Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Suicide

Suicidal thoughts may come and go for some people who shrug them off. What if the person doesn't have that support of a beautiful, loving wife, four dogs, three cats, awesome parents and great in-laws? They probably would end whatever misery they can't explain outwardly pretty quickly. If one of those support systems goes away, does the whole world crumble and end? Automatic thoughts are those things that run through our heads all day long. For example, when given another paper to write one may think, "All right! I made an A last time," or "Damnit I fucking got a B last time, so here we go again." What if the grades were the source of support? Core beliefs are the absolute rules of oneself, like "I am unloved," or "I am a failure at school/life/home/work/etc." Does depression kick in when just one instance of someone's life proves the core belief to be true? Or, does it take a lifetime of B's, C's, F's to cause depressive symptoms. They say that 90% of depressive clients also have co-morbid anxiety. Does that say that my Panic Disorder w/o Agoraphobia include depression. I feel depressed, well, much of the time. Does the thought that most people with anxiety have depression mean that I am only thinking of depression and therefore I have it? What if someone had the life they dreamed of, money, beautiful wife, normal life, and they still felt empty? What does that say about them?

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