Posted by shar on July 31, 2000, at 11:53:16
In reply to Some questions for everyone about depression, posted by Rach on July 31, 2000, at 0:46:53
> 1. Do you believe your depression is biologically based or more mentally based?>.......Both
> 2. Do you take medications &/or have counselling?>.......Both. Counseling forever, meds more recently.
> 3. Have you geared your treatment towards what you base your depression on?>.......Hmmmm. I don't think I went into counseling with the idea that I had been shattered by abuse; I didn't even figure that out for quite a while. I just knew I was worthless dysfunctional, and suicidal. The meds, which I resisted using for years, came about when I began to hear more about biological bases for depression.
> 4. If you believe your depression is more mentally based, what events/actions etc. contributed to your depression?
>......Mental aspect would be early death of father, and abuse in childhood, bottom line message: I should not exist.
> 5. Do you have any blood-relatives with depression?
>.......Yes.
> 6. Do you believe in 'recovery', or do believe in 'remission' (or both)?>......As a recovering alcoholic, "recovery" means to me that I choose to abstain from doing something harmful to myself. No to biological recovery, yes to recovery in the ways I treat myself. Remission? Only in the sense of using meds to keep things in balance. Remission without meds? No.
> 7. Do you believe you will recover/remiss? (is that the right term?)>........I hope recover to the extent that it is rare for me to feel suicidal; to live with an attitude of honoring (instead of offing) myself. I hope to remiss, in the sense of finding meds that work effectively and I could actually feel happy. Not feeling too hopeful today.
> That'll do, I think. Thanks!!
> R
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