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6:21am August 18, 2014

madeofpatterns:

like, some people think the world is like this:

  • depressed people don’t want to admit they’re depressed because stigma
  • they need to be convinced that, for them, taking medication is just like a diabetic taking insulin
  • if they disagree, it’s because either stigma or their disease is leading them astray

and some people think the world is like this:

  • depression isn’t real
  • it’s made up by therapists to get power over people
  • or by drug companies to get money
  • or by people who want to make excuses for not improving their lives
  • if people understand this, they can think their way out of ~depression~ and be ok

and like… both of those views do a tremendous amount of damage. 

To bring the hashtags someone wrote into focus:

#ableism

#this is somewhat of a tangent but it reminds me of one time I was at a psych ward

#how during a group session the people in the ward were talking abot how they’re learning to ask for help now

#And I said “I have been asking for help my whole life.  There isn’t any.”

#but they just sort of ignored me

And that… unfortunately sounds like par for the course with my experiences of psychiatric help.  I did everything they told me, I twisted my brain into a pretzel for them, and all I got from it was a pretzel-shaped brain, I didn’t get any help.

Also, it is possible to think your way out of depression.  It’s not easy, it’s not fast, and it’s not possible for everyone.  But it is, in fact, possible.  I know that you’re talking about something other than what I’m talking about.  But I feel like I always have to mention this.  Because you mean “It’s not possible to just snap your fingers and not be depressed,” which is true, but people can take it as meaning “There are no ways to change your thinking that will cause depression to go away,” and that is not true.  Even psychiatry admits that much from time to time.

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    depends on the kind of depression. But, like, doctors think that you can think your way out, that’s a reason why therapy...
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    It’s also true that a great deal of what presents as mental illness is physical and not really psychiatric in origin. A...
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    To bring the hashtags someone wrote into focus: #ableism #this is somewhat of a tangent but it reminds me of one time I...
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