Does depression causes permanent changes in personality of a person?
For example, someone who had depression for a while, after he/she fully recovered from depression, will he/she become totally another person? Changes in personality, thoughts etc.

Is it possible that making someone happy for a long time be a natural treatment for depression?

This post has been edited by LazyKurosaki: Aug 14 2013, 10:30 AM

Why do you ask this question anyway? Care to explain?

Anyhow, it depends on the person's personality. There are people who is depressed but able to hide it very well, causing others around him/ her unable to detect that the said person is having a problem.

When one recovers from depression, the assumption is that this person is happier and more fulfilled so naturally he/ she will be more jovial but totally change to another person... it depends on your definition of "change".

How to make someone happy for a long time?

Treatment for depression - you need to understand the cause of depression in the first place.

This post has been edited by sweet_pez: Aug 14 2013, 02:39 PM

If a person recovers from depression, he/she normally become more mature and cautious.

Regarding changing in behaviour, it could be positive changes and more sensitivity towards surroundings.

cause one of my fren had major depression before due to bullying in high school.

So the question pop up whether does a person personality changes once/after they recover from it..

My friend is very paranoid and always like to compete with people.. low self-esteem also..

She is still on medication. I saw her taking the medicine.. Since whenever we hangout, she feels very happy and we hangout often, that's why i'm wondering if making someone happy for a period of time will actually cure the mild depression or at least decreases it


Actually I also had depression before. 2 times last year but I recovered edi. I had suicidal thoughts that time but managed to control it. I feel that my behavior/personality has changed. I don't seems like the person I was before..

This post has been edited by LazyKurosaki: Aug 14 2013, 03:19 PM

Well, I guess then my friend have not fully recover from depression as she is still on medication..

Depression is more of a mental thing than a physical thing.

It's not easy to cure depressions, and medications are used to contain it, rather than to effective treat it.

To overcome depression, I guess it's up to the individual to fight their way out of it.

It's hard to overcome depressions, best thing to do is refer to a psychologist, and check into therapy.

It does not mean one will recover fully, nor one would change.

Some people just grow out of depressions, some fallen even deeper and etc. It's different for every different individual.

I highly recommend visiting a psychologist or psychiatrist. The stereotype that it's only for crazy/sad people drive me crazy, because psychologist are there to help and guide EVERYONE. I believe prevention is always better than cure.

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I hope it encourages you!

do consult a professional.
i am not even sure if the person has "clinical" depression.

this kinda situation do consult a doc

depression is a sickness or mood swing...
nothing to do with the personality...

Guys, im nt hving depression edi.. jz dat my fren is... she is on medication now.. becuz she is so paranoid about many things, i tot it is becuz of d major depression she had last time and dat now she dun hv major depression, it makes a someone who paranoid bout so much things

Is there any other way to cure depression other than medicine since her depression is btr nw?


This post has been edited by LazyKurosaki: Aug 14 2013, 05:29 PM

Yes true. Psychologist and psychiatrist are there to help people... not only for crazy ppl.. but i believe sooner or later, the society will b more open to psychologist n psychiatrist without hving any sterotype

Medicine can't cure depression.

It only suppresses it.

Get that fact correctly.

Best thing for you to do as a Friend is to be supportive. That's all.

that's normal. even people with no depression changes. people change all the time. even 2 years ago im not the same person i am now.

yea..sometimes I suffer from depression and anxiety too... Both are linked actually, when you fall in depression more deeper, you will be slowly having anxiety such as keep on worrying things that have happened in the past or may happen in the future. You will feel that your heart pulse is rapidly beating.

It's not easy to cure this mentally problem. I am suffering from this now too. You tends to avoid it but you cant control. So, you have to always make yourself busy such as working, playing, watching television to draw your attention.

I used to enjoy much of my life. But recently because of my sickness, I indirectly feel depressed and anxiety sometime. Trust me, make yourself busy, orself the problem will affect your life.

Well, if you're looking for more, things like FAMILY and FRIENDS support is also important. Sometimes all it takes is people believing in you and helping you change your perspective.

Find out what is the root cause of that depression, dissect the issue and tell yourself - you have the ability to change that. Most of us feel condemn and small, but WE are MADE to rise above our circumstances and must believe there are NO dead ends (unless we think that way). There's always a way out. Keep your chin up or help them keep their chin up.

Erm, also feel spiritual support helps... ie, praying for a friend.

I did have some health issues a year ago, and ever since then, I have been thinking a lot about my health, and anything that can affect it. So even the smallest things can make me feel worried. Even now I'm worrying about few things regarding health. And it so happens that the things that make me worried are things that I cannot control or change. Imagine how that feels?

At least if it's something u can do, like if a girl reject you, just don't care about it. But this involves HEALTH, LIFE. It's not easy to just say, oh, it's ok. Nothing would happen. Because it can happen.

Maybe it's because I'm the kind of person that only think alot about myself? So u can say, oh, don't care so much about what happen to urself, get a girlfriend, then u won't bother so much about ur health anymore. Well that's not easy because my motivation in life comes from within myself.

This post has been edited by bigbangformula: Aug 15 2013, 05:42 PM

You guys should read this book --> How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

I have experience with a loved one who has depression, there definitely will be changes in the personality. The depression itself leaves mental scars that dont fully fade away. But, that is not to say that the person will be worse after the depression, its all down to how the person recovers from it.

There are two kinds of people; those that get stronger and more positive through experience, and those who get weaker or more fearful. Their character will determine which one they are.

What you are going through is likely anxiety. It's not easy, because the best way to deal with anxiety is to let your worries go completely. If you try to sit down and think and analyze on it, it will only make you worry more, because your mind will create new theories/assumptions and possibilities based on your object of worry.


Thats a good book!

Give you a like.....Now I always indirectly think about what would happen on my body and my mentality after a gastric suffer. I need to get myself a break, hanging around watching movie and etc. It is really not easy since you get overwhelmed by your mind and cant be able to master it properly.There is a devil and you must eliminate it slowly and peacefully........Hopefully I can overcome this.

I think I feel the same as you. Ever since a sickness, only I started feeling like this

Since you mention she has feelings of paranoia; and if its consistent, you might want to ask her to consult a psychologist to rule out schizophrenia since that is just ONE of the many symptoms of schizophrenia, I am not suggesting she does have but if some how you are aware of the DSM IV for schizo then it'll be more worth looking into.

I notice there's a lot of people commenting about how to deal with depression and all that, I would like to add on that if anybody reading this feels like they are unable to cope with their issues or mental issues, please seek professional help. Because not everybody is capable of reading a book and fixing yourself, and not all of these books are written by credible mental health professionals, some are just self-help books written by lay people who have no in-depth knowledge on psychology. There's a lot more than just thinking positive and keeping yourself busy because there are something very fundamental that needs to be addressed, such as how you process information, how your perception works on your surroundings, what are you lacking in your life that causes these thoughts to occur and many many more.

You can try referring to the link below:

http://counselingpsychologyinmalaysia.word...ealth-services/

http://cpcsathelp.blogspot.com/

It is by all means not completely updated, but its a good place to start. Anybody who feels that they need to talk to someone in the mental health field please PM me and I will direct you to the right person.

This post has been edited by Stevecy: Aug 17 2013, 01:51 PM

Oops im totally forgot bout the dsm iv thing.. i will go look it up ltr on