You know, here I am reading my daily feed, & I am finding it really difficult to hold my tongue. So I am going to say this & say it ONLY ONCE: DEPRESSION IS NOT A CHOICE!!! NO ONE WHO IS SEVERELY DEPRESSED HAS CHOSEN TO BE SAD. Depression - the type that is always there, that is debilitating, that can keep you in bed for days on end - is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. A person cannot CHOOSE to have a chemical imbalance in their brain. I am so sick of seeing people comment regarding Robin Williams that he chose to be unhappy or he needed to get over his depression instead of killing himself. People need to be more understanding and grow some compassion for their fellow man. If people were more understanding & more compassionate I bet we would have found a cure for depression by now. Instead, its swept under the rug, poorly understood, & often misdiagnosed or ignored, so what happens? We end up losing wonderful people like Robin Williams. Thats what happens. PLEASE THINK before you post such things. There are many among my own FB friends who suffer from clinical depression through no choice of their own. There are also many among my FB friends - myself included - who have lost a friend or loved one to suicide because their depression was either not understood or misdiagnosed or they didnt receive the care, understanding, & compassion they needed. The person who commits suicide - their suffering is at an end, but the loved ones left behind continue to suffer & we wonder every single day whether there was something we could have said or done to have changed the outcome. Reading such posts about depressed people need to get over it, and why did he choose to be so unhappy are truly upsetting. #DepressionIsNotAChoice #ClinicalDepression #Depression #RobinWilliams
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:26:49 +0000
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