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J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: veilchen on 2005 August 27, 13:44:49
Danni, it is refreshing to hear a success story, I wish there were more of them. Post-partum depression is real and dangerous to the health of the mother, thankfully it has gained some wider acceptance lateley. That was another area where women were told to "just get over it". I swear, I am getting so sick and tired of these words.
Pah. Depression is just another excuse. If you're depressed, IGNORE IT, and IT WILL GO AWAY. Honestly, what is it with people and dredging up anything they can to justify their lack of impulse control?
ZephyrZodiac:
Wait till you get it!
Kitiara:
I have been diagnosed as bipolar. I also have been told (at different points of my life) that I am both clinically depressed and chronically depressed. I live without medication (and frankly my life ought to depress anyone, but nevermind). My days are often bumpy but I navigate them just fine. I understand that there are varying degrees. Having known a taste of how bad life can feel, I sympathize with anyone who has the real deal, but that doesn't mean I understand giving up.
Depression is chemical. You can fight your way out, but it's never easy. I respect anyone who has been diagnosed and is Still Here.
ZephyrZodiac:
Exactly the point! Anyone can get Depression (just as anyone and everyone occasionally gets depressed) and there are some people who fight and some who give up. From my own personal experience, it's the ones who accept the doctor's medication who often give up, as the very pills that they say will help leave you feeling too tired to even try to fight your way back up.
Ten years ago I went to the doctor because I felt ill. I have an underactive thyroid (caused by medical treatment!) and my previous doctor had lowered my dosage, which was really why I felt ill. The doctor asked, do you think you might be depressed? to which I replied, yes, I'm depressed because I feel so ill. So I was told to go and take anti-depressants, (which don't go well with a thyroid condition!) and in no time at all I was so bad I had to give up work. All I'd actually needed was an increased thyroxine dose and a little time for it to start working! But that isn't in the medical textbooks - time is not a medicine!
Renatus:
JM, your misanthropy is taking over your intelligence. :P First an amazing lack of understanding of Darwinism, and now an amazing lack of understanding about how human brains actually work. Unless of course you can actually willfully control each and every chemical your brain produces, in which case I suggest you start teaching others this amazing skill so you have one less thing to be misanthropic about.
Oh, wait... then you'd have less to complain about. :D
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