(August 11, 2016 at 5:42 am)Jesster Wrote:(August 11, 2016 at 5:37 am)robvalue Wrote: If someone can "just get over it", they're not depressed. They're sad.
I don't know how anyone could seriously think a person would choose to remain depressed if there was such a simple solution. You might as well tell an amputee to "just grow another arm".
This. I have depression and it's not that easy at all. A good attitude may help at times, but it doesn't defeat depression for good. It always comes back to give you a swift kick in the ribs again later on. Actually, someone telling me to "just get over it" just makes it worse. Anyone who actually has depression instead of just sadness would realize how bad that sounded.
I'm sorry to hear you have it too
And I'm sad to hear you are mainly having to deal with people who don't even try to understand.
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