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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
In California, I have noticed that people openly talk about those disorders.
The same is not true of bipolar, psychotic illnesses, dissociative disorders, and the like.
it is as if there were MI and MI; the respectable illnesses and the stigmatized, feared illnesses that people are often ignorant about.
My question to people in other places is - have you noticed that?
I have had casual, distant acquaintances talk about depression during lunches, absolutely without a need to do so. So it is really widespread. And I have seen blogs by the local celebs about depression. Nobody blogs about psychosis, so far.
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Sadly, I don't think this lessens the stigma in any way.
I know these people who talk about their depressions at lunch and it is that sort of people who use it as convient excuse not to take any responsibility for their lives whatsoever. When you cannot blame things on the government, gay and gypsies, depression or other "illness" always comes handy.
Just like most people don't talk about their physical illness, only a special (imho annoying) sort, same with depression.
I have a feeling that people who are very affect with it will not yak yak it over their lunch, of the same reason normal people don't yak yak about traumatizing things to strangers and acquintance in casual matter.
And of course, I met people who turned depression into pissing contest about who has pricier shrink and is on pricier pills (all that in state with universal healthcare).
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