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Old Nov 04, 2015, 05:20 PM
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I was offended today reading a magazine article in my pdoc's waiting room. It was about how to beat SAD.

It was all happy-happy-isn't-this-such-a-cute-condition-the-current-imagined-fad-illness. It wasn't serious at all. In fact it was quite offensive the manner in which it was described and the impossible sillyness ofit's effects. Oh what a shame! You don't have that extra gumption to apply makeup and coif your hair? Can't meet your upscale chums for lattes? Too tired to freshen up for that date?

Arrrrggh! It was !@#$%$ offensive to someone who actually has experienced SAD and Depression.

What really ticked me off were the 10 recommendations to preventing SAD Depression. They cost a small fortune which I know we all have...

Like: buy a new wardrobe including boots and accessories, hire a personal trainer, treat yourself to a day at the spa, vitamins vitamins vitamins, host a catered dinner, bring in a professional cleaner, oh, and don't forget to winterize and but ice tires on your car.

Unbelievably offensive.
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Old Nov 04, 2015, 06:20 PM
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Hey rcat, you see this kind of rubbish all the time, and they make light of real mental health problems. Sometimes it annoys me, sometimes not. I do however feel angry for people that are going through depression and wanting to ask for help. Articles make people think that what they are going through is trivialised, it's just so off putting and so wrong on so many levels. Best wishes.

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Old Nov 04, 2015, 07:18 PM
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Media talks trash all the time. Sometimes an article will declare they know what they are talking about but really they'll just say enough so people will keep buying the magazine.

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Old Nov 05, 2015, 09:47 AM
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buy a new wardrobe including boots and accessories, hire a personal trainer, treat yourself to a day at the spa, vitamins vitamins vitamins, host a catered dinner, bring in a professional cleaner, oh, and don't forget to winterize and but ice tires on your car

Yes, because winter tires are going to make my brain chemicals magically better. What BS.
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Old Nov 05, 2015, 10:00 AM
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Sloppy work - the author(s) has misunderstood the difference between depression and merely feeling a little blue as the seasons change.
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Old Nov 05, 2015, 10:17 AM
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I was offended today reading a magazine article in my pdoc's waiting room. It was about how to beat SAD.

It was all happy-happy-isn't-this-such-a-cute-condition-the-current-imagined-fad-illness. It wasn't serious at all. In fact it was quite offensive the manner in which it was described and the impossible sillyness ofit's effects. Oh what a shame! You don't have that extra gumption to apply makeup and coif your hair? Can't meet your upscale chums for lattes? Too tired to freshen up for that date?

Arrrrggh! It was !@#$%$ offensive to someone who actually has experienced SAD and Depression.

What really ticked me off were the 10 recommendations to preventing SAD Depression. They cost a small fortune which I know we all have...

Like: buy a new wardrobe including boots and accessories, hire a personal trainer, treat yourself to a day at the spa, vitamins vitamins vitamins, host a catered dinner, bring in a professional cleaner, oh, and don't forget to winterize and but ice tires on your car.

Unbelievably offensive.
Haha. Why not just get in your private jet and fly to the southern hemisphere for the winter. Problem solved!

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Old Nov 05, 2015, 03:05 PM
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unbelievable, eh?

I can laugh now, but I was livid at the time. So much so I think it coloured the atmosphere of my therapy session.

You folk are right about it adding to the stigma and trivializing what is a real condition. No wonder so many are afraid to ask for help.
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Old Nov 05, 2015, 04:21 PM
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Glad I didn't see it. This week, since doing the daylight savings time thing on Sunday, has been absolutely torturous for me.

It sounds like something you'd read in Cosmo. Please tell me it, at least, wasn't in a psychiatric publication??
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