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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 6 8:12am | Replies (335)
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@pearlbaby7 I understand what you mean about making phone calls. There are calls I need to make and it is far "too big" and no matter how hard I try I cannot make a phone call.
My 37 year old daughter has estranged herself and I do not know why. We were once close. She suffers with depression and maybe it is too much to even respond to a text.
Good for you getting out even if you felt rather foolish. Takes strength and courage.
I have oft thought about ignorant others are about mental illness-My input is that people watch too many crime shows as well as the ignorance of the news. Good for you letting CBS know how you feel!!!!
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@parus @pearlbaby7 It seems like a "safe" thing to ascribe to the theory that someone has mental illness, and I find people tossing that phrase around so much. Like you, I believe it is the results of the TV shows that spout psychobabble because some want to hear it, not that they understand it. Does that make sense? I know for a fact that I have experienced deep depression, that I am on the autism spectrum, and that I see/react to the world in different ways than most around me. But it doesn't fit into a neatly defined box. That's okay, neither do I. And I'm ok with that. Like the popular phrase is, "be your most awesome self".