Posted by SLS on September 29, 2009, at 17:30:59
In reply to Re: meds and emotional numbing, posted by bulldog2 on September 28, 2009, at 9:55:43
I just wanted to add that it happens very often that when someone who has been chronically depressed for years gets well, the people around them feel that they don't know the new person that has emerged. This is indeed true. When someone suddenly becomes optimistic, animated, and assertive, this can upset the dynamics of relationships that were formally based upon the affected person's depressed personality. Some people will not like the change in personality that occurs when depression disappears.
Embrace the people whom embrace the healthy you, and have tolerance and patience with those whom do not.
- Scott
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