Discussion Does depression make you whimsical or am I just retarded?

I know this is not where I should be asking about my mental health, and this may offend some people who have experience either depression first-hand or witness someone close to them being depressed. I'll just get to the point: can depression make someone whimsical, and by whimsical, I mean mood swings, and as for whether the mood is positive or negative, it's more on negative, and sometimes, inverse positive (negative >= positive). Additional symptoms include lethargy, mild aggression, impassiveness, and morbidity with disarrayed emotions being changed or mixed altogether (both negative and positive) in random outbursts (mentally).

Let's not get into semantics and in-depth discussion of this sensitive topic for some people, and only focus on my question, yes? I maybe depressed, and if so, am I whimsical, and if not, then am I retarded? Be straight, don't be tact. Also, I'm currently bored and stressed out about a particularity problem of mine, so I'm probably just venting out my boredom.

 

You're retarded.

But don't take my word for it. I've been told that that's my answer to pretty much about anyone who makes a rant thread.

 

This ain't a rant thread tho...

 

Hahaha, you aren't simply depressed, you are bipolar!

 

Anything to do with your depression that no one else on this forum gives a fuck about is a rant thread as far as I'm concerned.

 

MMmm well if i had to take a stab, i would say you get like this a few days every month right?

 

I have mood swings so i am always very unpredictable especially if i am doing something part of me dislikes. Depression could be the cause for you and me but it doesn't really matter in my opinion. People around me are used to it and i express my mood to a sensible degree and express the rest away from people i can. However at times i have took it out on other people in the form of verbally snapping back at people close to me though that seems to be mainly out of my control unless i stop talking for a bit sadly.

 

Nah, I know my own mind... probably. Maybe I confused bipolar with multiple personality disorder?

Well, shit, I need to add a tag then!

 

Depression with sudden mood swings is known as bipolar disorder, aka manic depression.

And if you really want to know whether you have it, meet a professional, not ask a random bunch of people on the net. Also, find something better to do if you're just bored...

 

Depends on personality but yes

 

No.

I don't talk to people that closely, both at my personal and social places.

The Internet is the only place I can relief myself from boredom. Boredom gets me stress, you see, so I need Internet, and without Internet, I either sleep or mumble like a nutcase.

 

Well i'm all out of ideas, I would tell you to go see a specialist but that's almost impossible when you live in troll country.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
Just another type of depression, just not your usual one.

 

Reddit is a good place to rant though the only places that don't put you off when you are ranting are mental health sub reddits and even then you get mixed results but that's posting publicly for ya Me personally i rant on Microsoft word documents, so far i have 445 KB of just me ranting about my stupid brain.

Seriously though guys try not to self diagnose the OP with bipolar disorder, it almost certainly won't help him in anything really and it is a very complicated condition that you are guaranteed to have for life if you have iit... Also to be honest try to avoid self diagnosing anyone. With yourself maybe but even if its yourself its only suspected by you and not at all guaranteed

 

You are not depressed nor retarded. You're probably somewhere in between, you're a liberal- part depressed part retarded.

All jokes aside, I got $25 nuffies

 

from my experience it does not seem like depressions. it just mean you lack of sleep or to much sleep. maybe eat wrong food or eat too much carb and junk food. or maybe you had excessive behavior such as binge reading, playgames or tv. your body and soul is slow down telling you something need to be change that why you felt like it..

 

Not a professional, but my grandfather has similar symptoms and he’s been diagnosed with mild bipolar disorder. Probably give a visit to a psychiatrist. It’s nothing taboo.

 

Well I’m not sure what you have but if you’re depressed it best to not think about it. Internet is there to relive boredom

 

hmm, fascinating.
Lately i can't control what i think, what i do.
and yes, sometimes i snap at my friends.. sadly.


Is changing what you do can help this issue? Like, take a break, go somewhere?

 

you're retarted. But maybe also depressed, mainly retarded though~
not an expert but sounds more like borderline than bipolar~