April 16, 2008
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One of my favorite commercial is from Cymbalta, the depression medication. I’m in no way endorsing the med, but I believe some cases of depression require drug treatment. (Beware of withdrawls from these types of meds as well.) You know, the one that goes…
“Where does it hurt? Everywhere. Who does it hurt? Everyone.”
Then there are various scenes of those in depression… not paying attention to the dog, neglecting the crying baby, not able to get out of bed, hiding away from people at the office… And then they take the medication and are able to function again; they play with their dog, they get a haircut, they laugh with their friends… “
We all get depressed at some level/time, it could be something you can eventually shake off or range to the seriousness of taking one’s own life. I don’t think anyone in their right mind would actually take their own life… when one’s so depressed, the chemicals in the head could just get so messed up.
So messed up that committing suicide is the only logical way out. I hope I never allow myself to become so depressed… I used to think that suicide is cowardly and selfish… well, I still believe it to a point. It leaves many people hurting, blaming themselves, asking questions that can never be answered… not to mention a traumatic scene to clean up.
Anyway, please don’t ever do it.
Let’s reach out.
Let’s bear one another’s burdens.
Let’s have hope.
Comments (7)
so true.
I like the Viagra commercial that says: “If you have an erection lasting over four hours, see your doctor.”
amen.
what an interesting post..and yet, ironic.
Idol: Thank goodness Kristy is finally gone. Yeah, Brooke keeps talking, which basically is killing her chances of winning.
That raises a question from me. How do you practically help a person who is going through depression and have no desire of being helped? Prayer? persistantly asking how they are? ask them to see a doctor?
Oh my god, there’s a lot of effective material in this post! here go 3. Gosh, there is so much effective material here! 0 1 7. It can’t work in fact, that is exactly what I believe. 3 4 4. It will not succeed in reality, that’s exactly what I think.