What Not To Say To Someone Who Is Depressed!
Following on from yesterday’s post on what Robin Williams death teaches us about depression, this cartoon from Robot Hugs is a perfect illustration of how misunderstood depression can be.
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This is unfortunately so true, Marie. Your post yesterday about depression and Robin Williams was spot on, too.
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Cartoonists are so very wise.
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This is excellent. The thing is, many of us who struggle with depression actually say these things to *ourselves*, which of course causes further depression. My salvation came from several years of antidepressants but before I started them, I had people telling me that it was unnatural and that I was weak for considering them. But then my personality changed so dramatically for the better that everyone stopped their lectures and let me heal. But I was lucky. I found an anti depressant that I worked well with and was able to get the help I needed. It’s not so easy for everyone.
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These are great. I’ve had several depressions (stopped in their tracks now for twenty-some years by anti-depressants). Sure they’ve changed my personality in some ways, but as Bethgo says above, it’s been for the better. I will be on these meds until I die (I hope), but so will a diabetic be on insulin. I can still get mad, sad, happy, calm, agitated, but not depressed. Now I have many sad days with my husband’s heart failure and I can cry buckets sometimes, but it isn’t depression. I can easily tell the difference.
I’ve also had twenty-five years of CFS so far and all of the above cartoons apply to that as well. My dear mother even said, “You could be well, if you wanted to.”
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