Oh come on just get back on the horse! Just suck it up and do your job! Things will look better tomorrow get some sleep! I know I have said and heard these sentiments many times. Though all of these comments may have true sincerity behind them, many times they are just empty words to a person who is truly suffering from a depressive episode. I realize that many times friends and loved ones do not know what to say. There is no phrase or action or magic pill they can give to the person they love to alleviate their pain. Many times the most they can do is watch, wait, or walk away. Depression can maifest its self physically, or with erratic behavior, or the desire to eat all the time, or the need to starve the body to feel some sort of control. There is an ebb and flow to a major depressive episode. Moods may change from one minute to the next. Isolation may be the only thing the sufferer believes he or she is left with. The sufferer regresses from a society that cannot understand such an illusive mental illness such as depression. It is only recently that American society has begun to scratch the surface of this illness. I believe in a post 9/11 society things are changing to a small degree. Because of the confusion and complexity of everyday life, I believe more people are reaching out for help. Whether they recieve the help they need is questionable. More people are beginning to look consistantly at the psyche of all people in a preemptive manner. What I mean by this is that we as a society are asking the difficult questions and becoming slowly willing to take on the difficult journey towards possible answers. heidi jones
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