Posted by PeterC on June 13, 2000, at 0:09:56
In reply to Frankly, Bbob....., posted by shar on June 12, 2000, at 23:26:16
> I am afraid to respond to you.
> SRespond to CarolAnn, then.
I did not respond to offer her personal advice. I don't think her subjective experience with conditions classified as depression disqualifies me from commenting, from either a subjective or objective perspective about conditions classified as depression. Frankly we don't "all" relate to her reply ... unless I am somehow not human.
But her question was not couched in personal terms. It was tagged "just curious." It did not even ask about dopamine in reference to a specific diagnosed condition. My response was honest, well-intended and based in a widely shared understanding. Please lets not start a wildfire. That was not my intention.
Perhaps it is cultural differences that allow someone to presume that when they ask a general question, it conveys a personal subjective implication, but we can't all anticipate what others subjective experience will be, nor what implications they convey behind generalized questions. Maybe some catch the implication, but not all.
But, even if personal experience with the conditions usually labeled as depression affords someone a paramount right to comment on those conditions, consider that I might share the condition, but approach it differently. If my approach is untennable for someone else, that does not mean that it is untennable for me or for others.
boBB, BBob, boB, and others
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