Feeling empty or your feeling you mood darken? You might be very unstimulated.

I know its hard to find something that truly interests you; I’ve only found it recently (its this: my blogs and such), but keep trying different things. I know its hard but you won’t find it unless you keep looking.

- DEPRESSION: Is It ADHD, Depression, or Both?, ADDitude

Secondary depression is essentially when you have depression secondary to another condition.. and in a lot of cases, the depression is “caused” by the disorder.

In the case of ADHD, its not uncommon for chronic under-stimulation to cause secondary depression.

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Y’all, I lost years out of my real-ass life because every health care professional insisted that my anxiety and agitation were symptoms of my depression, and wouldn’t believe me when I said I felt sure that my depression was a symptom of being anxious and agitated.

Realizing I had undiagnosed ADHD changed my life. I’m not depressed anymore, I’m not anxious, and when I get agitated, I know that it’s because I’m either understimulated or overstimulated, and I can reset. But staying in understimulating situations because I didn’t realize they were damaging for me gave me a ton of nervous energy, which made me anxious, which made me withdraw, which led to my situation becoming even MORE understimulating, which led to depression, which took away my ability to CHANGE anything, because I was too depressed to leave the house.

6 different antidepressants did nothing for me, but re-tuning my life to give me control over how much I’m stimulated throughout the day fixed pretty much my whole situation.

There's no such thing as a stupid reason to be alive

•you don’t want to see the effect it’d have on your friends •you have a test next week •that movie is finally coming out •the season of that show isn’t over •you don’t want your team to be down a player •that song is stuck in your head and you wanna hear it again •you never got a chance to ask him out for coffee •that novel you wanna write still needs to be written •the cafeteria has really great cookies on Tuesdays •you owe your mom five bucks •you haven’t gotten that haircut you dreamed of yet •your package is on its way •your lab partner has no clue what’s going on and needs your help •that YouTube Q&A is coming out and they might use your question •you have a great idea for a cosplay you wanna do •more photo booths •more ice cream flavors •more new coffee shops •more laughing •more writing •more friends •more memories •more finding yourself •more of you •you matter •you’re loved •you’re important •you’re a star •you’re a nebula •you’re a flower, still growing •you’re a constellation, still forming •you’re a story, still writing •you’re a song, still composing •you’re you. And that will be enough.

Stay alive. For anything. Stay alive. For you.

Adhd things that need to be talked more about (because adhd is more than just not being able to focus)

These are all the ones I can think of right now, but it’s really important we talk about this stuff more. All of these things that come with adhd can be very frustrating for those around us because they don’t understand that we can’t help it. To an outsider, it may just look like a person with adhd is just lazy and doesn’t care, when it’s actually just how our brains are wired. None of us want to be frustrating to others!! In fact, all of this frustrates us too!! But since adhd is just known as “not being able to focus”, people don’t realize what all comes with it and how it can really fuck everyone over.

Please add more if you can think of anything else!! I’m horrible with lists lol

^^^ I was gonna add RSD, glad someone else did! Also (this is long and I know I left a lot out/probably messed up but I don’t have the brain rn to proofread and these are Important):

ADHD is an executive function deficit disorder (EFDD) 

A lot of the below points are related/connected to executive dysfunction, bc it’s such a huge part of our brain structure, even with the help of meds. Strap in for some psychology fun, folks!

ADHD IS A REAL DISORDER THAT GOES WAY BEYOND WHAT YOU THINK

I know we ADHD peeps have trouble reading lots of text at once, so 

TL;DR: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!??!?!!!??!!!

it’s just one of those croissant days

we love a recovery

PSA: How not to accidentally be a jerk when trying to be supportive & kind

CW: Ableism, mental health stuff, depression, self harm & suicide mention, self-harm thoughts mention, suicidal thoughts mention

DO NOT tell anyone with a disability, physical or mental illness, or health struggle that you admire them for “being strong enough to survive”/”strong enough to go on”. DO NOT say you don’t think you “could do it [live; get out of bed every day; etc]”.

It isn’t as kind as it seems on the surface.

What it says is: “Your existence seems so horrifying that not existing might be a better default”. 

Not exactly the message most people intend to be conveying, I think. If it is the message you were trying for, you should back the heck up and examine your intentions because implying that to someone is not cool.

I’m personally at least low-key depressed literally all the time anymore. Every time someone says that, it does the opposite of helping encourage me to live a good, positive, empowered life. Instead it just encourages me to stop fighting against my self-harm impulses and/or suicidal thoughts. It makes me wonder why I am bothering to stay alive and whether it’s even worth it/whether giving in might be better.

