Feels good to be Depressed ?

[Azunite]

Sometimes, when I act out the depressed-boy character, I feel good.
I mean, when my mum comes and asks something I just don't answer and act sad, she takes care of me and asks "What is going on?"
I still don't answer, act out a depressed boy...
She leaves, calls my dad, and tells him I am depressed.
He goes softer on me , also takes care of me, offers tickets to cinema, some ice-cream...

In class, sometimes it is good to reject any game offer ( come, lets play football for example ) and sit alone in the class....

Anybody like this =?

[Clawhammer]

Sort of. For some reason, I get a sick enjoyment out of being lonely and depressed and angry. I don't think it's the same situation, though, because I'm usually daydreaming about massacres, not having people do nice things for me. Rather, the torment and guilt pleases me. Not sure why, it just does.

[Fiction]

Idk if this is the same... but I kinda look fondly on the days when i used to cry myself to sleep when i was about 12. I suppose it's because the emotions i felt then where alot simplilar than what i feel now and crying was a much better way of dealing with my problems than i have now. I think crying was a big relief to me back then... and i have good memories of letting it all out that way. But probabaly not in the way you said it :/

[nick]

I've been suffering from depression for a month or so and its not something I get any pleasure or enjoyment from at all.

[Peace God]

I kind of agree.
I dont know if ive suffered from any legitimate clinical depression but for some reason feeling sorry for myself and depressed actually feels pretty good and somehow ends up boosting my self esteem. I guess its sort of a method of self reflection (which i like doing anyways).

[Fact]

Sometimes, when I act out the depressed-boy character, I feel good.
as you said, 'act'.
as far as I see, you're not actually feeling it, just pretending in order to get attention that you don't get otherwise when you're being normal?

[DrkZ90]

I don't enjoy it at all. It's gonna make me kill myself sooner or later, and as such I don't enjoy it. I hate it, that emptiness feeling is horrible, something I would like to escape from if I could.

It has nothing to do with simply "acting" in order to manipulate other people.

[hybrid]

I feel a little irritated after reading your post. Are you implying that depression, angry, suicidal or low thoughts feel good? Or are beneficial for attention, affection ect.?
If you are, (and I'm not trying to bash or be mean, I'm being as kind as I can at the moment) what's beneficial for you? 'Cause honestly, you'll probably end up becoming depressed with your little act.
So I suggest you quit it before you become that of what you are trying to portray.

[mranderson]

from what you wrote it seems like ur lazy selfish, all you want is for people to do everything for you, when people ask you to do stuff you act all sad and depressed so they will be nice to you and buy you stuff, unlike osme people, to me, you dont seem depressed, of course, what the hell do i know. thats what i got out of this

[Peace God]

personally, im terrible at showing my emotions so i dont like acting anything but normal

but who are you guys to look down at someone who admits to doing what a lot of people on VT do anyways

seriously... half of the posts on VT are obvious cries for attention and/or praise

so why is he a bad person for doing it in real life?...you people confuse me

[Fact]

but who are you guys to look down at someone who admits to doing what a lot of people on VT do anyways

seriously... half of the posts on VT are obvious cries for attention and/or praise

so why is he a bad person for doing it in real life?...you people confuse me


we're not saying he's a BAD person, at least I wasn't. Just that manipulating others by pretending to feel an emotion that can actually be quite serious isn't necessary to get attention and that there are other ways of earning praise?

[mranderson]

we're not saying he's a BAD person, at least I wasn't. Just that manipulating others by pretending to feel an emotion that can actually be quite serious isn't necessary to get attention and that there are other ways of earning praise?

Exactly thhat

[Azunite]

from what you wrote it seems like ur lazy selfish, all you want is for people to do everything for you, when people ask you to do stuff you act all sad and depressed so they will be nice to you and buy you stuff, unlike osme people, to me, you dont seem depressed, of course, what the hell do i know. thats what i got out of this


"""""Hello, dearest member, welcome to Teenager Discussion Website, Virtual Teen.
I believe the rules have been explained to you, however I would like to give you a summary about VTer pshychology. People here, are not your average typed good-and-pure-child. People here come from all around the world. They share their problems here.
When this website was founded, it only had the Mental Health section, with the Depression and Breakdown sections following them.
I guess you are one of those good-and-pure-child type. Because you have no idea what people talk here."""""

I can't believe you..
Attract attention? Why in hell ANYONE would lkie to attract attention in a WEBSITE, where nobody knows each other in real life ?

My dad adores me, so does my mum. They do whatever I ask even when I am not depressed.
I can't imagine someone manipulating someone with an actout....

