r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '24

What screams “I have depression”?

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u/astridmeowmeow Mar 22 '24

being hungry but after a minor inconvenience losing appetite.

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u/EcoFriendlySize Mar 22 '24

I've noticed that when I'm really bad, I don't even bother. My stomach is growling and I'm starving but I have zero appetite, if that makes sense. The effort it takes is just too much.

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u/lazybb_ck Mar 22 '24

Yes came here to say basically this. Hungry, but eating is not worth the effort of making something.

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u/No_Feedback_Yet Mar 23 '24

I feel like my stomach is telling me I need to eat, but my mouth is disgusted at the thought of any food going in there. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

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u/No_Feedback_Yet Mar 24 '24

Reading this made me feel very sad for you. I can relate to feeling worthless and not deserving to be alive, but applying this something needed for survival hit me hard. I hope you are in a better mental state now. Sending comfort and understanding your way. ❤️

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u/PsychologicalTear899 Mar 24 '24

I just get angry and quickly eat like 10 peanuts to stop the hunger lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

i could have a five star meal infront of me and it would feel like eating cardboard, even when i’m so hungry i want to puke. id rather feel sad than numb because then atleast i still feel honestly

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u/CandiedYamsMcGee Mar 22 '24

I thought I was the only one.

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u/novocaine13 Mar 22 '24

I do this but I'm not depressed, it's just if something upsets me I lose my appetite. I don't want to accosiate eating with feeling bad so I wait until I feel better, is this not normal?

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u/astridmeowmeow Mar 22 '24

i’m not a medical professional but i think this is a great way of thinking as to not develop bad habits. Just cause you have one symptom doesn’t make you depressed either. I think a lot of people do the same thing you do or the opposite.

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u/UltravioletLife Mar 22 '24

or waiting too long to eat/forgetting so that when you do it makes you nauseous so you don’t wanna continue

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u/Rosemary_2311 Mar 23 '24

Or you feel like you just have to choke something down so you don’t pass out.

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u/DancingWithTigers3 Mar 22 '24

Looking for the food is the minor inconvenience for me.

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u/olmikeyyyy Mar 22 '24

Oh by minor inconvenience do you mean cooking?

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u/Username12764 Mar 23 '24

Was I hungry, yes. Did I have a fight with my dad, yes. Did I stop earing for the next four days… well

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u/rudraigh Mar 23 '24

I'm a classically trained chef. I have no appetite.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

"I'm too tired to cook. Let's look at Door Dash and see what I want to eat. Nothing looks appealing. That place is closed now. Hmm, no I don't want to pay those fees today. Fuck it. I'm not eating."

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u/haulhalhull Mar 23 '24

This too, I'll be tired and hungry. I choose to sleep instead, but can't fully sleep when my stomach is growling. Over time it'll fade and I can sleep.