I don't find flames over differing view points necessary in my board.

As long as you're not the one doing the flaming right?
And you have to admit,you walked right onto that one.

Quote from: AHardDaysNight on December 28, 2008, 12:43 am

Quote from: T. Jones on December 27, 2008, 01:55 pm

How come everyone on here has depression?  How come people get raped get depression then need pills to deal with it?  Did that life experience suddenly alter their genetics, thus altering the chemicals produced in their brain?  Its all bunch of bologna. 

Actually I can answer that.
Usually when someone has been through sexual assult they suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. But other things can cause that too. Like combat,a mugging, a horrible accident,natural disasters,etc.
Because of that people have trouble eating,sleeping and functioning from day to day due to the stress cause by such an incident. When that happens your brain reacts to it. It can change the uptake of seritonin in the brain,causing depression.
It's not something you can control on your own. But I wouldn't expect someone like you to undestand that.

A person like me shouldn't be able to understand that.

No, most idiots can't.

RDO, this is Mrs. Turkeyhead. I have been suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder for more than fifteen years. I was just recently diagnosed and am being treated with meds to balance the chemicals in my brain. I have to tell you that all the counseling in the world would not work for me if I didn't take the meds. Also depression is part of my illness. I do not take my meds to get "high". As a matter of fact the meds have enough side effects to make me sick, so I wouldn't want to take them if I did not need them.I also want to tell you that I do not consider myself to be a weak person. I am a wife and a mother, and I have worked since I was sixteen. I have a life despite my illness and I do not use it as a crutch. I take it one day at a time and move on with life just like everyone else. I understand that I have the problem and I am taking steps to correct it and I think that it takes a pretty strong person to do that. I beleive that a weak person is a person that denies that there is a problem and ignores it. It took several doctors and several years for me to find the right diagnoses and I beleive that I am getting better. I don't need your advise and neither does anyone else who legitimately has a psychiatric problem.

You want to know what living hell is? Try living with someone that has BPD
(Borderline Personality Disorder) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder.shtml

I have done it for 15 years. Now she is on this great little pill, and things are great. It's like we are dating again.

That's eerily similar to my mother.
But it wouldn't shock me if she had something like that.

And RDO is right, people with problems should seek counseling.
However, most people don't realize that there is a problem simply because they believe everyone feels this way.
Or they feel like the doctor won't understand (which may be true in some cases).

I went through a long time when I didn't want to live anymore.
I wasn't sad or crying.  But I was tired a lot and just felt isolated.
I started eating better and exercising a little bit more and I did things that made me happy, instead of focusing on everything else going on.

Everything depends on the specific person.

Depression is a disease too. All you are is that gray matter between your ears, and if its not working properly nether are you.   

you stopped reading my posts cause you dont want to know.  thats fine, wallow in your ignorance.  it works for you.

meh, I've stopped readying your posts, but I still think its all pussy shit.  Whatever.