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depression or not?
for a while now i have been feeling very tired all the time. I am a very talkative person and i act happy around most people. however i have no interest to do a lot of things except watch TV. Everything makes me sad and like i will get really sad about absolutely nothing. i mean im happy sometimes but lately i have been even sadder. I cry at night but i dont really know why. I kind of cut my wrists but i dont actually make them bleed i just kind of irritate them with scissors because i like the feeling after, it makes the sadness kind of go away temporarily. Nothing that could hurt me though.
Am i depressed or not?
14/f btw.
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ok. honestly, i believe you might have some sort of depression. my advice to you is to go to a doctor, tell them your sympthoms, and let them diagnose you. it is common for kids your age to be depressed. but it could also be something more serious, that could lead to another scicosic.( a panic attack, anxiaty dissorder.etc) so, go to the doctors, get checked, and go from there. if you need any advice on how to deal with any of those diagnosis, contact me. i will be happy to help you. remember to keep on smiling!
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You aren't depressed. One of the problems with our present culture is that kids are exposed to so much information that it causes them to have adult expectations of themselves.
There once was a psychologist who lost her license for three months because she administered the adult version of a personality test to a kid, and concluded from is answers that he needed to be hospitalized. Turns out, if she had administered the children's version of the test, this guy would have been deemed normal. Moral of the story: teenagers undergo an extraordinary physical and hormonal developmental change for three years or so, and during this time, their minds are subjected to a barrage of new neurochemical information for which they just aren't prepared. Simply put, you are normal.
Crying is normal. Being talkative and happy is normal. Being sad, feigning wrist slashing is...well...not standard behavior, but explainable in terms of your attempt to "work through" your turbulent, foreign emotions.
As for feeling tired, I don't want to "explain it away" or marginalize your concern. Teenagers need 7-9 hours of sleep every night to avoid signs of sleep deprivation. And EVERYONE needs exercise to feel energetic. I've always thought exercise is paradoxical...one would think that exercise would tire you out, but the opposite is true: Apathy, or a lack of exercise, is what causes chronic fatigue.
Consider joining an activity like volleyball or softball or anything that gets you involved with other people and gets you moving.
Dr. Chad
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Depression is common in teens as ygsgirl said.
If you are depressed a few days and then perk back up for a while, thats pretty normal and just part of being a teen. You have a lot of changes going on in your life all at once and hormones are going bonkers.
If you get depressed and are depressed for more than a few weeks, if you get down and just can't get back to feeling normal, you need to seek some medical attention. No need to live in a funk. :)
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You could very well be. Depression is common in teens.
You should definitely see a doctor, preferably a therapist. Running scissors over your wrist, even without drawing blood, is bad stuff to get into.
ygs-29/f
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