He's In........again!!!

[chav1]

ahhh depresion the new bad back

granted some peopel get depression but most of it is just feeling down in the dumps which gets you a lot more than income support does or in robbie willams's case publicity because lets face it his album needs all teh help it can get

oh before robbie fans start jumping in have you bought his latest album because if not then your partly resposible for his depression

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by chav1

granted some peopel get depression but most of it is just feeling down in the dumps

This is why a lot of people suffering from depression also suffer guilt because others do not understand that it is as far removed from 'feeling down in the dumps' as having a leg amputated is from spraining your ankle and they imply that the sufferer can 'cheer up a bit' or 'snap out of it' or 'pull themselves together' which they simply cannot do. People with physical ailments get sympathy. People with mental ailments often get ridicule.

The problem probably stem from the word itself because 'depression' isn't about 'feeling depressed' any more than suffering from shock (in an accident situation for example) is anything to do with 'being shocked'. We could really do with different words to describe the medical conditions.

Someone suffering from clinical depression is unable to function normally. They may often appear to be in a zombie like state and simply exist from day to day rather than being aware of and relating to their surroundings. There are so many different symptoms of depression too and not everyone has all of them. Some may get panic attacks, others may be unable to sleep, others may be permanently sleepy, some may be unable to string two sentences together to have a conversation with others. The one thing they all have in common is that they'd give anything not to feel that way.