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Originally Posted by RRRED
I almost didn't post it but I figure with the subject matter and how I persoanlly get treated ALL the time, if I can change one persons perception, it's worth it.
Another thing to consider is that a kids brain, under 25 years old, is not fully developed. That's fairly recent findings. This is why they have considered raising the age for drivers lisences.
I have known "of" a couple people who have died by suicide and I remember thinking how selfish, etc but I had no basis of thinking that other than that is what we have grown up to believe. Just like sex without marriage used to be considered a big horrible thing so it was kept hush hush and no one talked about it. I think you will soon see more schools talk and teach about this and parents that can talk more openly to their kids about it in the years to come.
As of last January, medical insurance companies are now required to treat mental illness just the same as physical illness. There is a reason for that. People will pull thier heads out sooner or later and that's a good thing.
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I think what you did was amazing. I have anxiety issues and have been through depression more than once. My levels are fairly mild and even with that being the case when it hits it just attacks your body. My heart rate goes up to such a level where I can't think properly because it feels like it will break through my chest. My head swirls and I have nothing but the feeling of impending doom. I seriously can not think of anything else but how my world will come crashing down any moment when I am in the midst of an anxiety attack. Most of this came on after my husband's sudden death and I guess that is understandable because my world *did* come crashing down suddenly. However, when I think back to being a teenager there were anxiety attacks then I just didn't 'get' what was happening.
I hid it for so long and it wasn't until I spoke out about it I had a lot of people in my family go 'me too'. Some friends too. It is amazing how just being able to talk about it openly helps a bit. That is why I don't hide it. I am a pretty mild case but that hurts enough that I don't even want to imagine what it would be like to be at the extreme end. So, I think the more people talk openly about things like real depression the less people will think they have to hide it and let it brew until they can't come back from the edge of the cliff.