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Old 04-05-2012, 10:41 PM   #414 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian View Post
Duly noted; apologies for the assumption.

I think a lot of people fail to seek help when they ought to because they don't take their own symptoms seriously, or they're humiliated by them. It's a very different story though, when you've recovered from depression. Convincing people to help themselves is nearly as hard as actually having depression.
That's true, there is not much that would pull me out of the darkness when I was depressed. I didn't even acknowledge I was depressed until someone beat it into me that I was destroying myself. I'm so glad I'm happy again, because I could never see myself being happy as I was at 17.
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