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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Redefining Depression as Mere Sadness |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. The problem is not that we're redefining "depression" down to "sadness" |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hey, depression is good for business. Sadness...who cares!?! n.t |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah, people bounce back from sadness without buying Pills from Big Pharma! We can't have THAT!!! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Depression is a very real, crippling disease |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's what I said. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I was replying to your "depression is business", not the OP |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No denying that depression is a serious illness...I've seen it up close and personal |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. While I agree that shoving pills at people is sometimes a substitute for finding out what |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thank you, many of us have lost loved ones to depression. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think you can give someone a diagnosis of clinicla depression based on that |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. After I was given anti-depressants, I was relieved to feel sadness |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. AFAIK, Bereavement is a "rule out" factor in the DSM. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. While occasionally depression can be triggered by the stress |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Great now I get to explain to 500 more people that clinical depression is not mere sadness. |
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