@sungo I have PTSD and MDD with occasional psychotic features. I don't know how anyone puts up with me at all.
I'm told I'm a really wonderful person to be around between episodes of depression. I guess it must be true because I hear it enough, but I have a hard time believing it.
I only sought help for it all after my partner told me to see a therapist. I only got medication when I got a sympathetic doctor who told me I should do it. Best decision I ever made.
@sungo I don't get hypomanic (so it's not dysmythia or bipolar). I just get moments where I'm /less/ depressed. It's the moments when it flares up I become horrible because I take everything personally. I try to avoid people when that happens and it causes me to become severely withdrawn. Ironically, I become more productive in things like programming because I'm trying to hide from others so they don't see me like that, and because I believe they hate me anyway.
Don't get depression.
@Samizdata @sungo I'm glad to say I'm feeling like a new person since about last week. I'm starting to feel better. I'm feeling motivated and more inclined to engage with others. Which is a good thing! I was socially isolating myself for too long.
@Samizdata @sungo A digital hermit in a digital hermitage!
@Elizafox @sungo I have been known to joke "I have bad days and not so bad days" (but only on my not so bad days)