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by clairemeister on December 14th, 2007

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Am wondering what the concensus is for treatment of adult depression. Is it best to try to re-gain lost (due to head injury) or repressed memories of childhood trauma to deal with them, or leave the past in the past, manage your triggers, and move on?

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  • by Tinkerbell on December 30th, 2007

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    In my opinion, and speaking from experience, I think that any past experiences that may be haunting an individual should be dealt with.

    Up until a few years ago, I used to feel so sorry for myself and what had happened in my long gone past, these memories were wrecking my life, my personal relationships, affecting most decisions I made, literally ruining my loved-ones lives too, with them being frustrated, yet supportive of my constant whinging about 'well, you don't know how I feel, it never happened to you' etc., etc.

    These past events were literally what my life was revolving around. This may sound harsh, but I had a wake up call, by seeing various professionals in the field of depression, having a great GP, and a very good support network around me, my whole perspective changed, and now I have the attitude, that why should I allow that period of time in my life (e.g. Age 4-13), ruin and make the rest of my life unhappy?

    I'm now 38, and it took me up until about 33 to realise this, I just look back with annoyance, that it took so long for me to get myself sorted out, and if I hadn't, if I'd have lived to see 80, I would probably have still been depressing the people around me, droning on, and boring people about the 'hard times' I had.

    I am still having treatment, and will it probably continue for the rest of my life, I am also taking anti-depresents, and there is no likelyhood that I will be taken off them, I have accepted now, that I am not well, with a mental illness that is extremely common, and the only time now that my past is brought up, is by anyone that is aware of it, but never by me. And if I ever do have to enter into conversation about it, I now have the attitude... there are people far worse off, especially when you hear of many keeping their feeling bottled up inside, eating away, which sends them to the extreme of taking their own lives, after years of suffering, leaving loved ones living with the guilt of being unable to have the opportunity of preventing their fatal actions.

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