so i took this test

wow.. we're just a happy bunch .. ain't we? come on.. get closer.. hugs all around


one day at a time

 

I scored a 49 on the test, confirming what I already know, I suffer from moderate depression. I have been seeing my current therapist for the past 2.5 years, with a 8 month interruption because of Katrina and its aftermath. I suggest therapy hon, over prescription drugs. Prescriptions treat symptoms, but are never a cure. I went the prescription drug route in the past, and it enhanced my depression.

I am very fortunate because my current therapist is wonderful. Seek out social service agencies in your area, if your health insurance does not cover mental.

Good luck and peace baby.

 

thanks. thats exactly what i plan to do once i'm back in cali. i've never been one for prescription drugs

 

i got a 62... fuck.

 

I would warn against self diagnosis. Having said that, I scored 40.

 

I'd like to say the following.

1) A score is a score is a score. What's more important is the direction it's heading. I scored 67, but if I'd taken the test after my girlfriend-cum-partner died I'd've scored well into the 80s. I had a plan for how to kill myself. The works. The only things that stopped me from doing it was the fact I had 3 kids who were relying on me and the fact it almost destroyed my family when my sister died. If there's a general downward tend, do more of what you've been doing lately. If it's rising do the oposite.

2) Find someone to talk to about your feelings. My doctor suggested anti-depressants but after I said that they'd only mask how I felt and not let me deal with it, she sent me to speak to someone instead. Anti-depressants might work if you are in imminent danger of self harm or harm to others, but prolonged use worries me because they dont address the core reasons for the depression.

3) Think about the impact of your death on others. I took my youngest daughter to see her Gran and Grandad one day soon after her Mum died. I don't think I ever got on with my girlfriends parents, so I dropped her off there. When I went to pick her up, the look of unconditional love on her face convinced me to put suicide from my mind.

It isn't just kids who are that way. Parents, brothers, sisters and other relations will all miss you after you're gone. You might not think so, but trust me its true.

 

wow, i hear you sister. I understand.

I took the test and got a 78
son of a...
And I thought... well had a feeling I was getting better, oh right that was during a manic living room binge cleaning moment ... yah makes sence, I cant turn the happy on even though I know I want to and no one understands just why I cant.
oh well, this is life isnt it.

 

77. A few months back i was completely normal and happy. I dont have a disorder or anything. Circumstances

 

i think of it as a starting point..


"okay i scored this #, what am i going to do to make myself better?"

i'm sick of being depressed. i'm sick of everyone else seeming to be effortlessly happy all the time. i'm sick of not getting "it" .. so now i just need to figure this all out.

now what? whats step two?

anyone need a hug? i need to hug more.. thats for sure.

 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a great way to help you understand why you feel and react in the way that you do and what can be done to combat it.

 

I got a 14. Apparently I'm mildly depressed. Do I win?

 

yes you do

 

75......point and stare everyone!!!!

 

Hmm... 50 points...
I don't really trust these tests...

 

ya i might be unipollar but i say these tests are full of shit

 

oh God, i got an 83...im serious. im nervouse now. holy sh*t. wtf is wrong with me. i feel like crying now. i got the second highest score.

 

Is this test reflective of the offical measures of depression? Unlikely.

Besides, I have a really creeping suspicion that this test is skewered to make you sound much more depressed than you actually are.