And I cannot believe you people, if you people write "bad" comments in a DEPRESSION post, I hope you people won't become goddamn therapists!

[Azunite]

I don't know why you people understand ..
Did I say : " I have sinister plans! I shall act out as a depressed kid and they will buy everything for me! Hahahha! "
Did I wrote here that acting depressed is beneficial ?

And sorry I may have wrote something to mislead you guys,
Usually when I am depressed, I don't try to throw over the depression, and start acting out as a depresed person

[closed]

Well,i get what you're saying. Even though i never act depressed and always smile to people cuz i don't wanna worry anyone. but i like being depressed, because it's the same place to be in, the same place i know, and it doesn't changes. it's my own private section of life.

[DrkZ90]

I don't know why you people understand ..
Did I say : " I have sinister plans! I shall act out as a depressed kid and they will buy everything for me! Hahahha! "
Did I wrote here that acting depressed is beneficial ?

And sorry I may have wrote something to mislead you guys,
Usually when I am depressed, I don't try to throw over the depression, and start acting out as a depresed person

I think the problem was the way you said it, which made most, including myself, understand that you sometimes liked to act depressed even if you weren't feeling like that to manipulate other people.

I understand now what you meant, thanks for clearing it up.

[mranderson]

"""""Hello, dearest member, welcome to Teenager Discussion Website, Virtual Teen.
I believe the rules have been explained to you, however I would like to give you a summary about VTer pshychology. People here, are not your average typed good-and-pure-child. People here come from all around the world. They share their problems here.
When this website was founded, it only had the Mental Health section, with the Depression and Breakdown sections following them.
I guess you are one of those good-and-pure-child type. Because you have no idea what people talk here."""""

I can't believe you..
Attract attention? Why in hell ANYONE would lkie to attract attention in a WEBSITE, where nobody knows each other in real life ?

My dad adores me, so does my mum. They do whatever I ask even when I am not depressed.
I can't imagine someone manipulating someone with an actout....

And I cannot believe you people, if you people write "bad" comments in a DEPRESSION post, I hope you people won't become goddamn therapists!

From What i THOUGHT this person said was that he acted depressed to get out of doing work that his parents asked to be done. I nnever...i guess i read it wrong...for [email protected]#$ sakes...noone here can say if anyone is depressed or not...my [email protected]#$ing view


edit:people do talk in this section for attention even tho noone knows them

[Azunite]

what is the point of getting attention in a syber internet forum ?

[Peace God]

what is the point of getting attention in a syber internet forum ?
same reason people do it in any other social environment
plus some people just need to feel better about themselves

[Janitor3]

I don't find that it feels good to be depressed at all; I hate it and what to die most of the time. If you feel this way about depression I highly doubt that you have depression. You may like aspects of it such as attention or medication I don't really know but I hate it and can't see anything good about it at all.

[Syvelocin]

I know what you mean though. Well, first, depression is me. You might see me be hyper or outgoing sometimes, but depression for me is not a chemical deficiency, but a personality trait, while Bipolar disorder is the chemical deficiency. If that makes sense.

I don't find that it feels good to be depressed at all; I hate it and what to die most of the time. If you feel this way about depression I highly doubt that you have depression. You may like aspects of it such as attention or medication I don't really know but I hate it and can't see anything good about it at all.

Not quite an accurate statement, but valid in certain situations, yes. I'm 100% sure that I have the depression associated with Bipolar disorder, however, I would never trade in my depression. I might be a masochist, but I love being depressed, because that's who I am. I was depressed for as long as I can remember. However, I've had only three true chronic depression spells. I'm just a really dark person, so I'd so much rather be depressed than a sparkling little happy fairy or something.

I might actually do what you described, OP, if it did get me any attention. I'm not an attention-seeker, but being ignored is never fun. I do like to up the sadness, cause I usually hide it, and communicate physically that I'm having a bad day. No theatre tickets and ice cream, let alone people even noticing :O

[Janitor3]

I know what you mean though. Well, first, depression is me.
....
being ignored is never fun. I do like to up the sadness, cause I usually hide it, and communicate physically that I'm having a bad day.

I always hide mine and I've never gotten movie tickets or cream darn it and nobody really notices at all. Maybe a few of my friends but they are not worried they just think its normal me.

*sigh*

However Depression makes me unable to get my work done properly some times I don't even get out of bed to eat and causes me to not look after myself properly. There is nothing good about my depression and it's not really who I am because I want to do all those things but I'm too upset.

I understand how it's part of your personality though.