Do you get more depressed during a power blackout?
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Do you get more depressed during a power blackout?
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I can’t bear total darkness so I have a lot of battery powered lights around to grab!
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That sounds good to me, I don’t like total darkness either 😘😘
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Do you have a battery candle? It’s very soothing and throws off only a little light…
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No, I don’t but I plan on getting one 😜😉🤣🦋💗💗
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I cannot imaging a blackout would depress me since it is only a blackout. But it can get on my nerves depending on what I planned on doing.
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It makes me very bored and boredom leads to depression for me 🤣😁
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Oh, I see! You could invent beautiful stories. I often did that on long car rides when I was a teenager. I imagined beautiful stories with me as the main character.
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That is a wonderful idea, thank you, Erica xx
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Enjoy the trips 😊
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I sure will 🙂
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I mostly just get bored if I’m trying to keep from draining the power on my devices.
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Like you, I mostly just get bored too 😉
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Why would a blackout cause depression?
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For me, it’s the lack of having something to do it’s boredom I just get depressed when I’m bored 😍
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No, you get down or fed up when you’re bored, not depressed.
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For me, I get depressed because of no stimulation nothing to do especially with no power. There’s barely anything that you can do that doesn’t require power, especially if you’re blind because you can’t just pick up a book and read it and to read audiobooks, I would need my phone or a device that plugs in
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I get that but if there’s a power cut, and it’s dark, I can’t read either or watch tv or listen to music, or cook or tidy up. I’d probably do some yoga or just grin and bear it but I wouldn’t get depressed.
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Yes, I see what you’re saying, I tend to try to grin and bear it too, but it is kind of boring 😅💝
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I get that it’s boring
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Thanks for understanding I do appreciate it xo
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No probs
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😁☮️
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I get pissed off, not depressed.
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Oh, I get pissed off too 😅🖤🖤
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As someone who defines “depressed” rather conservatively, I tend to side with Sheree and say, no, I don’t get depressed from a power outage. I might get frustrated, bored, disappointed or sad, but depressed, no. Then again, I’ve never had power blackouts that last longer than a few hours, and by my definition a depressed mood is not something that comes and goes within such a short timeframe. You wouldn’t say you go manic during a power outage either, unless such a power outage lasted for more than a few days at a time (and then I’m using the DSM’s definition of hypomanic not manic). I don’t think power blackouts are fun by any means, but I just don’t feel a mood like “depressed” can shift within the timeframe of a usual power outage.
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I’m not sure I agree, for me sometimes depression can come quickly, and leave quickly again, depending on how I am handling it. Xx
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I don’t say it can’t leave quickly. I’m saying it isn’t a short-lived emotion like sadness or disappointment. There’s a difference between moods and emotions.
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That’s true, Astrid, I agree there is a difference between moods and emotion 💞
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