Short Film: Dysthymia

Short film

About a young man's struggle through life.

(Dysthymia is a form of depression by the way.)

created by:
Sam Lockett, Stephen Astbury, Rik Hodgkinson

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• dysthymia
• stress
• short
• film
• media
• mental
• illness
• sleep
• repetivity
• suicide
• emotion
• love

[Trodlgrimm]

I believe it started when I was 12 years of age, but it started its bloom at 16. So many questions noone could answer: "What is this?", "Why am I feeling this way?" and so on. I took great pleasure in activities that involved isolation, such as writing, drawing and scale modelling. Then I started drinking to calm these emotions, and as result, all my former interests are now gone. I try to pick up, but I am too impatient. Can't help the feeling that I have been robbed many years of happiness.

[Trodlgrimm]

The video shows a serious mental condition, and your worry is the music? Get real.

[victoreanamendez]

@jpzxcvbnm exactly!.

[victoreanamendez]

I was just diagnosed to day I finally have an answer that I've been searching for sense i was 5.

[Rikozaki]

For anyone who may be interested, the 3 people involved in the making of this video are coming together 4 years later to re-create this production in a full hd format.

[aCamilo99]

Loved your movie!! Describes pretty well how does it feel... the morning part, where you're getting ready and everything repeats itself while you're looking for strength to do it...you just showed how i feel everyday.

[jpzxcvbnm]

It's tough to try to identify the problem. You know something is wrong, but you can't put a name on it. You're not too high or too low. You just look at things as they are and say "it is what it is". This is worse than major depression. I know because I had both.

[OriginalityNazi]

I love this video so much. A beautiful interpretation of a horrible thing. It truly feels like the worst rut of your life but you feel like there is no way out. Everything is delt, there is no real control.

[akxeman]

I'm 56 and can look back and recall a depression starting in my early teens and peaking when I was 22, that seemed to start it all. I take meds to avoid major depression, and they keep me functional, the dysthemia though, is always is there to some degree or another. I recently read dysthemia gets worse as a person gets older and I've found that to be true. I've forgotten what it is like to just feel good about something without having to convince myself about it first.

[zoe745]

@RB902050 Look, maybe this is not my place to say, but the way you live your life is up to you. If there is something I learnt it's that if you try hard enough, you'll have much bigger chance of achieving what you want. Have some confidence in yourself. You're not the only one who goes through this. Find something that you love doing and stick with it. I wish you a good luck :)

[zoe745]

@RB902050 Yeah, I agree, but this kind of people is hard to find, although many times the way we see the people around us is not how they really are. But, well, the important thing is not to give up. It also depends all what mental illness you're talking about. I don't know anyone who has Dysthymia, but from what I understood they only need someone to push them and be there for them. If you talk about things like Asperger syndrome, then yes, it may be hard because they are so different.

[RB902050]

@zoe745 The moving to a new job, to a new place is the easy part. It's finding the supportive person that can prove to be the ultimate challenge because so many people are turn-off by people who suffer any sort of mental illness. I've always said to myself, all it takes is for one person to be supportive. I think the 650lb virgin and his personal trainer is a prime example. His trainer believed in him and helped him to reach his goals and get national recognition too.