Does depression really exist in social phobia ?

[Clown]

I asking my self how many people are really depressed ?
I feel depressed and down all the time , but as soon as I took my benzos in high dose and rediscoverd my normal ''me'' (with the side effects of the benzos) my so-called depression cleared in no-time and have never been so happy in 7 years since im suffering from sa & gad.

I finally discovered true happiness with almost no anxiety, what it is like for the ''normal people'' I almost get angry about people complaning about little things ( Im still scared that I eventually must stop benzo's :: ) I never want to go back to that state again.

Depression is lack of feeling and anxiety = feeling and we have to much feeling so our depression is that really depression but actually more to do with up : fed up with life , fed up with constant anxiety , fed up not acting like our self etc.

what do you think ?

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

I think depression is lack of good feelings.

Most people who are in a deep depression still cry- and that is sadness or fear or anxiety; but not happiness.
So depression is more like a lack of positive feelings rather than feelings alltogether.

Lots of the time I feel completely numb. No good or bad feelings - apathy.
But the rest of the time it is living without any positive reinforcement; only bad feelings.

 

[SonicShyGuy]

Interesting thread.

In my experience, depression is more the presence of bad feelings than the absence of good feelings. And those "bad feelings" can be so crushing that they leave you feeling utterly hopeless. In my case, my social phobia has sometimes reinforced my depression and vice-versa. I wouldn't be able to talk to people, I'd get lonely and depressed, making me less motivated and optimistic about going out and meeting people, and so on.

 

[Clown]

But then my question is : is depression an illness Comorbidity with social anxiety or is it depression by circumstances (fed up because anxiety , failures etc. ) with social anxiety disorder

 

[A86]

the chicken or the egg?

 

[vexatiousmind]

I don't know how much they are related. People can be depressed without being social phobic, and vise vesa. However, it is possible that people can become depressed by isolating themselves because of being social phobic.

I have struggled with depression probably more than I have social anxiety. I have been able to be social, despite being extremely nervous in the past.
Depression on the other hand, can make me stay in my bed all day, for months, if I let it.
@ sonic depression does not mean you have to have bad feeling all the time. In my case I have had extremely bad feeling, but most of the time it is lack of motivation, and lack of energy, etc.

 

[vj288]

But then my question is : is depression an illness Comorbidity with social anxiety or is it depression by circumstances (fed up because anxiety , failures etc. ) with social anxiety disorder

Sort of both and neither. Having SA puts someone at a higher risk of having depression, and doesn't cause it but can contribute to developing it. It's not a person has Depression because they have SA, and if the SA is cured the Depression will go away. In regards to the two disorders, they are different things that sometimes happen at the same time.

Now this Depression by circumstance, depression is sort of a word that is thrown around a lot with many different meanings. If someone gets dumped and says "I'm so depressed," they're not clinically depressed they are just basically sad. SA can definitely be the cause sadness or other depressed symptoms as a result of symptoms of SA. But as far as I know it's not like "Agoraphobia w/ panic disorder," with the panic disorders being the cause of the agoraphobia. There's no "Social Anxiety Disorder w/ Depression," even though there are people who have SA and depression.

 

[upndwn]

the chicken or the egg?

Apparently it was the chicken: Scientists reportedly crack chicken-or-egg riddle - Technology & science - Science - msnbc.com

 

[dazedgal]

yes it does exist. i've got SA and clinical depression. maybe i am depressed because i can never get a friend. it's so damn lonely.