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⌈ Secret Post #4110 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

This attitude is dangerous to people with depression. You are hurting people by promoting it.

Getting through depression requires work. Coping strategies take lots of deliberate practice to become effective, but they ARE effective. A lot of those strategies really are just talking: calling time-out on self-defeating thought patterns, reminding yourself of what is good in life, reminding yourself of a schedule to keep, talking about your problems with a support network. It doesn’t flip like a switch, but it works IF YOU APPLY IT.

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

+1
I have a good friend who has depression, and there’s a huge difference in his attitude should he decide or decline to use his coping strategies. The difference is pretty stark, night and day, actually. It doesn’t mean the depression goes away, it just means you actively try really hard not to let it dictate who you are and what your goals are.

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

This is a very good point. I wonder if ayrt is reacting to the kind of criticism people with depression often get about why they can't just shake it off or stop being sad. That definitely sucks, but I think it's easy to go too far the other way. No, you can't just talk yourself out of depression, but there are definitely healthy coping mechanisms people can try to maximize their quality of life (and mental health) while managing their depression. It's not a cure, they're just tools to help and I think it's important for people with depression to hear that there ARE things they can do that will give them a shot at improving their situation.

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

No, YOUR attitude is dangerous to people with clinical depression - as in the type that only responds to medication. The type that is incapacitating. The type that is accompanied by confusion, racing thoughts, even hallucinations. YOU are hurting people by suggesting that all depression can be dealt with through "coping strategies."

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

Can you even read? Nowhere did op say "all depression responds exactly like mine and everyone must only ever use my personal cooing strategy which is a magic perfect healing procedure." They said "this is what I personally do, and it seems to work for me."

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

But coping strategies can be a useful tool. I use a combination of both coping strategies and medication. Am I "fixed"? Hell no. But I hate taking more medication than I absolutely have to. I'd rather use coping strategies and a lower dose of meds than take the higher dose of meds and suffer extreme headaches and a complete and total loss of all my emotions.

Depression management is not "one size fits all". Which I initially thought we would agree on, but apparently according to you ALL clinically depressed individuals can only be treated by mediation.

See how hypocritical your accusations are?

Re: Depression and Anger

[(Anonymous)]

*medication NOT mediation