Internet self-diagnosis time!

[chess]

Having just snapped out of 'depression' into 'do-all-the-things-I-must-be-involved-in-everything', again, I kind of wonder whether it would be worth seeking some kind of actual psychological assessment. I quite like 'do-all-the-things-I-must-be-involved-in-everything' but it does have a tendency to make me into a ginormous flake when I suddenly swap back into 'depression' and drop everything on the floor. Also, the depression stage isn't so great.

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[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

I suspect strategies may be more useful than diagnoses. Although the only thing that's ever touched my depressive tendancies is SSRIs.

[chess]

I kind of feel I have reasonable coping strategies - I don't _actually_ stab myself or throw myself under a truck or fail to go to work while I'm depressed, and I'm beginning to be able to spot when I'm going over the top and cut back on committing to extra things even though I really want to - I would just rather like to stop e.g. vibrantly fantasising about slicing my fingers off every time I go past the work guillotine...