Chronic stress causes depression ?
Q.was a non-depressed kid for a while, then my life turned into abuse and stress hell between age 5 and 10, and i've been anxiety-prone and depressive ever since. coincidence?
A.i'm not reliving that... i just live with the ways it changed me, sometimes ok, sometimes not. i just said that up there to give an example of how chronic stress caused my depression, per the subject line. from there it seems to become cyclical, stress causing depression causing stress, etc. round & round she goes, where she stops nobody knows. i need a long break and can't afford one. that's my problem du jour. I was sort of a happy, non-depressed suburban kid for a time, until 7th grade. my first taste of depression. school made my life a semi-hell. torment near everyday. but there were escapes like karate. staying home "not feeling well". home was still okay. then 2-3 years later, life turned into a total complete hell, school *and* home. ever sense, i've been depressive wishing i wasnt around. stress causes depression? well duh, I agree with Charles. sorry to hear of your past stressful bad times Cal i guess this means we both suffer from an over-exposure to "cortisol". i wonder if anything would be lost if the popular press ignored this plethora of research findings until the eggheads come up with an antidote. then i'll just drop by the drug store after work and get it. i'm sure to live happily ever after. My mom causes chronic stress in me, and before that, the TV Shop job, and the hell with BOTH of them perminately. No, she has been out of my life perminately, as of summer before last, and I am GLAD of it. Now mom will be the same, UNLESS she redemes herself by the 1st week in May, and even then, with all the emotional damage she has spewed, its MAYBE. I just have to look after MY OWN emotional health now, and continue to quit the hurters. My aunt no longer exsists IN MY MIND. I had 1 good aunt who was gullable enough to marry into the family, and her BEAUTIFUL adopted daughter Tangie ( who I always wanted to marry ). Well we met again at grandmas funeral, BUT they didnt answer 3 US mails, so they are unfortunately history too. I got Mary, and Diana (my best friend), and dont need (unresponsive)Tangie or Aunt Carol.
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