Depression

[uscitizen]

just curious...

Are you saying that i am judgmental about it?


There was once a time when depression was quite a stigma of mental illness. I don't think that is the case any more.

yep however it's increased acceptance came about for the wrong reason.
To sell pills.

it makes no difference how it came to be accepted.... the fact is that it is more acceptable and not something to hide away in the closet as crazy aunt june.

Dealing with it for some is the durg's... and they work out well when the right combination is hit on... It is still a step in the right direction.

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

 

[Sky Dancer]

yep however it's increased acceptance came about for the wrong reason.
To sell pills.

it makes no difference how it came to be accepted.... the fact is that it is more acceptable and not something to hide away in the closet as crazy aunt june.

Dealing with it for some is the durg's... and they work out well when the right combination is hit on... It is still a step in the right direction.

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

 

[uscitizen]

it makes no difference how it came to be accepted.... the fact is that it is more acceptable and not something to hide away in the closet as crazy aunt june.

Dealing with it for some is the durg's... and they work out well when the right combination is hit on... It is still a step in the right direction.

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

You know another one now.
And yes we all die, the question is whether to let yourself die miserable or not.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

You know another one now.
And yes we all die, the question is whether to let yourself die miserable or not.

No, I don't know another one now. What are talking about?

You have the idea that people have control over this. They often don't.

 

[uscitizen]

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

You know another one now.
And yes we all die, the question is whether to let yourself die miserable or not.

No, I don't know another one now. What are talking about?

You have the idea that people have control over this. They often don't.

I have battled depression my entire life.

And of course you do not have control per sie, but you do have control over whether to give in to depression or fight it.
I chose to fight it.
In many ways it is no different from fighting drug or substance addiction, you never fully win, but if you keep fighting you never let it pull you all the way down.

 

[del]

it makes no difference how it came to be accepted.... the fact is that it is more acceptable and not something to hide away in the closet as crazy aunt june.

Dealing with it for some is the durg's... and they work out well when the right combination is hit on... It is still a step in the right direction.

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

do you think if they weren't depressed they would live forever?

 

[Sky Dancer]

You know another one now.
And yes we all die, the question is whether to let yourself die miserable or not.

No, I don't know another one now. What are talking about?

You have the idea that people have control over this. They often don't.

I have battled depression my entire life.

Me too. I lost my father to it.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

No one can fix your depression for you. If you keep looking to others for a cure you will fail.
YOU must fight/work on your depression.
And Pills will not fix it either.

It is good to have ones around you who care for ya ansd support you but continued depresso status will eventually drive the best of friends and such away.

For a good number of people with long lasting continuous depression medication IS the best answer coupled with a therapist. I have a major medical problem with depression. In 94 I could no longer "deal with it" on my own. I went in the hospital and it took 10 years to find the right medication.

For those 10 years I was in and out of the hospital with suicidal thoughts and extreme depression. Finding the right meds was like the difference between night and day.

Anyone that makes a blanket statement that meds can not help is an idiot. They do not understand the situation. Without meds I would be a wreck, even with them I still have lots of trouble.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

do you think if they weren't depressed they would live forever?

No, silly. They didn't have to die as young men in untimely deaths though. What your philosophy? Lend a suicidal person a gun?

 

[Disenchanted61]

Depression can be attributed to something as simple as dietary. Researching the food causing of depression may be a good place to start; caffeine, sugar, food additives and so forth.

 

[del]

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

do you think if they weren't depressed they would live forever?

No, silly. They didn't have to die as young men in untimely deaths though. What your philosophy? Lend a suicidal person a gun?

only with an appropriate deposit up front

no one dies from depression

fail

 

[Sky Dancer]

Depression can be triggered by grief or a result of trauma. It's also hereditary.

 

[Sky Dancer]

do you think if they weren't depressed they would live forever?

No, silly. They didn't have to die as young men in untimely deaths though. What your philosophy? Lend a suicidal person a gun?

only with an appropriate deposit up front

no one dies from depression

fail

My father died of suicide. Happy?

Next time I feel bummed out I'll sure and call you for a gun.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

No, silly. They didn't have to die as young men in untimely deaths though. What your philosophy? Lend a suicidal person a gun?

only with an appropriate deposit up front

no one dies from depression

fail

My father died of suicide. Happy?

Del is a moron on this subject depression leads to suicide in some people, so clearly depression can kill.

 

[del]

No, silly. They didn't have to die as young men in untimely deaths though. What your philosophy? Lend a suicidal person a gun?

only with an appropriate deposit up front

no one dies from depression

fail

My father died of suicide. Happy?

not particularly. you seem to be reveling in it, though.

odd

 

[MikeK]

I've had it for most of my life.

What are your symptoms?

And do you find interacting here helps to pick you up a bit?

 

[Sky Dancer]

only with an appropriate deposit up front

no one dies from depression

fail

My father died of suicide. Happy?

Del is a moron on this subject depression leads to suicide in some people, so clearly depression can kill.

I agree Del is a moron. Depression does kill. Do you have PTSD, too, RGS?

 

[Sky Dancer]

I've had it for most of my life.

What are your symptoms?

And do you find interacting here helps to pick you up a bit?

Just the opposite. Posting here makes me feel worse.

 

[Intense]

Ohh pills can and often do help in the battle against depression, but without YOU working on it you will keep being depressed.
And yes it does matter in the sense that the commercial give people the impression that take the pill and cure depression. And some of the pills side effects can be severe in some people.

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

You know another one now.
And yes we all die, the question is whether to let yourself die miserable or not.

Hey! Suck it up! Enough with the self pity and alienation! How those Grand Kids doing? Are you spending enough time with them? Ya need to push yourself more and stay busy. Stimulation.

 

[Intense]

What do you consider "working with it"? I know plenty of people who worked with it their whole lives and died anyway.

I've personally known three.

do you think if they weren't depressed they would live forever?

No, silly. They didn't have to die as young men in untimely deaths though. What your philosophy? Lend a suicidal person a gun?

How about a Music CD, a paint brush, a 1000 piece puzzle?