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Friday, March 13, 2015

BEING SELFISH REQUIRES ENERGY (book excerpt)

"It is not easy having a family member or friend with depression. A great number of people battling depression, myself included, can be laughing and joking one day, then nobody will hear from me for a month or two. I may consistently cancel plans and might not always show up, but it isn't because I don't care. I understand how that behavior can seem selfish to someone on the receiving end of it. Let me tell you this, people with depression are far from selfish. Being selfish requires energy, and the majority of severely depressed individuals have no energy.

One of the worst things you can do to someone that has depression is become upset with them for their actions, or lack there of. You can't be mad at someone who has autism. You can't be mad at someone that has cancer, they can't help it. Just as someone that has depression can't help their chemical imbalance. It does not help matters if someone you love and care about, becomes so angry and frustrated with your behavior they just want to shake you and scream, "What is the matter with you, why can't you just get out of bed and get on with your day like the rest of us?" That is called belittling.

Some old school folks may think, "A good talking to," and some, "Tough love," will snap us right out of it. Trust me, this is definitely not the right approach to take. I can almost guarantee you the vast majority of people suffering with clinical depression, again myself included, have already been asking themselves, "Why can't I just get out of bed and get on with my day like the rest of you?" Please do not assume we have never heard that line. We invented that line."



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