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Life Threatening

MaRhianna
MaRhianna
Someone I know thinks that depression is not life threatening.
I said one day I needed to get my meds and this person said there was no hurry as my condition is not life threatening. I replied that without my meds my illness could be life threatening. Do you have any views on this subject or had similar experiences?
Please post them, I'd be very interested to know.

Take care everyone
deleted_user
deleted_user
you are 100% correct.... and tell this person to fuck the hell off....
deleted_user
deleted_user
ya i agre with elc
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow, this person must live under a rock. How freakin' uneducated can someone be??? I would be dead right now from suicide if I wouldn't have received the meds when I did. I was rock bottom ready to die. So, my unprofessional opinion is not having depression/anxiety meds is life threatening! I also believe that the six people I've lost in life due to suicide would probably be here right now if they had been treated for their depression. I have STRONG views on this topic.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Unless people have personally experienced depression, I don't think they get it. They trivialise it. I still find that hard to deal with. I don't think that's unique to me. if any of you are like me, you KNOW what a serious illness this is, and the potential it has to kill you without support/meds etc. I have not found a way to convince "non-believers" and I have given up trying. I only allow people to get close to me who are prepared to try to understand.
MaRhianna
MaRhianna
It's odd isn't it. Those of us who know what depression is all about realise the seriousness of the illness. Your responses are very intersting!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Suicide is one of the greatest killers of younger Americans (perhaps the leading cause of death for teenagers? I don't remember)...

Untreated depression can be a terminal illness!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Like the old addage goes: Until you've walked a mile in another woman's shoe...

It's important to educate others every opportunity you come across so that this awful disease comes out from the shame-based darkness and into the light!
deleted_user
deleted_user
It sounds to me like this person may not be the best friend for you. My advice is to collect some literature on depression and just give it to this person. If they come to you with some understanding, good! If not, move on to new friends.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I agree with you it is 100% life threatening
deleted_user
deleted_user
depression is life threatening.
deleted_user
deleted_user
mine would definitely be life threatening
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes unfortunately those who dont suffer depression do not understand it, especially as teh term is banded around so much to describe periods of low mood which aren't actually clinical (or chronic)depression.
This person obviously needs educating or a good poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I like Cap's response... depression is extremely life threatening... If someone put a loaded gun to your head & said I'm going to pull the trigger would be a similar threat.
MaRhianna
MaRhianna
Thank you all for your posts. Can you guess who the person in question is?
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