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If You Could Think Back At When Your Depression Or Anxiety Started, Could You Point At What Began Your Depression Or Anxiety, Could You??

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Columbus, MS

For me, I believe getting bullied in elementary school and all the way up to middle school gave me a lot of confidence issues, I became rebellious and went against authority..I can’t remember a time where I was truly happy until I look at where I’m at right now. This is just a fun question to get people talking. It’s really hard to know what’s the cause for depression or anxiety.

July 17
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A MyDepressionTeam Member

I'm so sorry Tom💓🤟🙏

July 18
A MyDepressionTeam Member

I do not know. I do know that I was birthed by C-section prematurely and the OB Dr. Said he had trouble getting me out because I had crawled up I side my mommy way under her ribcage. The OB said he could hear me screaming from inside her before he even got in there. My Mamma could have died because she lost so much blood. Mommy said that from then on, if she was not holding me all I did was cry and scream, but I know it wasn't constant.
Once I started in school I wasn't well adjusted to it and became painfully shy. I never fit in. I really don't know because I never received any diagnoses.
My life didn't get any better until many sorrowful episodes later as an adult I became debilitated with physical health problems and through this devastation God was able to rescue me into His care. It has still been rocky and painful, but now I want to live to be with Him forever.

July 21
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Hi, my wa hereditary. It went down the family line that goes back to the civil war. Now it’s in my generation and. Keeps going down to the next generation. Anyone who has blonde hair it affected them. I was one of them. I was born with the illness. Hugs

July 20
A MyDepressionTeam Member

I know exactly when it started but I’m not 100% sure of WHAT started it. I do know now, 60 years later that depression ran in my mothers side of the family. I am not the only one who inherited this trait from old relatives. One of the things that made it much worse was that back then ( early 1960’s), the medical world had just recently discovered depression and they did not believe that kids or teens could suffer from it, so we never got diagnosed or treated until much later when we were adults. The treatment was too little, too late. A lot of people still believe that teens who are acting out are just spoiled brats who don’t get their own way all the time. That isn’t always true. Any parent who has a child like that should have them evaluated for depression by a child psychiatrist. The earlier treatment is started, the better chance a child has of learning to live better

July 19
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Broken family and sexual abuse where it all started when I was very young

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