Depression or shitty Life?

[MyUniqueUsername]

Anyone else got diagnosed with "depression" and doesn't really agree?

Like I'm depressed that's true, but only cause my life sucks, because of constant work, no money to do fun things, no time, tiredness because of work.

So if I want things to get better I just need to work even more, so I get more depressed, cause I never heard or found any job that I would consider anything close to fun or how some people describe their jobs.

Every single thing that I like to do and is fun costs money and usually alot.

So I don't know, I don't think I'm mentally ill, just poor.

I would say 80%+ of my issue would disappear with money and not being a wage slave that spends most of their time being controlled by others.


Anyone had something similar and found a fix? Lmao

 

[R. A.]

Psychiatric diagnoses are largely a tool to further oppressed already oppressed people (and for the medical industry to make money off them). They will never off you stable life circumstances to treat "depression", only drugs and therapists.

 

[amerie]

^ R. A is right. They can be helpful if you have conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar or genuinely can't control yourself without medication or medical intervention or need accommodations, but diagnosing people with personality disorders or depression when the problem could be systemic and environmental factors that should be fixed has always rubbed me the wrong way personally.

It's like diagnosing someone who has a bleeding open wound on their shoulder with "pain disorder" yeah no shit I'm in pain because THERES A FUCKING WOUND ON MY SHOULDER.

I mean they can be useful but the amount of times where I've seen people especially marginalized diagnosed with stuff that's so outlandish because doctors see them as hysterical just makes me angry, almost as if they're telling them that they're permanently broken and just crazy even though their feelings are justified.

 

[PI3.14]

Pathologizing people's suffering is easier, cheaper, and faster "solution" than trying to actually solve the root causes.

 

[whywere]

I am older, and I mention this only because I have worked my way up and I am doing ok, as far as a salary goes.

I still have massive depression, and I do not have to worry about economic issues.

Also, my depression is heredity related, as I found out that a great aunt shot herself.

I feel that depression can be from so many factors, money, relationships and at least for me the big overall aspect is genetics.

I wish for you lots of caring and kind thoughts and a wonderful upcoming weekend for a good friend, YOU!

Walter

 

[MyUniqueUsername]

Thanks alot for the great replies, really makes me feel better

Really good points, never really thought about how it actually really invalidates people's feelings if you say it's only a disease and not bad circumstances, which often make you understandbly depressed.


But probably I would also be like Walter, we always think grass is greener on the other side, propably a bit too simplistic to justify everything with economic situation, as there are poor people, who are happy or contempt, though I can't wrap my mind around it at all.

Never understood how people who work like 10+ hours a day in toxic environments are able to not be suicidal, seems so alien to me.

Sorry for my rambling