How long does it take y'all to recover from a depressive episode?

[Pallf]

My depressive episodes are triggered by pretty much anything negative being directed at me, like snapping at me for example. The pain is agony level but it takes about an hour to a few hours before I'm ok again. What about you?

 

[Kristicide]

Recover? I don't believe I've recovered. It's always there.

 

[Jack4230]

For me it comes in waves. I'm always depressed but the severity of it changes. Some weeks are worse than others. The environment also matters a lot. Being at college makes me really depressed due to the stress and the feeling that my most of my friends here aren't that real. Being back home, especially during the summer, I feel a lot better because I like the people there more and there's less stress. Stress is a big factor in why i feel the way I do.

 

[Pallf]

For me it comes in waves. I'm always depressed but the severity of it changes. Some weeks are worse than others. The environment also matters a lot. Being at college makes me really depressed due to the stress and the feeling that my most of my friends here aren't that real. Being back home, especially during the summer, I feel a lot better because I like the people there more and there's less stress. Stress is a big factor in why i feel the way I do.

Same here. I'm in school and it stresses me out and I'm terrified of going deeper into debt. Time away really helps.

 

[Kindly-Anonniii]

There's alot of factors that go into it for myself.
Sometimes it feels like its gone, like I managed to outrun it.
But that's only because I was too focused on something else.
It eventually comes back once I lose my steam and start to calm down.

So I'd say, it really depends on what I'm doing, how busy I am, and how urgent the task I'm doing is.
Sometimes though, it's still present regardless and I won't be able to shake it off for weeks on end.
But, I place faith that I'll be able to shake it off for the time being.
I just don't know how many times I can dance this gentle waltz.

 

[Seiko]

A few weeks. But I never fully recover; it's always there. But to recover from the lowest absence of dopamine levels, a couple of weeks.

 

[Sherri]

Personally 1-3 days. If it's someone who made me depressed weeks,

 

[myopybyproxy]

well, my current depressive episode has been going on for almost a decade now and shows no sign of magically disappearing anytime soon

lol imagine having weeks or months long episodes and then feeling normal again - depression IS my normal 24/7/365

 

[Heartaches]

I think I've lived in a state of depression for so long that I don't even know if I get better at some point. There are times when my depression is subdued and I'm a little bit more optimistic, but it still there and I know that optimism won't last. The "happy episodes" last from days to two weeks aproximately, and then it goes back to usual.​

 

[Celerity]

3 months minimum. The worst depressive episode of my life took over 6 months.

 

[Jacket]

I am severely depressed and it's not really episodic, but more of a thing that is just always there.
But I have times where my depression spikes very badly, so way above my normal state of depression, and those last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.

 

[FatalSystemError591]

It's hard to say, usually a couple of weeks. I might have one day out of a month where I feel okay and nothing to complain about, and maybe once every six months I will have a day free from my disabilities and I feel "happy enough", but my depression is pretty severe at this point so, it's not necessarily surprising.

 

[drivingaround]

I don't think I ever truly recover from my episodes. They seem to come from nowhere and grow slowly for months until I'm in a crisis. Typically end up changing/increasing medication, then have gradual ups and downs for some months, then back down the hill all the way.