Shrugging off the Onus
Aug. 22nd, 2014 10:19 pmI 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 "well, it's that can't attitude that's a self-fulfilling prophecy." 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.
( Longwinded discussion about depression... )
( Longwinded discussion about depression... )