Posted by AKC on July 16, 2001, at 6:45:37
In reply to Query: has the attention to depression helped?, posted by Racer on July 16, 2001, at 1:08:02
Can I say yes and no? I am certain that because of the attention, my current employer is accepting of my limitations - that is, I have a job, even though I can't seem to get my billables up to where they are suppose to be. But at the same time, my previous employer, a judge, professed to "understand" and be supportive, but when I went into a suicidal depression and had to be hospitalized three times, she spoke with the state's attorney general to see if she could fire me without violating the American's with Disabilities Act. So I believe that the attention has helped to make progress, but we have a long way to go.
Without going into details, I think my family is another example of this - they all love me and "accept" me, but some still don't get it, no matter the educational material available. But I believe it is still much better with depression being out of the closet than in - even if some wrongly believe that a pill can solve it all or depression is to blame for it all. It is a process in the path of understanding. A painful process, but a better place to be than being locked up - and locked up is where I would be if not for the pills and the therapy.
AKC
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