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Can you get better from depression on your own or does it stay just not bad? Long and boring

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RoystonVaseySmegHead · 12/12/2016 22:24

Has anyone felt like they got better from depression by themselves?
Back story coz I don't want to drip feed and I can't be bothered saying it in it's and bits... 5/6/7/8 years ago (I don't really remember the bad time) I felt very low and self harmed probably most days but then I met dp and was still bad for a while but didn't hurt myself much and after 7/8 months I got pregnant and kept quiet for 6 months ish because I was young and scared and then when people found out I stopped cutting and tried to get better so social or whoever didn't take ds if they thought I wasn't good enough and then since then I've felt better I suppose but I can't remember what normal people feel like so I don't know if I'm just doing my best and getting along or if I'm fixed.. some days I feel like I'm doing good and that I'm pretty normal and that can last a while but some days when I don't feel like I'm doing good I feel like I used to feel and that can last a while.. and I think I always feel stressed at everything so I don't know.. I don't hurt myself even though I want to sometimes but I've got really fat since I had ds so I don't know if I'm subconsciously eating too much to make myself feel bad or better or whatever.. It's been a bad month and dp isn't happy and I feel crap too, having a bad day so sorry for sounding like I'm attention seeking or trying to get one up on dp coz I'm not in just sad. Is this normal or do you think I'm still whatever I was back then?

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Itisnoteasybeingdifferent · 12/12/2016 23:35

OK, first the caviet.. I have been married for 30 years so I don't really remember being single..

But thinking back for my married life and now it has ebbed and flowed before I (and my lovely wife) recognised I am a manic depressive, yes it can get better by itself..

Then it can also revert for no apparant reason.

I have come to accept that depression (and mania) are part of me., It may sound odd but knowing and accepting it has actually made life less difficult.

RoystonVaseySmegHead · 12/12/2016 23:53

What's a caviet? (I'm dim) and I didn't actually know that. To me it's like it hides when I'm happy and then it sneaks up and gets me when I feel pooey for whatever reason, just didn't know if I was feeling bad or just sad iyswim... is it ok to just let it go away and do what it wants for a bit or do I need to see someone? Thanks for the reply, having a really shot day (as you can probably tell)

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Itisnoteasybeingdifferent · 13/12/2016 07:40

I can't tell if you "should" see someone... by comparison there are quite a few who post things that say ... get to a doctor now...

However I don't think it will do you any harm to speak with a health professional. Clearly you are having a shit time at the moment. And the way you describe feeling good then pooey looks like a recurring pattern.

Is it bad to let it wash over you... I am reminded of the words of the song... "Hello darkness my old friend,
I've come to talk to you again"

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