I think I just have a stereotypical image in my head of “depression = alone eating very sad meals and in a dark room on the internet all the time, very lonely lives…”
Depression is a clinical chemical state; people respond to it in many different ways; some respond by chasing dopamine highs.
Many socially active people are actually depressed, and the activity is their way of attempting to deal with it.
Many introverted people aren’t depressed at all, and enjoy their own company more than that of others.
I’ve been married to someone with severe depression for a very long time. It isn’t necessarily a 24x7 experience. During the good times, she is an incredibly happy and fun person to be with. During the bad times, it is really hard on both of us. Medicine has helped, but isn’t perfect. We do our best to get through the hard times and enjoy the rest.
There’s more than one kind of depression or triggers. People can be depressed but still function doing normal tasks. Some people are better at masking depression than others.
Masking, baby!
By dating other depressed people.
It is said that people with low self esteem or depression are drawn to people with the same issues as them and i’ve certainly found that to be the case.
Seems to be/have been the case for me. It’s like a radar, because it was definitely true of two of my relationships as a teenager. But i had no way of knowing they would be depressed when i was going into the relationships. So my subconscious must have selected them for me.
Yippee!