Please find something better to say when interacting with sick or struggling people, or people who seem that way to you.

me at family gatherings

#no guys you don’t understand #this is super important #mental health in korea is literally awful #you can lose your job because you’re being treated for depression #the fact that this big name star is opening up about it is huuuge  #so thank you gong yoo 

the screenshots here are from near the end of the interview, which i think makes it even worse, because the interviewer listened to everything he’d said and still didn’t treat it very seriously. there are other parts where she seems very smart and intuitive, but then other times he’d say something like “i hate myself to death and feel like i’m an empty shell” and she’d just laugh and move on while i’m just like !!!

i was really impressed by how open he is about it though, even the “ugly” symptoms that aren’t really talked about normally — like how he said he used to lock himself in his apartment alone and drink and “bang on the walls” because he didn’t know how else to cope with all the pain he was in, and he even mentions hurting himself and talks about scars and refers to himself as a “masochist” and says a coworker once referred to him as “someone constantly trying to hurt himself.” the fact that he was able to talk about all this so openly, despite the reaction he got, was so impressive and amazing to me

it’s really heartbreaking though because he’s obviously never had the support he needs — at one point he mentions that the first person he ever opened up to about all the pain he was in (back in his mid-20s, when he says it was much worse) was a director who was considering hiring him, and he later found out that that director had told people she thought “someone like that” would be “too difficult” to work with, and it caused this rumor/pre-conceived notion about him to spread that affected the way his coworkers treated him. now that he’s famous and has had other work he’s literally known for how charming and nice he is to everyone, but at that point his coworkers all thought he was moody, pretentious, and rude and always avoided him on set because of this, all because he opened up about his severe depression to the wrong person

Gong Yoo’s face says it all…

my favorite side effect warning is for antidepressants

pros: you won’t want to kill yourself

cons: you might want to kill yourself

Back when I was in a psychiatric hospital, and was offered antidepressants, my mother had declined them due to that apparent side effect. So the staff actually explained about this effect antidepressants have, that give reason to that warning. When first taking antidepressants they raise up your energy first. So that you have the energy to do the tasks you might have avoided doing due to your depression. Because of this those who were already suicidal, now have the energy to go do so. Which is the ones this warning is given for. It’s not that a side effect of antidepressants magically makes you want to kill yourself, it’s the energy it gives those who were already struggling with suicidal issues, to actually attempt the act.

Very informative…

Wow. I’m so glad you explained that. Now I understand

My high school choir/psych teacher actually told is about this. She also said if you have a suicidal friend who starts seeming like they might be getting better because they have more energy, that’s the time to be cautious because that’s when they may still be suicidal but they’ll actually have the energy to go through with it

THIS. a thousand times THIS. I had it explained to me in my AP psychology class in high school. super fucking important.

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT and I wish my doctors had explained it to me this well when I first started taking them.

JUST GONNA REBLOG THIS AGAIN TO ADD that my younger sister in law recently started on anti-depressants among other medications in juncture with therapy to help handle an extreme case of OCD and anxiety, and I was the one who had to explain this to her. Her doctor only explained the risks, and not WHY they would actually be considered risks, which put her off of taking medication for most of her life. I explained it, and she understood, and THAT is why she is now on medication that is significantly improving her life. DOCTORS NEED TO TELL US THIS SHIT.

Best description of why ‘increased risk of suicide’ is included in the warning for anti-depressants I’ve ever read.

Signal boost this to save a life.

I needed this.

@fabvosje

The thing I hate most about depression is that it tricks you into thinking you don’t have depression. It makes you think that nothing is wrong with you, that you just feel this way because you lack value as a person. Whether that’s in your relationships, your academics, or a view of yourself, it makes you think you aren’t good enough for any of that.

“It’s not the illness,” it says, “You feel this way because it’s who you are.”

“Mental illness is like fighting a war where the enemy’s strategy is to convince you that the war isn’t actually happening.”

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

17 Celebrity Men Who Opened Up About Their Depression

Depressed characters written by people without depression

I am so sad…….all the time…….I cry so many tears…..at night I cry myself to sleep……my pillow……….is wet

My depression is now gone because i have a skinny white boyfriend.

He told me he loves me and now I have self esteem.

I have a job and I smile, I fixed myself with positive thinking

All I needed was a…friend

People with depression can smile

People with depression can laugh

People with depression can eat normally

People with depression can have good sleeping

People with depression can seem happy

People with depression can have good grades

People with depression can be happy at some points

People with depression can have good days

People with depression don’t always appear to have depression

This goes for all “invisible” illnesses/conditions.