On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:36 PM, frantheman
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 12 Jan., 15:33, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Depressions are usually temporary and if a person
> > is patient most of the time it blows over and a man starts enjoying life.
> > ... it is the weak and negative people who
> > commit suicide. They are not really suffering much , rather they have just
> > become negative and see everything in a morbid manner.
>
> You obviously know little of the suffering of depression, RP. Even on
> the neuro-physiological level, the imbalance of various neuro-
> transmitters in the synaptic gap between neurons - and particularly
> problems with regard to serotonin uptake - has been well observed and
> documented - it is the basis for the newer generations of
> pharmaceutical anti-depressants which have helped many (if not all)
> sufferers.
>
> I have personal experience of depression; it is now many years past,
> successfully treated with a mixture of medication and therapy. I
> wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I have had a number of friends who
> have ended their lives as a result of depression. I think of one, one
> of the strongest, sensitive and most loving persons I have known, in
> particular. He fought and suffered for years and powerlessly observed
> his life slowly but but inevitably disintegrating around him as a
> result. Shortly before he finally took his life he confided to a
> friend his fear that the suffering the enduring hopelessness he was
> experiencing was driving him mad.
>
> To state that "they are not really suffering much" is to show a
> profound lack of understanding, empathy and compassion.
>
> Francis
