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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 659171" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>While I do agree to a large extent with this, there are factors regarding depression which haven't been addressed, and makes posts from Big E seem very distasteful.</p><p></p><p>Depression is a mental illness, yes. But it's not always something that can be controlled, or the person that is suffering from it, is even aware of. I have seen this in my own family. Depression, can be a genetic illness, passed on by parents/grandparents. On my mother's side, she, and all 3 her sisters went through a form of depression, and then my cousin has been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. </p><p></p><p>Being bipolar is not something that can be controlled by using the "man-the-F-up" attitude. She needs medication, as when the "polarity" is at an all time low, she has tendencies towards suicide, using drugs, and other extreme behaviours. Now this cannot happen as she has a 3-month old baby.</p><p></p><p>I myself went through depression,due to a very traumatic series of events that happened in a week's time. My father (who used the "man-up" attitude, due to a lack of understanding the problem of depression itself) struggled to get anything out of me, he got furious many times and nearly assaulted me out of frustration. </p><p></p><p>Depression is a chemical imbalance in the body which affects the brain, but can also affect the rest of the body such as having fatigue, change in eating habits, pain in certain areas of the body and so on. Medication works, but mostly it's used to repair chemical imbalance in the body, and trying to get the balance at an equal base. facing the problem/cause of the depression, is one part of curing/living with the illness.</p><p></p><p>Using the "man-up" expression is a very uninformed and ignorant way to go about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 659171, member: 40658"] While I do agree to a large extent with this, there are factors regarding depression which haven't been addressed, and makes posts from Big E seem very distasteful. Depression is a mental illness, yes. But it's not always something that can be controlled, or the person that is suffering from it, is even aware of. I have seen this in my own family. Depression, can be a genetic illness, passed on by parents/grandparents. On my mother's side, she, and all 3 her sisters went through a form of depression, and then my cousin has been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Being bipolar is not something that can be controlled by using the "man-the-F-up" attitude. She needs medication, as when the "polarity" is at an all time low, she has tendencies towards suicide, using drugs, and other extreme behaviours. Now this cannot happen as she has a 3-month old baby. I myself went through depression,due to a very traumatic series of events that happened in a week's time. My father (who used the "man-up" attitude, due to a lack of understanding the problem of depression itself) struggled to get anything out of me, he got furious many times and nearly assaulted me out of frustration. Depression is a chemical imbalance in the body which affects the brain, but can also affect the rest of the body such as having fatigue, change in eating habits, pain in certain areas of the body and so on. Medication works, but mostly it's used to repair chemical imbalance in the body, and trying to get the balance at an equal base. facing the problem/cause of the depression, is one part of curing/living with the illness. Using the "man-up" expression is a very uninformed and ignorant way to go about. [/QUOTE]
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