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Re:No Longer Wanting to Die by javajosh on Sunday May 17, 2015 @11:52AM (#9560476)
Not to mention the social stigma that still(!) haunts depression (and virtually all psychological injuries). Few physical injuries have any sort of stigma - and the ones that do are usually associated with depression. Certainly it would be better if that stopped entirely (and, as with homosexuality in general, and gay marriage, it seems to be happening).

That said, I actually have sympathy for the stigmatizers. From their perspective a perfectly healthy person with no overt negative stimuli is profoundly unhappy for no reason. That's got to be frustrating because it's completely and totally opaque, untouchable, alien, and unaddressable. The condition stymies the compassionate person, making a mockery of their good intentions. That is frustrating, even angering, and is probably the cause of the ambient hostility that lingers around depression. Depressives behavior appears stubbornly self-destructive, which essentially and irreducibly thwarts the will of those that care for them.

Re:No Longer Wanting to Die by foobarqux on Sunday May 17, 2015 @11:55AM (#9560487)
It doesn't matter much if a person is sad for no reason, no one wants to be around someone who is sad.
Re:No Longer Wanting to Die by a3n on Sunday May 17, 2015 @12:14PM (#9560564)
This didn't deserve a downvote, it's a good observation of the problem. If you're depressed, it's very hard for people to be around you, and that makes the depression worse.
Re:No Longer Wanting to Die by javajosh on Sunday May 17, 2015 @01:42PM (#9560889)
Yep. In fact, I think that (apart from clinical practitioners who might find it fascinating) the people best positioned to help the depressed are those who've experienced it themselves, and overcome it.
Re:No Longer Wanting to Die by sullyj3 on Sunday May 17, 2015 @04:16PM (#9561545)
I'm depressed. It comes and goes, but generally in the middle of an episode I don't want to be around other people either, which I think compounds the issue.