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The Sickness That Is Depression

• krylon 9y ago
  > You know how it feels when you are at a social event, and just can’t seem to get along with anyone - alienated ? Depression makes you feel like that, even among friends. To me, this is the worst part about depression. At the time I most need other people around me, it drives me further into isolation. I am lucky to have some people in my life that care enough to not give up on me and drag me out of it. That always seems to be the first step towards healing, getting back in contact with other human beings. (Don't get me wrong, I am in a good place right now. This just stirred some unpleasant memories.)
  • indemnity 9y ago
    Support is key...I’ve been in some pretty dark places myself, and I worry to think what would have happened if I didn’t have a brother who dropped everything to come hang out with me, several years ago.
• ncmncm 9y ago
  "Depression" is used to describe any number of barely-related syndromes. The only way anybody seems to know to distinguish them, or to diagnose them, is by which medication turns out to help after it's been tried. That makes drug trials iffy propositions; if a drug helps only one per six patients, maybe they were the only ones with the kind of depression it's good for. (And of course some patients have more than one kind.) Medically, it rivals unconsciousness for making the patient unable to seek help, with the wrinkle that others tend to blame the patient for failing to try hard enough.