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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 465443" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Whew....sorry to totally bogart your thread Pepperidge....hope this doesn't make YOU depressed. ((hugs)).</p><p></p><p>I do think that depression does not get enough legitimacy in the real world. If you have bi-polar, or psychotic breaks, people seem to take you more seriously. But if you struggle with depression, you usually get the pat on the head. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps some of this has to do with the fact that SO many people now take anti-depressants. And some who take them are clinically deeply depressed, and others who take them are only mildly depressed, and others who take them are situationally depressed. That really muddies the waters of what depression means to a lot of outside people.</p><p></p><p>I also do not think the media does a good job of portraying depression as a mental illness, or even the educational system. It tends to be the white elephant in the room, that no one really takes the time to understand - unlike other mental illnesses where the behaviors are more outrageous or demonstrative and others have no choice other than to believe there is really something wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 465443, member: 3301"] Whew....sorry to totally bogart your thread Pepperidge....hope this doesn't make YOU depressed. ((hugs)). I do think that depression does not get enough legitimacy in the real world. If you have bi-polar, or psychotic breaks, people seem to take you more seriously. But if you struggle with depression, you usually get the pat on the head. Perhaps some of this has to do with the fact that SO many people now take anti-depressants. And some who take them are clinically deeply depressed, and others who take them are only mildly depressed, and others who take them are situationally depressed. That really muddies the waters of what depression means to a lot of outside people. I also do not think the media does a good job of portraying depression as a mental illness, or even the educational system. It tends to be the white elephant in the room, that no one really takes the time to understand - unlike other mental illnesses where the behaviors are more outrageous or demonstrative and others have no choice other than to believe there is really something wrong. [/QUOTE]
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