Posted by noa on January 31, 2004, at 16:34:14
In reply to Re: POLL: most ridiculous solution to depression, posted by KellyD on January 31, 2004, at 14:31:10
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> Mother says to depressed daughter:
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> "Why don't you just have baby, it will give you something to focus on other than yourself."
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> That's about as sad as it is funny.
Yes, it is sad. I have a friend whose family recommended the baby remedy when, as a very young newlywed, she ran to them to escape her husband's violence. Thank goodness she didn't heed their advice, but divorced him. She got her baby in a much better marriage many years later.
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