Do you get this weird feeling when you're depressed?

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17 Feb 2010, 12:20 am

Sometimes when I get really depressed, I get this strange sensation that's just... weird. Like I imagine a depressing building, or a sad time of day, and nothing can comfort me. Maybe I'll think of how to explain it later...



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17 Feb 2010, 3:20 am

I feel numb when I get depressed. I feel emptyness in my head. It is the strangest feeling.



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17 Feb 2010, 4:35 am

sometimes I get a frightful feeling like something
evil is hanging about.

watching me.


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17 Feb 2010, 4:58 am

Maybe not what you mean but when I'm depressed I get the feeling of "not right". An unshakable "off" feeling that I can't describe very well.


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17 Feb 2010, 5:32 am

When I get depressed, I feel like my personality splits into three distinct parts - nothing like dissociative identity disorder though. I'll try and explain:

First off, part of me is the depressed, glum me who just struggles through life one foot at a time. Doesn't feel sad, but just... empty. Constantly exhausted.

Another part of me is always sad or angry. Basically, a more emotional and active version of the first.

Finally is a dry, detached part that observes and occasionally chuckles at my own expense. Sort of emotionless otherwise.

Here's an example:
There was one day I was trying to find a usb flash drive in my room, and I'm plodding away trying to find it. Just as I was about to give up, I discovered that it's neck strap was caught around my ankle. All at once were three reactions:

>"Oh."
>Anger, although it didn't actually make it to my face
>Humour that I'd spent so long looking for it only to realise it was right in front of me.



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17 Feb 2010, 6:11 am

I get numb and empty when I feel depressed and sometimes feel like I am somehow separate from everything that is going on and am just an observer. I also feel like everything is an effort, even moving and can just lay still for hours doing absolutely nothing whereas normally I couldn't possibly do that. I hate how the feeling can just suddenly come over me for what seems like no or a tiny reason. I can be find and then bang it hits



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17 Feb 2010, 6:28 am

SamwiseGamgee wrote:
Maybe not what you mean but when I'm depressed I get the feeling of "not right". An unshakable "off" feeling that I can't describe very well.


You described it perfectly, actually. It's a terribly unpleasant sensation, sometimes like a bad shrooms trip, and sometimes just hopeless despair. Trying to sleep in this condition feels like torture.



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17 Feb 2010, 6:05 pm

I agree it's tough to sleep like that, which is actually why I was on here so late last night, trying to exhaust myself enough that the feeling would subside so I could sleep.

Since you mention it's like a bad shrooms trip, you might look into depersonalization or derealization because I get the first one and I relate it to what I imagine a bad trip might be like. My "off" feeling isn't as intense as the DP I get but the "off" feeling is usually a sign that either DP or depression is coming on strong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealization


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17 Feb 2010, 7:39 pm

I seem to experience different types of depression. Sometimes I'll just feel this extreme boredom/apathy. Only it's not a nice mellow lackadaisical la-la-la-whatever-I-just-want-to-sleep kind of apathy. It's the soul-sucking kind where I'm hurting to do something - hurting badly, just to fill the void - but then whenever I think about doing something I feel no interest or pleasure from it.

Other times I get tired and feel this heavy sensation behind my eyes, as if I need to cry but can't. Or I get this chill going through me, like there's ice water flowing through my veins, along with this bad sinking feeling in my gut. My mind also feels slow, like even writing a single sentence is hard.



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19 Feb 2010, 8:36 pm

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
SamwiseGamgee wrote:
Maybe not what you mean but when I'm depressed I get the feeling of "not right". An unshakable "off" feeling that I can't describe very well.


You described it perfectly, actually. It's a terribly unpleasant sensation, sometimes like a bad shrooms trip, and sometimes just hopeless despair. Trying to sleep in this condition feels like torture.


Thats very close to what I was trying to say too. What is worse is that when the sensation comes over me, there is usually no reason I can think of as to why I am depressed. And futher more there is nothing I can do to "stop it". I just feel numb all day.



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19 Feb 2010, 8:46 pm

Sparx139 wrote:
When I get depressed, I feel like my personality splits into three distinct parts - nothing like dissociative identity disorder though. I'll try and explain:

First off, part of me is the depressed, glum me who just struggles through life one foot at a time. Doesn't feel sad, but just... empty. Constantly exhausted.

Another part of me is always sad or angry. Basically, a more emotional and active version of the first.

Finally is a dry, detached part that observes and occasionally chuckles at my own expense. Sort of emotionless otherwise.


It's the same for me.. I always try really hard to prevent it when I feel like it is going to be one of those days/weeks/months but I can't.



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22 Feb 2010, 7:00 pm

not sure if its the same thing but I sometimes get a feeling were everything seems unfamiliar is this what you mean?



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03 Mar 2011, 2:02 pm

I know exactly what you mean! I can't explain the feeling, but it's a very weird feeling. You remember that weird feeling you got on your first day back at school after the Christmas holidays or the 6-week summer holidays? That's the same sort of feeling I get now when I have a depressed day, but obviously with different thoughts and reasons. I feel all uneasy and lonely and abnormal. I don't feel neither here nor there really. Just confused.
I usually get those feelings when I'm adapting to an unexpected change.


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03 Mar 2011, 10:15 pm

(I think) I get some sort of caffiene crash-style crash, very hard to describe. Normally after feeling good and hyperactive for a period of time, bang, the bubble bursts. Yesterday (or Tuesday I can't remember) I was sat down trying to rationalise things and force myself back into positive thoughts. Would have been easier to go with the flow


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03 Jan 2014, 10:23 am

I had a deathly attack of depression earlier today. My mind and body are slwoly petrified until I feel like one long stone column. When im anxious I tend to feel tension which I need to get rid of. Often this is by banging my head screaming rocking or unfortunately self harm. Depression is the worst of the 2 for me because once it gets hold there is no consolation at all


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03 Jan 2014, 10:47 am

It's a normally a numbing sensation or sense of defeat. Like my mind has caved in on itself like a tower of cards, with the resulting impact being taken by my body.