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I think that's emotional reactivity...

Posted by Racer on June 6, 2006, at 21:22:11

In reply to Re: depression » wishingstar, posted by sunnydays on June 6, 2006, at 19:39:14

You can react positively to some stimuli.

Generally speaking, though, that sounds like disthymia, which I'm probably misspelling. Disthymia is a sort of low level depression that underlies most of one's life. As far as I know, it tends to be much more pervasive and persistant than "real" depression, but it's kinda like Depression Lite.

Anyway, it does help that you're apparently doing something that you can react positively to. I've not had that, really -- although I've had obsessive behaviors, like knitting or spinning, that come on while I'm depressed. Sort of a desperate attempt to channel the energy that would otherwise turn into depression.


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