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[Undertoad]

It's not being sad. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain.

Depressed people can't just "get on with it".

You won't recognize it and identify it in people. If you've not had it, it's very hard to really understand what it is.

I knew a ghetto dweller whose doctors had him on anti-depressants until he became very obese and had to use a wheelchair. But when they took him off the drugs, he was suicidal. They decided staying on them was the best course of action.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Poor people are too busy surviving to worry about how depressed they are. they don't dwell on their sadness.

Also, it's easier for them to find a legitimate reason to be down, they don't have to contrive anything.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's not being sad. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Depressed people can't just "get on with it".

A shitload of medical research has concluded that's true. However that shouldn't ever be an excuse for giving up all personal responsibility and not trying a little bit every day, to improve your life.

Yeah yeah, chances of defeating depression without medical help are slim to none. But the everyday problems that pile up as a result of the imbalance, you can work on. Force yourself to empty the litter box, take a shower, walk twice around the yard. These will feel like you climbed the Matterhorn, probably in difficulty, and definitely warm and fuzzy.