https://moragmacpherson.dreamwidth.org/ Like Trying to Hide the Daylight From the Sun - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 23 Aug 2014 04:16:44 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios moragmacpherson personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/519763/523123 https://moragmacpherson.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://moragmacpherson.dreamwidth.org/90723.html Sat, 23 Aug 2014 04:16:44 GMT https://moragmacpherson.dreamwidth.org/90723.html I may have mentioned in the comments to my last post that I live with Major Depressive Disorder (recurring), and that at times when the laughingstock that is the cultural treatment and understanding of depression, I can't help but take on the onus of education. It drives me nuts when people, especially people who've known me since before I received my diagnosis, need power point presentations to explain that no, the pills are not going away, then be told &quot;well, it's that <em>can't</em> attitude that's a self-fulfilling prophecy.&quot;&nbsp; And I'm going to cut for a trigger warning now because just reliving that conversation in my head is enough to make me... well, I'll explain.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://moragmacpherson.dreamwidth.org/90723.html#cutid1">Longwinded discussion about depression...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=moragmacpherson&ditemid=90723" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://moragmacpherson.dreamwidth.org/90723.html so that just happened real life depression freedom public 2