To people who have had depression since early life

[underthedatetree]

Are you feeling your physical health declining as well by now? I can literally feel my body breaking down

 

[Leavesfromthevine]

It's hard to say if it's from the depression or genetics for me but if I wasn't choosing to ctb soon I would definitely be worried about my physical health as I feel similarly.

 

[jbear824]

I can definitely feel the physical decline in my body. I'm also convinced that my brain is physically damaged from the amount of depression and anxiety I experience.

 

[Pluto]

Yes, there are all sorts of physical effects. My biggest grievance in modern times pertains to basic functioning - sleeping, eating and socialising. It feels like long-term neurological damage.

 

[figurehead]

I've had depression since my early teens, been diagnosed and treated since 18. I've had all kinds of antidepressants and other meds, relapse after relapse. It's been a mad rollercoaster journey. Still alive, but still haunted by death.

 

[willitpass]

I've been depressed since I was 9, as well as having trauma and other mental health issues for as long as I can remember. Now to be fair, I also have anorexia and engage in severe forms of self harm (OTC drug abuse, caffeine overdoses, sleep deprivation, I've attempted to amputate limbs before, etc etc). But my body is constantly aching. The first thing I notice every day when I wake up is how my muscles and bones and joints ache. I'm constantly fatigued. I often feel dizziness and just a general sense of malaise. I actually became critically ill earlier this year seemingly out of nowhere. I still have a good immune system, but I can tell that it's getting worse. I generally just don't feel well most days and I do believe most of it comes down to my mental health, or consequences of how I treat myself due to my mental health.

 

[Abyssal]

No. I'm in a stasis. The only fluctuation I've had in my physical health are different medications. Then again, I am younger than many people here so I might just not have gotten it yet.

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

Ive been depressed my whole life but sometimes I get cycles of extreme depression and when my depressive episode gets really bad I get terribly physically exhausted.

 

[Celerity]

Yes and no. I have aches and pains too early for my age (30). I have had a lifelong GI condition, but it has been managed with medication for decades. I'm probably in the best shape I have been in for years, though that isn't saying much.

 

[Neverfeltdeader]

Yep. Not only do I feel it physically breaking me down, I also see it in my appearance. Depression has fucked me up badly.

 

[bleedingbxnes]

Are you feeling your physical health declining as well by now? I can literally feel my body breaking down

I have never ever had much motivation to eat or exercise so I am very weak and honestly pathetic. I am underweight to the point it is painful to move my body in certain ways. Often I pathetically fall when walking, not even tripping on anything, it's just my legs not being able to support me. My menstrual cycle is and always has been extremely irregular and it is crippling when it does come.

 

[TheSpookyNameGuy]

I get constant headaches, blurred vision, sometimes when my mood drops to the extreme i will physically loose will over my body.

I become drunk like, can't speak and have to sleep it off with 1000mg paracetamol.

I lost my will power too, used to be fit but nah its gone.

 

[marina]

I struggled with wanting to die from an extremely young age for no real reason, and was not diagnosed with a mental disorder until well into my teens.

In my silence I had gotten multiple chronic immune system problems, and a few neurological issues that are disregarded.
I have been called an "outlier" due to having multiple rare conditions that hardly overlap, and all my medications have been classified as "aggressive".
Not an expert, but one definitely caused the other

 

[hellispink]

Yes i have a ton of health issues

 

[oneeyed]

I probably experience some symptoms and not realize it be cause I'm so used to it. Sometimes I'll get heart palpitations, shaky hands, stiff posture/limbs that leads to aches. Loss of appetite. It's a roller-coaster and not a fun one