1) I have been on antidepressants, but stopped mostly due to trust issues with my psychiatrist and some physical side effects which my psychiatrist brushed off. 2) I have had therapy, but that stopped when my therapist stopped answering my calls (true story!).
What I hear from this woman is the last thing any person who has a mental illness, especially depression, needs to hear: "I am a special special snowflake, and unlike me most people don't really have depression, they just have issues." What else can she mean when she says that people in this country are over-medicated and ought to have a lot more therapy?
I know, I'm paraphrasing a little, but this feeds into the idea that with enough hard work one can overcome your issues - but for me, at least, it's the inability to put in that hard work that is the issue.
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Date: 2008-07-30 07:46 pm (UTC)2) I have had therapy, but that stopped when my therapist stopped answering my calls (true story!).
What I hear from this woman is the last thing any person who has a mental illness, especially depression, needs to hear: "I am a special special snowflake, and unlike me most people don't really have depression, they just have issues." What else can she mean when she says that people in this country are over-medicated and ought to have a lot more therapy?
I know, I'm paraphrasing a little, but this feeds into the idea that with enough hard work one can overcome your issues - but for me, at least, it's the inability to put in that hard work that is the issue.