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Recovery Through Depression: Living And Recovery Through Depression

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“Living and Recovery through Depression” Depression is an important health concern worldwide. It is a silent disorder that afflicts many of the population. It is the most common psychiatric disorder yet unrecognized and under treated because attention is often focused on the physical medical conditions that are obvious during medical consultation. In the Philippines, statistics on mental health remain scarce since not all Filipinos manage to get diagnosed, and not everyone is willing to talk. But with the stigma, can you blame them for keeping it? A recovery story is a messy thing. It has dozens of beginnings and no final ending. Most of the conflict and drama is interior, and there’s a lot more indecisiveness than action. The lead character hides in the shadows much of the time, so you can’t even see what’s going on. I …show more content…

I became numb and insane for the feeling of worthlessness, as if a witched casted a spell of bad luck in my life. I was complaining to myself and to God about the series of unfortunate events of my life. Gradually, depression became so disruptive that I masked my depression with alcohol for a long time. Depression pushed into every corner of my existence, and both school, friends and family life became more and more difficult. The medications only seemed to deaden my feelings and make me feel detached from everyone and protected to every pressure. It was like having pain signals turned off. There was no longer any sign coming from my body or brain that something might be wrong. I felt “fine” but relationships and self-struggle still went to hell. The strange thing was that after all those years of living with it, I didn’t know very much about depression. I thought it was entirely a problem of depressed mood and loss of the energy and

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