Posted by Noa on January 6, 2000, at 6:30:16
In reply to Re: my particular obsession (longish), posted by juniper on January 6, 2000, at 1:55:52
Juniper, I also am in the category of hating to admit to my sensitivity. When this concept first hit the public media because of prozac, I think as a result of Peter Kramer's book, ie, that Prozac is effective for atypical depression, which occurs in a "type" of person who is sensitive to rejection, among other things, I was defiant about being lumped into such a category. I think it is because relative to some people I know, my sensitivity, or at least how I express it, is milder. I didn't want to be thought of as a sulky hypersensitive, needy person. And, I didn't like the idea of overgeneralization about people with so-called atypical depression. I also hated what I was hearing about how Prozac supposedly changed personality. I took Prozac and felt my personality was the same, I was the same person, just less depressed.
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