Is this a normal response to depression?

[poppedballoons]

Is it normal for me to want to make myself sad when I am depressed? I mean if I feel bad about something, like today I failed a midterm, I then came here and read the saddest stories I could find until I cried.

[moimeme]

Could be you're trying to comfort yourself by understanding that others are having troubles in their lives. Could be you need a cry and it's cathartic for you. Could be lots of things. Just don't let it get to the point of crushing you.

[SoleMate]

I don't know if it's normal, but I used to do it a lot myself. It was practically a lifestyle when I was a teenager. I had the sad records and the sad sections of books all marked out so I could experience them whenever I was in the mood. Like when Anna Karenina throws herself under the train.

 

Boy, I wish I had had my Paxil back then.

[Darkangelism]

Crying is a way to relieve stress, makes you feel better so thats prolly why you do it.

[feeling silly]

I agree with Dark. Crying releases tension build-up, which results in the natural replenishing of seratonin (feel good chemical) in the brain. I think it's a healthy way to relieve stress.

 

Originally posted by SoleMate

 

Boy, I wish I had had my Paxil back then.

 

 

But Paxil works too.

[UCFKevin]

Anyway, what's being talked about is pretty common, I think. I mean, lots of people listen to sad music when they're already depressed or in a sad mood. I do it myself. It's just like a "misery loves company" kinda feeling.

[dyermaker]

Originally posted by Darkangelism

I was kidding if anybody though otherwise

No you weren't. Every cute girl you hit on, and then immediately say "just kidding"--I hope you don't do that in real life.