Guest guest Posted April 19, 2002 Report Share Posted April 19, 2002 Since the topic came up, I want to share two very important things about depression: (1) one of the symptoms of depression is a very strong desire not to seek treatment; it takes real medical insight to resist the desire to curl up and hide, to understand that depression is a disease, not a character flaw;(2) suicidal thoughts is a common symptom of depression. By definition, depressed individuals feel a hopelessness that is not realistic. Treat depression, and the whole world naturally brightens, everything becomes possible, and rosacea becomes a manageable problem rather than something more. Resist with all your power the seduction of suicidal thoughts, know with certainty that that such thoughts are part of a disease and not part of reality -- and seek good professional help. But clinical depression is not just feeling sad every now and again, or feeling frustrated every now and again, about rosacea or anything else. Let's not overdiagnose, lest we become a Prozac support group . Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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