Posted by pat123 on March 17, 2001, at 13:04:45
The best that could be said of the "it's not everything" school of thought is that the people AROUND the depressed person would probably be a LOT more comfortable to see the depressed person up and about, with renewed "vigor" and determination. Then they (people around the depressed person) do not have to deal with any of the other ick that the depressed person carries inside of him-or-herself.
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> SharYes, yes, yes. Everybody "thinks" they know about depression. I now shoot from the hip and tell people how it is. I don't leave the house and stop show up at work. I loose my job. I would be homeless if it were not for family money. A "well meaning soul" once tried to "help" me with sugestions of what they do when they are depressed. The walks, sunshine, ect. I had reciently tried to kill myself so I pulled back my
sleeves to show them the sutures on my wrists from a thankfully unsucessful attempt on my life and asked "What do you do when you cut your wrists ?" Quite a shocker. After talking with this person I think they now know what real depression is and that it is nothing like what they have.I have found that real support only comes from those who have seen the great darkness of mental illness. I have a support system of people who know what it is like.
I'll move this to social, seems I have wondered
off of an admin issue.
Pat
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