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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this is evidence of my depression, but posts like this make me upset. The fact that people are so shocked that people are not okay even when they’re acting like it means that we are doing an extremely poor job educating people about what depression is. [/quote] It doesn't really make me "upset," per se, but, as someone with depression, it's a stark realization that some people haven't experienced it and don't relate to it all. OP seems to be under the impression that depression results from adverse life events, but it doesn't always. Kind of reminds me of how my mother dealt with my depression: "My life was harder than yours. You have nothing to be depressed about" (!)[/quote] Still to this day, my mother seems to think that depression can be cured with the comment: "But your life could be so much worse. You could have had XYZ happen, but it didn't, so you should be happy and positive."[/quote]
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