Wow. I've been depressed for ~15 years, and for the last years I've felt that my brain doesn't function as well as it used to.
Reading that depression causes concrete physical damage to the brain is really reassuring. As in, it's very hard to just "cheer up" or “give yourself a kick in the rear”, when it's actual damage to your brain that is making everything harder. Only proper treatment can reverse the damage.
I've always kind of thought that maybe I am just a miserable failure who lacks the skills and strenght to survive in life, and that's just how it is, and nothing's going to change that. This made me realize that I might not be doomed to be just that, that I have actual condition that makes my life harder, and it can possibly be fixed.
So I guess some kind of therapy might work for reversing the damage?
Wow. I've been depressed for ~15 years, and for the last years I've felt that my brain doesn't function as well as it used to.
Reading that depression causes concrete physical damage to the brain is really reassuring. As in, it's very hard to just "cheer up" or “give yourself a kick in the rear”, when it's actual damage to your brain that is making everything harder. Only proper treatment can reverse the damage.
I've always kind of thought that maybe I am just a miserable failure who lacks the skills and strenght to survive in life, and that's just how it is, and nothing's going to change that. This made me realize that I might not be doomed to be just that, that I have actual condition that makes my life harder, and it can possibly be fixed.
So I guess some kind of therapy might work for reversing the damage?