Posted by Cecilia on January 3, 2002, at 1:17:38
In reply to Re: I act too normal., posted by mist on January 2, 2002, at 19:10:38
> Fi, akc, Martha, mair, Dinah,
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> I'm glad to know others can relate.
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> Dinah, I think what you say is true. That even if I showed it, the understanding wouldn't necessarily be there.
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> It seems that more needs to be done to educate people in the society at large about depression. For one thing, at least for me, real kindness, compassion and understanding from others always make me feel better--less depressed and able to do more. Some people seem to think they have to withhold those things to make the depressed person tough when in reality it has the opposite effect. -mistIntellectually, I know that there must be many people in the world who are happy and find life worth living. But, emotionally, deep down, I feel like most people are probably faking it too. I can`t imagine ever telling anyone (except medical professionals, and that`s incredibly difficult) about my depression. It feels like that would break the unspoken rule that everyone go around pretending they`re happy. Plus I feel that if they really are happy, it`s probably because they deserve to be and if I were ever to mention my depression they would think, even if they were too polite to say, well of course she`s depressed, who wouldn`t be if they were as ugly, socially incompetent etc as me.
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