Posted by Psychopoppy on December 3, 2003, at 15:03:32
In reply to Validated by a Med ID Bracelet?, posted by loni on December 3, 2003, at 14:00:51
Thats an incredible story indeed. I can truly relate to your feelings. Depression runs in my mom's family too and as time passes I learn more and more about how this aunt and that cousin has also suffered from it. Despite all that its impossible to get a real understanding from people (even my own father who has lived with my paranoid schizophrenic mother for 41 years now !). Her illness is psychotic and so it explains itself. But for depression, they think that its jut a question of altering one's attitude and getting on with things. I have wanted to end my life many times (although never attempted it), so isnt't this a life-threatening disease too ? Sometimes I wish I had something more "concrete" like cancer or viral meningitis so then I could have a good enough excuse for why I am "disabled" and "sick" for the world.I am glad that your med bracelet has given you the validation you were looking for and even better that you dont have to explain anything !
Psychopoppy.
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