Comments on: opening the floodgates

By: joots

joots — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 11:21:08 +0000

I think you’re a highly intelligent person, with a side of heavy compassion, and a silver-tongued sense of humour. We sort usually don’t get very far into the day without something hitting us smack in the face because there’s a lot of stupid, stupid stuff in the world.

What I do is chip away at the things I do have control over, without completely retreating from the world, which include what sort of environment I work in, how I engage my family, what friends I simply will not have in my life and being forever grateful for the dumb luck that is a great relationship. You can always start over.

Having said all that, I have a few people in my life who are clinically depressed – some medicated, some not – and I couldn’t say just from reading you whether you’d fit into that category. So……………….yeah. That was helpful.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:57:05 +0000

I don’t think it would hurt. Maybe not going so far as to see a psychiatrist, but seeing a therapist, or even talking to your GP about how you’re feeling would be a good place to start. Someone very close to me was down for a very long time, and it took talking to their doctor about it before realizing that they were depressed, and needed help. They were on Paxil for a littl while, talked things out with a therapist, and now they’re back to normal and not taking anything. Sometimes all it takes is talking and a little kickstart to the system.

If left untreated, depression can get worse until talking and a little 10mg pill won’t do the trick. If you think you might be depressed, talk to a professional about it and see what they think. We aren’t, don’t know you as well as we’d like to think we do, and can’t prescribe drugs.

By: UH

UH — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:51:26 +0000

I only know you from what you write here. From that, I’d say yes, you should seek a professional opinion. Being clinically depressed and not seeking help may be less embarrassing but is a hell of a lot more dangerous than going to a doctor and finding out you’re fine.

By: Micky

Micky — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:16:39 +0000

I don’t think so either.

By: Sansaarai

Sansaarai — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:13:46 +0000

no you don’t