No. I suffered with severe depression throughout my late teens and didn't get better until 2006. The reason I don't think we need to start offing depressed people is simple, depression is a disease of the mind that will do anything to justify itself. I remember when it was bad the slightest setback in my life could set it off. It would always be something small, something anyone with a healthy mind could deal with.
If I'd been offered this I would have taken it and then I would never have known that I'd recover. I haven't felt seriously depressed since 2006 but I'm well aware that people who've had depression are more likely to get it in the future.
We don't need to help depressed people die, we need to help them survive until they recover.
Thank you for posting this thread Saxmoof.
If I'd been offered this I would have taken it and then I would never have known that I'd recover. I haven't felt seriously depressed since 2006 but I'm well aware that people who've had depression are more likely to get it in the future.
We don't need to help depressed people die, we need to help them survive until they recover.
Thank you for posting this thread Saxmoof.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. ~ George Bernard Shaw
