(July 26, 2011 at 7:01 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote:(July 26, 2011 at 6:54 pm)Shell B Wrote: People like that have no fucking clue what it is like.
Untrue. In fact, most, if not all, people have experienced depression.
However, like my example with fucking with high people maliciously, others, when hearing about another's depressive state, say what they say because it makes them feel better, without giving a damned bit of care to the depressed victim.
Everyone is selfish, to a degree.
But some people honestly need help.
Their "selfishness" is immaterial to what is at stake.
I'm going to have to meet you half way on this. While I do agree that everyone is selfish to a degree and that some people who have had depression are still insensitive, I still think there are a number of people who just don't understand it. Sure, they may feel a short term, non debilitating depression. However, not everyone has had the kind of depression that keeps you in bed for more than a week, the kind that is coupled with crippling anxiety or the kind that is coupled with incessant scary or suicidal intrusive thoughts. Someone who has felt something that profound and terrifying is probably more likely to feel compassion for other depressed people.
