Comments on: Depression, Health, Boredom, Interesting People, and Self-Esteem

By: Helaine Elem

Helaine Elem — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:50:39 +0000

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By: willo

willo — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:42:10 +0000

This is a great article. Depression nearly ruined my career. I am bipolar, have fought it my whole life, and although it probably was not something I could have completely controlled on my own, some of these points are true and helpful even applied to serious depression.

It is a fact that when seriously depressed, most withdraw from friends, become less active, and when they do associate with others they tend to gravitate to other depressed people who will commiserate and moan with them, and they abandon their interests. Exercise produces endorphins that buoy most; relationships with positive people remind depressed people that there is a positive side of life and that there are those who care about them no matter how they try to deny it. Keeping in touch with their interests often reminds them of the positive side of life and connects them with people, too. None of these are failsafes, but all of them help. It is when the depressed person withdraws and begins to do nothing, in almost all cases, that friends and family need to worry, that life tends to be abandoned, relationships eventually suffer in all areas–friends, love, career.

People need to stay active, and stay involved!

And they need to get professional help if they seriously are depressed, if one doctor doesn’t help, if one medication doesn’t help or only helps for a little, they need to try again. I wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar until I 35 years old, and all the drugs for depression didn’t help much, or very long–some made things worse.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:54:07 +0000

I often read your emails and have never responded even though I have disagreed with a lot of the things you have said in the past. Today’s posting, however, was extremely offensive. In fact, it was so offensive that I didn’t get past your advice on depression.

You tell people to avoid depressed people because their attitudes “will wear off on us.” You do realize that depression is a serious disease like cancer, right? Depressed people aren’t depressed because they just don’t want to get better. Would you advise us to avoid people who have cancer for fear that their disease would bring us down?

Your attitude is so disturbing because what you recommend is exactly the opposite of what a depressed person needs. Those going through a serious bout of depression need all of the support they can get, and to justify avoding depressed people as if their depression is contagious is both factually incorrect and incredibly selfish. It sounds as if you have no experience with severe depression either in yourself or in someone that you care about. I’m fine with trying to surround yourself with positive people, but to ditch people who may be experiencing depression is cold and heartless.

By: rajat

rajat — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:35:51 +0000

I’m reading your articles for so long so i just want to say they are awesome . The way you tell the stories and their in-depth message is out of this world .

By: James P. Cassidy

James P. Cassidy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:15:13 +0000

You should also include a belief in a higher power or a union with the universe that surrounds us. Without that, there is no motivation to move forward

By: asma

asma — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:17:08 +0000

yes for the past 4 yrs i have been going under major depression the thought like i am no one,no one in the world likes me or what will they say if i say this or that i hate it thus all leading to only one path suicide.i normally stay at home and meet no one and when i do i have negative thoughts thus making my life miserable.i feel i have not been able to grow due to my lack of self esteem.its such a disease which either God or i can only stop.

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:14:41 +0000

This is a very nice article. Thanks!

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By: jackalexking

jackalexking — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:20:28 +0000

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By: jackjamesking

jackjamesking — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:20:06 +0000

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