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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 465177" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My own experience has been that people say it because they think you are wallowing in self-pity with no right to be sad. They don't understand that it is as physical a disorder as diabetes. You can die from depression. Many do.</p><p></p><p>Because "normal" people can regulate their moods, often they feel YOU can do the same. And, being depressed, you have little to no self-esteem anyway (that also goes with it) and you start to think, "Maybe I'm defective because I have no reason to be depressed, yet here I am...barely able to lift my head off the pillow. Maybe it would be best if I just killed myself. I'm just a burden on the people who love me. They're better off without me."</p><p></p><p>Other things that would just make me sink even lower and give me less hope:</p><p>"Think of how lucky you are compared to the starving people in Africa."</p><p>"You must like being miserable." (My Mom used to say this)</p><p>"Can't you function without your happy pills?" (Antidepressants. Actually...no, I can't).</p><p></p><p>The list is endless. They are things you would NEVER say to somebody who had pneumonia and couldn't get out of bed and do chores or attend well in school or think clearly or who take antibiotics. And the fact is, depression is just as much an illness as pneumonia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 465177, member: 1550"] My own experience has been that people say it because they think you are wallowing in self-pity with no right to be sad. They don't understand that it is as physical a disorder as diabetes. You can die from depression. Many do. Because "normal" people can regulate their moods, often they feel YOU can do the same. And, being depressed, you have little to no self-esteem anyway (that also goes with it) and you start to think, "Maybe I'm defective because I have no reason to be depressed, yet here I am...barely able to lift my head off the pillow. Maybe it would be best if I just killed myself. I'm just a burden on the people who love me. They're better off without me." Other things that would just make me sink even lower and give me less hope: "Think of how lucky you are compared to the starving people in Africa." "You must like being miserable." (My Mom used to say this) "Can't you function without your happy pills?" (Antidepressants. Actually...no, I can't). The list is endless. They are things you would NEVER say to somebody who had pneumonia and couldn't get out of bed and do chores or attend well in school or think clearly or who take antibiotics. And the fact is, depression is just as much an illness as pneumonia. [/QUOTE]
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