I have a severe form of depression, diagnosed for years, under continued and extreme medical treatment. My illness has been officially determined a disability. My experience has been that most people absolutely do not care to understand the circumstances of being radically impaired by a mental illness. They deem it a character flaw. The stigma is oppressive.
I am working on a writing project with the goal of raising awareness that depression is a disease, not an attitude. I have been told countless stupid and ignorant things about my depression and am wondering what all the rest of you have had to put up with.
:)
peace
2006-08-23
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alma
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