(November 5, 2011 at 10:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: And I hope nobody suffering from depression reads this bullshit and decides that the only thing they need to change is their way of thinking.
There is some merit to the idea that the way we think of things affects our brain chemistry. I don't dispute that.
The rest of it is bullshit, at least in my case. I can't function well enough to participate in therapy without psychotropic meds, specifically mood stabilizers - strictly speaking, not antidepressants, but they achieve the same goal - stabilize the patient so they can participate in treatment.
Suggesting that anyone with severe depression or another serious mental illness doesn't need meds is criminal stupid. And you know what? If you don't have an MD, PhD or a PsyD with a specialty in psychiatry or psychology, your opinion in the matter means jack shit to me (obviously not referring to you here, FNM).
