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WARNING: Do not seek any advice from anonymous people on the web about depression, ever, you're seeing a therapist, that's a good start, If you're not satisfie
by aikah 12y ago
WARNING:
Do not seek any advice from anonymous people on the web about depression, ever, you're seeing a therapist, that's a good start, If you're not satisfied with your current doctor, go see another one.
- RantyDave 12y agoI dunno, nine out of ten appear to be telling him/her to go see professionals. Seems like good advice to me.
- aikah 12y agoHere maybe, however you don't know if that person posted other messages on other forums. This is a general advice and the ONLY one people should be giving him. Saying anything else might put him in danger.
- paulornothing 12y agoI don't know why seeking a connection even with anonymous people online is necessarily bad. There are a lot of people who have struggled with depression, sometimes hearing from people dealing with the same struggles can help.
- aikah 12y ago> I don't know why seeking a connection even with anonymous people online is necessarily bad. How many of these people are professionals? depression IS a mental illness, and must receive professional care, not random opinions by people who did not make a proper diagnosis of that person's condition. Finally listening to someone is different from advising him about how to get better. I'm all for listening but not for people playing therapists.
- DanBC 12y agoSeeking a connection is fine, but there are already people posting terrible advice - things that we know are not a treatment for depression as if they are a treatment for depression. It'd be a shame if OP read all the stuff about exercise and thought it was going to be a cure. We know exercise is no better than nothing at all as a treatment for depression.
- econnors 12y agoThere's a joke in here somewhere
- lotsofthrows 12y agoThis is an understandable perspective. I'm not taking direct action based on these comments.