I hear that as we get older, we get more complacent and less angry about things. Don’t know if that’s true.
I’d like to especially hear from people who’ve had depressed their wholes lives and are on the “older” side. Does it get better with age, then worse at a certain age? Or does this shit just gets progressively worse as we get older?
For everyone: What has been the depression trend/trajectory/or whatever you call it, for you?
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It’s a toss up imho. While it’s true that people tend to get more complacent as they age, they also get less “gullible” (not sure if that’s the word i’m thinking about, but i’m guessing you’ll get the idea). So even if it’s somewhat easier to accept some things, it’s also harder to believe that things will get better. You also can come up with more complex coping mechanisms, but biologically speaking there’s also the fact that older people can’t recover from stress as quickly as younger people so… yup, a toss up.
At least in my case i can say that many things that could have killed me in my young years are more endurable now, but the effect lasts longer. That has a lot to do with me not being as impulsive as i used to be, so i guess both youth and older ages have their cons and pros when it comes to depression.
I think only your view changes , but depression is either cured or fatal , not getting better . As for the road , i dont remember having something else than this .
For me > it does not get better with age.
I am in my mid 40’s and My whole life has been fucked up.. and > well there are times when it gets better for a short time. Lie maybe I have 4 or 5 good months.. but then the shit of my life returns and I basically start to realize what a loser in life I am and just want to end it.
I really wish that I had not been born. I would have been better off if my mom just aborted me
in fact I even tried to end my life several times and it did not result in death.. I wish it had
I cant even get suicide right. What a fucking loser I am to want to die and not even being able to get it right
I mean > at least I could get that right but NO my family intervenes and trys to save me.
I dont want to be saved. I want to die desperately
Later 40’s as well. Like Riff it comes in waves for me also. I have been depressed for as long as I remember. I still struggle to this day. I can say that I seem to be more emotional about things as I get older. That sure doesn’t help when the depression kicks in to high gear.
I can’t say that I feel any better than I used to, just different.
I think it depends on a persons life experiences and circumstances. I don’t seem to really have a trend except I notice in the fall I get in a funk…but not entirely sure why that is.