[ SECRET POST #4268 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4268 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Not really a good comparison. There can be hereditary components to addiction, but a big part of that is the lifestyle choices a person makes. I'm not sure you can say that about depression. Also the discussion isn't about choosing to be sick, it's about a person's behavior (which they're still responsible for) and choosing to seek help.

[(Anonymous)]

There are people out there claiming depression is about lifestyle choices, too. And one of my relatives got shingles and stung by a stingray just as a new painkiller called Oxytocin was taking off, ended up addicted to pain meds, and when that supply dried up, moved on to whatever he could get.

I dread ever being in an accident or serious prolonged pain for that reason. And my chances of being an alcoholic (or suicidal) are ridiculously high. My mom’s entire family barring her older brother died alcohol related deaths and both my parents committed suicide.

My choices to avoid alcohol and suicide, as an addiction prone depressed person, are gonna look significantly different from, and be a lot harder than, the choices of someone without my family history, and there’s been a lot of luck/weird circumstances that helped keep me alive, clean, and sober that so far as I know no one else in my family (all but two uncles are dead, btw) was that lucky. I hope my luck in avoiding their life circumstances never runs out.