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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
The other two I haven't seen but a couple of times in years. What am I going to say when they ask what I have been doing? Where am I working? I don't want to tell them I have been depressed 8 months of the year the last two years and applied for ssd.
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I think it's important that you don't stop playing golf with them because of this. But then I don't really know you.. or them. So tell the truth...ish. Say that you've been unemployed or are. If they ask have you manage say that you borrow money from your parents. Or say that you HAVE been sick. A lot of people in my country feel uneasy just you tell em you've been sick even if you don't mention it's a mental thing. At least if you say it in the right way... as in try to make them understand just by the way you say it that you don't want to talk about your sickness.
Just a possible solution... would probably work for me.
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Originally Posted by TheOriginalMe
I get the bit about the two halves of your mind arguing with each other, I have that a lot. Sometimes a third part would be useful because it could yell "shut up both of you & leave me alone".
The common perception of depression is of a "soft" mental illness which isn't too serious, people often forget that it can present with very serious symptoms,
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In a way I really really really dislike the discussion of depression being serious or not. If depression isn't serious enough to feel very bad about then what is? The irony is that depression essentially IS the "feeling bad" feelings... so a lot of people that do have other serious issues, like they've lost their legs, or have other mental sicknesses usually BECOMES depressed because of it... and then they are considered depressed people just like everyone else...
I don't really know if I get the point out but for me it just becomes a circle argument..
"shut up both of you & leave me alone".
Can't agree more.
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Originally Posted by nevergoodenough
I don't think therapists are meant to solve the problem or are able to. We kind of have to fix ourselves. Therapists are sometimes good for support though.
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Rather depends on what you consider to be a problem. Sure they can't heal me completely but they can possibly solve certain ermh..knots and tangles in my head. I mean..I usually get stuck in a loop in my own thoughts but a therapist could put in something else in my head to work with. One could consider that solving ONE issue...
But I guess your are right on the point that it's better to see them as just general support.