Are these possible "depressions" that last for 15

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Cidey
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19 Jun 2010, 9:21 am

Okay, so sometimes I get these really overwhelming feelings of sadness and it's pretty bad that I thought I was actually depressed. I remember one time I was in my school assembly just standing with my class when this sadness started to creep up on me.

I could feel it sort of, overpowering me and I tried to shake the bad feeling off but it just increased. I felt very disconnected, like I was looking at everyone and everything from a third-person view. Everything became quieter and hushed, like it was faraway, sort of muffled.

There was this awful sadness and fear like something bad was going to happen, and I wanted to run away there and then and just go to sleep 'cos I suddenly felt so drained and sleepy. And all this happened in I guess 10 minutes. I stopped talking to my friends because I felt like bursting into tears. Then it subsided, and after a while I was, back to normal. It usually lasts for half an hour and I don't know what triggers it, honestly.

This weird feelings have happened a lot of different times, like in my bedroom or talking to my friends or watching tv, that creepy feeling just edges into me without warning and I know I can't suppress it. I know everybody gets depressed at a point, but I've asked some people if they've experienced what I have and they didn't.

So, um, is this nothing to be worried about? Or is it maybe consistent with Asperger's?
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19 Jun 2010, 9:54 am

HI there. Sounds like it could be either depersonalization, or a panic attack, or both together? Have you taken it to a doctor?


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19 Jun 2010, 11:06 am

Depression would last more than that.



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19 Jun 2010, 11:07 am

Well I plan to bring it up the next time I go see my doc. The depersonalisation thing sounds scary though, never thought of that as an option, but thanks.