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Originally Posted by Booplesnoot
have you ever felt like your depression wasn't taken seriously by your friends or your family or even your doctor?
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I believe that my parents have been suffering from depression their whole lifes, yet they... well, I'm not even gonna say what do they think of depression and people who suffer from it.
As for my friends...wait, what friends?
And finally, doctors... Whatever the reason I go to a GP, I think they only take me seriously if I happen to have whatever they can connect to what they read on their "Big Book of Medicine".
I'm not having a go at GPs, but what I am trying to say is that I think they are mostly unprepared to deal with mental illness in general (or even diagnose it).
But still...
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Originally Posted by Fizzyo
It's always worth trying again with the doctor, you may see a different one to whom you saw last time with a different attitude. If the counsellor recommended you get help, you are less likely to get the brush off.
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This...
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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear
I suggest seeing another doctor, somebody who wants to help.
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... and this.
