A clip of the BBC's Surviving
Suicide. The first guy's
bipolar, and particularly
Melinda Messenger's stories
were hard for me to understand
as they had good lives and
nothing to be depressed about,
but Ray had real physical
reasons to be depressed.

I clipped it (using a terribly
crappy video-editing app,
sorry), as I fo
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A clip of the BBC's Surviving
Suicide. The first guy's
bipolar, and particularly
Melinda Messenger's stories
were hard for me to understand
as they had good lives and
nothing to be depressed about,
but Ray had real physical
reasons to be depressed.

I clipped it (using a terribly
crappy video-editing app,
sorry), as I found it
inspirational in..not beating
my depression, but at least
getting through each day. Ray
has had to endure the worst
kind of trauma.

Breakups, lack of
relationships or friendships,
no money, no job, and feeling
low are usual problems that
most of the world has at one
time or another. They are
mundane, but above all, they
are resolvable.

Breakups: hard, but in a
relationship, someone either
leaves or dies. Only those
outcomes. The concept of
'divorce' and 'separation' are
old. Some never experience a
relationship and die in
isolation. You've had what
some only dream of.

Lack of money/job: Do you
actually know many rich
people? This is resolvable by
retraining, new job, back
loan, career's advice. Im not
saying 'cured', but there are
outlets to help.

But certain things, like,
mental disabilities, physical
trauma and disfigurement,
bereavement cannot be fixed.
They are life-stopping, and
isolating.

Sorry to be insensitive and
umempathetic, but Melinda
Messenger's husband, 3 healthy
kids, home, riches, ...and
depression makes my blood
boil. She says 'What has she
got to be depressed about?'
and I say that too! Im not
saying she WASN'T depressed,
but she had f-ck-all to
depress her. Her life is what
many dream of.

Don't feed me this 'depression
can affect anyone'. It can. I
know. But many are depressed
with SUPERIOR QUALITY lives.
Telling your
girlfriend/wife/husband/boyfri
end/lover 'I'm depressed',
after leaving your luxurious
house to go on holiday
(vacation) bringing your kids
and car along, is different
from sitting on your own where
no-one would even notice if
you died.

Some consider themselves
depressed if they are 'sad'
from month to month. I'm
talking about major
depression. And not bipolar
'high highs, low lows' either.
Bipolar people at least have
highs. Major depressed people
just have the lows.

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