Are you depressed? Take a test.

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Beck's Depression Inventory
http://www.psychpage.com/problems/library/bdi.html

[NMDemDist2]

1. hooboy

no thanks! this is a bad time to "test" my psychological state.

i'm in the middle of two house deals with a major move coming up. if I'm not anxious and a tad depressed leaving my home of 10 years, there's something very wrong :rofl:

what's good about today is I have tools to deal with the feelings and faith to keep putting one foot in front of the other

[KitchenWitch]

2. I am not going there right now either.

I think for the next few months I may need to up my antidepressants temporarily.

[Kire]

3. If you're in recovery, you're depressed.

We are not doing what we love to do. No need for a test.

[KitchenWitch]

4. I would qualify that by saying that is true of early recovery

Believe me, after you have been around awhile and really feel like you are starting to live again, recovery will not be depressing.

An old sponsor of mine used to admonish me, when I would get down in the dumps, not to leave recovery until the miracle happens. And the miracle will happen.

[Kire]

5. Thanks for pointing that out.

Waiting for the Miracle to Come is not just a Leonard Cohen song.

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Comorbidity about 70% in general pop. Plus there are levels.

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8. Comorbidity about 70% in general pop. Plus there are levels.

[RetroLounge]

6. I don't need a test to tell me that...

:hi:

RL

[KitchenWitch]

7. ...

:hug:

[NMDemDist2]

9. what a negatively worded "test" there wasn't a good answer in the

whole thing I saw, only levels of bad

weird IMO

[crim son]

11. Clinically, depression is not diagnosed by gauging how

happy you are or are not. There are specific measures, and the question is, to what degree do you negatively deviate from you "normal" baseline. Most of the questions referred to this baseline only, and negative deviations. Yeah, it's a gloomy test but it makes sense, from an assessment standpoint.

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[RetroLounge]

12. Okay, I took it after all

22 = Moderate depression

Like i said, i knew that.

I don't take zoloft because i like the taste :D

RL

[bigwillq]

13. I scored a 4.

Don't think I am depressed.