |
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