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Re:I will never not talk about my depression by fastasucan on Thursday June 17, 2021 @06:45PM (#27545286)
> There is nothing in this comment that implies the person posting it is not depressed.

Well there is, the wording itself: ".. I was depressed".

I was.

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Re:I will never not talk about my depression by shkkmo on Thursday June 17, 2021 @09:56PM (#27546625)
The "was" is inside of a "could" statement which usually means that it is a subjunctive tense and not a past perfect tense. This means that the tense is probably indicating that the intent is talking hypothetically. We don't do a good job of distinguishing these tenses on English but they do exist.
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Re:I will never not talk about my depression by t0mbstone on Thursday June 17, 2021 @07:33PM (#27545653)
Was, and still am, if I'm being honest.
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