Why do certain people undergo through depression all the time, while others just dont stop being happy at all?
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Mainly just to aggravate the people around them.
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Because it is only an illusion.  What makes a person happy?\nhave a decent job, someone to love, and love you back that knows your not perfect but loves you anyway.\nKids born without defects and a world intact.
522659
Always remember, happiness is a state of the mind...\nwhen we are happy our mind is the one that gives us this feeling of happiness not the heart...-lil bro\n\nIts because of the Hypothalamus in the brain which controls our emotions. I wish I could take it out(or at least the part of it  which controls the emotions which I dunno where)...if only it werent that important...(it controls our whole body!) then we can live without emotions. Now that would be fun.   -me ü
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Their are alot more people than teenagers that consider suicide but teens have hormon imbalances which make them more prone to consider suciude. Whether your happy or sad depends on a large degree to the chemicals in your body.If their severly imbalanced your life could be so sad that you figure its not worth living.
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I think I understand where you are coming from.  You are asking why can't we be happy without medicine, and why can't we be happy all the time?\n\nTo answer, I believe in balance.  We have to know sadness and anger to know peace and happiness, and to enjoy happiness more.   Without sadness, how can we grow stronger?  We need balance to grow as people.\n\nAs for medicine, some people's brains are not working properly (mine isn't), so need antidepressants to function properly.  That does not mean I never get sad.  I still do.  It just helps me not be sad all the time.
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There are lots of different signs/symptoms because depression can be different for everyone depending on the underlying issues you're dealing with and the severity.  In general: feeling sad or down most of the day; feeling tired all the time; loss of interest in things that you used to enjoy; problems with or a change in sleep patterns, appetite, ability to concentrate, e.t.c.  Check out WebMD, if you click on "Diseases and Conditions" on the home page it has everything listed alphabetically and will link you to all of the related articles & info...there's a self-quiz to take on there too.  Alot of people don't realize that clinical depression is actually very serious and debilitating, it's not just "whining" or "feeling sorry for yourself" or something that can be fixed by "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps."  People dealing with chronic depression usually have an overwhelming feeling of this huge load on their shoulders and they have no idea how to feel better, and unfortunately there's no quick or easy fix.
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If you're talking about clinical depression, it's because there is a chemical imbalance in your brain. Usually, it's because your brain does not get enough Seratonin to function normally.\n\nIf it's just the "blues", if we didn't get depressed, how would we know what happiness is?
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yes im always happy...it takes alot to get me mad becuz why waste your time being mad or sad when you could be and happy and make other ppl happy too?
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When people feel bad and down, they don't like perky people who are happy.  They want to be with someone else who is also in their downer mood.  Problem is most folks don't want to be in a downer mood, which is why the company doesn't reciprocate.
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There are many reasons why people are depressed. I don't think we can really pin-point it to one thing. Some people have clinical depression. If your depression is getting to the point where it interfears with your day-to-day life, then you want to get it checked out. It has to do with the chemical balance in the brain, and the brains ability to produce "normal" levels of seritonine, dompanine, and other neuro-peptides that help process the emotions we feel. You are able to create these on your own. Yet the more negative experiences you have, the less of these chemicals your brain will produce, it becomes desensitized and you then have to have artificial stimulation. \n\n\nSpiritually, depression is used as a tool to experience through, by the Soul. Usually when we repress our anger over and over, it gets pressed down into our core. \n\nHolistically there are many ways to help with depression. First is to see a doctor about it. Take vitamins, eat healthy, and meditate. Don't judge being depressed as wrong or bad. It isn't either of these things... it is just what it is. If you are feeling depressed, take a look at why... how we feel tells us about your experience. Maybe it is telling you that you need to change something about your experience. \n\nDoing something kind for another will give you a shot of Seratonine. You know when you do something really nice for someone, you get that little buzz in the front of your brain... that is what that is.
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There's alot of reasons for people to be depressed, what really matters is if its a long or short term thing n if it happens more then once in a week.\nEvery answer in this room is a possible reason for depression. Maybe they're going through emotional stuff in their life, they're not getting enough sleep, they may be preg. and a chemical inbalnce may be taking place in the brain.\n\nFirst, people should relieze that other people dont chose to be depressed. Infact, depression doesn't only effect how people act in life but how they sleep at night. Just because someone takes anti-depressants doesn't mean they're trying to kill themselves.\n\nIn The End of it all:\nNo one gets truely upset for no reason and you shouldnt put it that way. To them, they have a reason to be upset, even though you dont see it. Maybe they just need someone to talk to.
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They do it partially for attention, but not always and not all of them. For the most part, they do it to feel something again. Part of depression - the clinical disorder - is the lack of feeling, motivation and emotion. They also tend to blame themselves for the way they are, and concentrate only on the negative things that are happening to them. \n\nCutting gives them two things - it's a form of punishing themselves, and it's a way to know that they are still alive (because when they feel nothing, and nothing makes them happy or excited anymore, they wonder: am i still here? am i still alive?) seeing themselves bleed and feeling the pain gives them something to feel when they cannot otherwise. \n\nIt becomes addicting. They see the scars later and they may regret it, but they can't stop, because they're now dependent on the pain and the sight of the blood to help them feel.\n\nPeople who cut themselves 95% of the time are not suicidal and do not want to die. They want to live and to feel, but their brain is not letting them.
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I do not believe it is Always possible to stay Positive and happy. But I do believe that if you try to do at least one thing a day that makes you feel good about you that will help. Whenever an event happens that makes you sad you should try to do or find something to make that situation a wee bit better.Try to figure something about that situation that will make you feel a tiny bit better(if there isn't anything try to think about something you may be able to that in itself will help ? HUGS
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happiness is a state of mind, so a lot of it has to do with what you chose to be.. If you chose to look at the good side of life, most likely you wont be all that unhappy.. If you chose to look at the world in a bitter way.. most likely you will be unhappy.. We all have the power of thought control, hence mind over matter.. its just some of us choose not to use it..
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Sometimes, when people make the serious decision to commit suicide, they actually start to feel better. They believe the pain is going to stop, that there will be an end, so the depression resolves.  That is why some people get so surprised when someone dies by suicide when they were doing so well.
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being biplor and having other personality disorders has a lot more characteristics than just random mood swings\nif you already say you have depression, then i'm sure you are just in the "regular depression" like you say you are.\nhowever, it may all be just hormones, other stuff..being sad doesn't necessarily mean you are depressed, unless you have of course been diagnosed.
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Sometimes it's not their fault, they may suffer from depression!  Sometimes they're hurting and just need to be cheered up!  Sometimes it's just genetic and it's in their nature.  Not everyone can be a sunny girl like me - we're all different!  But before, I go, I hope I manage to cheer you guys up!