Sudden depression

So on occasion, like today, I suddenly start feeling a little depressed. Not clinical or anything, my mood just sort of gets knocked down a few paces.

I have no idea if this is just something that happens in a growing person (like myself) but does this happen to anybody? How do you get rid of it?

Growing? You should probably share your age just for further information.


Does something happen to knock you down, even maybe from several days prior?
I've never had it just happen without any outside stimuli, personally.

Jahgerwah said:

So on occasion, like today, I suddenly start feeling a little depressed. Not clinical or anything, my mood just sort of gets knocked down a few paces.

I have no idea if this is just something that happens in a growing person (like myself) but does this happen to anybody? How do you get rid of it?

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Perhaps due to the hormonal stuff going on in adolescence ~~if you are that old~~

I can't say ways I deal with it will help you, but for me I tend to let out my sadness or what have you in walks, music, something I like to do. Course, if it's something deep or acceptances that need to be addressed, talking about it with wise people or a doctor would be optimal.

Specifically, I'm 15.

As for anything bad that happened...can't really think of anything truly terrible.

I wouldn't say getting depressed is exclusively caused by truly terrible things only. Something very minor can do it too. Anything can.

How about those? Anything sour at all?

Happens to a lot of people. There's no universal advice for everyone, I just tried my best to ignore it personally. Depression tends to drag you down and can even turn you into a worse person.

I mean, if this is just a rare thing, it's not unusual for things like hormones, environment, stress, lack of sleep or even diet to affect your mood. Try to make sure that you're eating healthy and getting enough sleep and exercise and try to keep your stress levels down by surrounding yourself with good people and keeping on top of commitments before they pile up. Just general life advice I suppose.

If this is happening enough that you could consider it a recurring problem, or the feeling of depression is particularly severe, you should seek professional help.

It's okay and normal to just feel a bit sad or down sometimes.
Especially when you are in your teenage years, your brain can be experiencing many random emotions that don't seem to have real causes or make sense.

It could be because you are tired or stressed. Most people have limits to how much they can deal with or how much they can do in daily life before they get tired and get upset.
If it happens to you a lot, you may need to try more than usual to make yourself feel better.

The most important things to do are:
Try and have a good diet, nutrition has a very large influence on your mental health.
Exercise - you don't have to be a big sports dude, but a bit of walking or light exercise can release chemicals in your brain that make you feel better. Even if you are just feeling a bit down for a minute, a little quick walk can help.
And to try and do things which make you happy, it can be talking to friends or reading or drawing or just playing Pok?mon.

At the end of the day, anything you ever think or feel, is just activity in your brain. You can feel better if you do things to alter how your brain is behaving. Try not to worry too much about it, because everybody feels bad randomly sometimes.

Jahgerwah said:

So on occasion, like today, I suddenly start feeling a little depressed. Not clinical or anything, my mood just sort of gets knocked down a few paces.

I have no idea if this is just something that happens in a growing person (like myself) but does this happen to anybody? How do you get rid of it?

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Happens to me occasionally. It's usually either lack of sleep or vitamin D deficiency. The former's not too hard to correct and the latter is very easy to correct (drink some milk or take a supplement).

That's not to say those are the only two things that can cause random bouts of depression, but it tends to be the cause for me. Other people may have other body chemistry issues that could be causing it. Alternatively, there may be something weighing on your mind that your'e not entirely conscious of. If I'm feeling especially stressed, sometimes I'll just relax on my bed for a bit and let my mind wander to whatever; if there's something on my mind, it usually comes up eventually and I can think about it a bit.

I can tell you now that I get randomly sad for no reason all the time. I've started every school year with at least one 20-minute midnight crying session every year. It happens, and it'll probably happen until your stupid non-adult brain finally developed into your stupid adult brain at 25.

Humans are surprisingly fragile creatures. It doesn't take more than one or two major changes to our body chemistry to make us feel really awful. Bad sleeping habits alone can really mess up your whole brain and make you feel all kinds of wild emotions for seemingly no reason. If none of the above solutions work and you start feeling like this all the time, there's no shame in seeing a doctor about your symptoms. It's worth it in the long run so you don't feel like shit.

I suffer from depression as a mental illness so i'm not that accurate gnsfgs but when it attacks I usually find something to distract myself.
For a 15 year old maybe the stress of returning to school or just puberty? But if it's reoccurring I'd tell someone about it!