That is sadness, not depression. It is a mistake so many people are making in this thread. COVID lockdown made you sad, not depressed.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/20...
If you are trying to correct someone’s usage of words, please try to be a lot more thoughtful about how you approach that. Different people use words differently, and you are not the arbiter of truth.
To agree with OP: I was in a bad situation, and was diagnosed by a nurse as clinically depressed. I fixed the situation, and I was happy again.
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And if you were diagnosed by a “nurse” as clinically depressed I would say you are probably suffering from situational depression, or sadness in other words. And Nurses shouldn’t be Diagnosing mood disorders.
That’s my point, depression is a mood disorder, sadness is not. Neither is situational depression. You don’t treat situational depression with anti-depressants.
And you know nothing about me, or the nurse, so quit making glib judgements.
If you met you had a psychiatric nurse practitioner you should say that, because a nurse is an overly broad generalization.
Then you said “COVID lockdown made you sad, not depressed”, which appears to be your own imagination, since they didn’t even mention COVID.
I responded strongly to your original comment, because I feel it breaks multiple guidelines of this site, and I feel a community should moderate itself for the most part.
Perhaps you are 100% correct, but your delivery needs to be a lot more caring and considerate, especially when somebody is revealing something so intimate and personal.
> I’m having a discussion about them
Your original comment was not a discussion: you wrote as though your opinions are facts, which came across to me as though you were denying their own reality. You then proceeded to do the same thing to me, which I am reacting poorly to.
Edit: also, the original comment implied the commenter has high social, emotional and mental capabilities. Stressful personal life and still teaching children at inner-city schools: passing that proof implies high ability. Teachers absorb a massive amount of practical psychology by caring about their students, and interacting with problem students all the time.
First, I didn't mention COVID lockdown, this relationship and job occurred in the mid 2010's, long before COVID.
Second, depression is a family illness on both sides for me. I experienced a lot of bad times, went to an MD and a psychiatrist, both of whom diagnosed me with mild depression. I wasn't a severe case, maybe you're conflating mild depression vs. severe depression.
My friend, just take a deep breath and ask yourself: have you clinically interviewed me? Are you a psychiatrist? If not, you really can't say whether or not I have had depression or not, you have no data to make any claims.
https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/situational-dep...