Life or mental problems?

[Beachcomber75]

How many of you think your depression stems from something being off with you internally vs. just a crappy life? I kind of think my depression won't go away unless my life situation changes & I don't see that happening.

[Hidden]

I feel like its a little of both. It's both sobering and encouraging to realize it is situational.

I tend to get discouraged when I can't see the change. But I also realize that my needed changes have been pretty gradual- day to day, they are virtually invisible, but when I compare some things to 12 months ago, I see yes, I'm going in a positive direction. Not leaps and bounds, more like crawling.

Best of luck to you!

[Hidden]

Mine is crappy life. Bad childhood with abuse, bad first marriage with surprise, abuse, lost pregnancies, addiction, homelessness, estranged family, no love or support. Can I get a break?

[LadyZen]

I feel like it's both, but two people will respond very differently to the same situation. For example, my children responded to me and my ex's divorce very differently.

[Ckd123]

It’s definitely both. For example, I feel all my mental health issues stemmed from the death of my mother as an 11 year old, I don’t think I’d have this severe anxiety if my mother hadn’t been taken from me as a child but my siblings all dealt with it differently, it’s just me and one brother that have suffered mental health issues because of it.

[StressBallChi]

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm in therapy with a great young doctor who's been helping me, but it's not enough. I'm a very responsible person in life, but everything seems to be turning to crap for me in the last five years (as well as all my life, I've never been a happy person). I'm despondent at this point. I think my personal hell stems from a rotten childhood of mistreatment and abandonment. But that's not enough to explain the despair for the past few years. I'm feeling lately that there is something internally wrong, something physiological, but I've been through docs and multiple meds, and I'm sick of it. I wish you well, Beachcomer.