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Depression is not always sadness

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I am not a sad person. I am not a happy person. I have anxiety and depression. My anxiety makes me feel like I shouldn't do anything because "what if x happens". My depression makes it so I have no interest or motivation to do things i love doing. Instead of doing anything that would help me, I absorb every form of media so that I don't have thoughts or think about anything that would trigger my anxiety. My depression makes me feel lazy and I won't clean the house or wash my hair or brush my teeth. I don't feel sad when I'm depressed. I just don't care what happens. There is a chemical imbalance in my brain so I don't get happy about most things. I'm learning to live with it but maybe I need medication for help.

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  • I have had multiple bouts of depression, sometimes 'mild' according to the experts and treated with short term medication, maybe siimilar to your description here.

    Other times more serious/'full on' with negative thoughts and a genuine intent/plan to self harm, so more  intervention needed. So levels of depression/symptoms might vary?

    But 'burnout' is new to me/I need to understand how this differs to some levels of depression.

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  • I have had multiple bouts of depression, sometimes 'mild' according to the experts and treated with short term medication, maybe siimilar to your description here.

    Other times more serious/'full on' with negative thoughts and a genuine intent/plan to self harm, so more  intervention needed. So levels of depression/symptoms might vary?

    But 'burnout' is new to me/I need to understand how this differs to some levels of depression.

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