tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post5634292993225295324..comments2024-03-27T21:32:28.527-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: The Toll of DepressionTimothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-50555766231680676622016-08-24T12:09:31.756-05:002016-08-24T12:09:31.756-05:00Tim, thanks for a great post. While I've neve...Tim, thanks for a great post. While I've never suffered with depression, my wife has, and like you, when we talk about the time before she was diagnosed, she has the same blanks in her memory.<br /><br />Great to hear your doing better.minitruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769089467090783844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-23729830523282211822016-08-18T09:23:11.974-05:002016-08-18T09:23:11.974-05:00Thank you very much, Tim. Truly.Thank you very much, Tim. Truly.taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-62111716994888876852016-08-18T07:11:26.281-05:002016-08-18T07:11:26.281-05:00Being someone who also struggles with depression, ...Being someone who also struggles with depression, I cannot tell you how much posts like this can help. It helps us feel like we are not along in this fight, there are others dealing with it as well, and to keep pushing through. I also know how good it can feel to write something like this, having done something similar last year for my blog. <br /><br />I want to just say thank you for writing this, Tim. Depression can be a killer, something I know for a fact, and every little thing that brings light to how bad it can be helps. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319177216467599283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-27789515500504835622016-08-18T01:30:52.751-05:002016-08-18T01:30:52.751-05:00I can certainly understand why you stopped and sta...I can certainly understand why you stopped and started working on this post before finally posting it, but it feels like a meaningful coincidence that you post it today. I've been struggling with depression for a while now, and this bit of encouragement comes not four days after my best friend urged me to go to my university's counselor for help. And less than four <i>hours</i> before I read this, I got a reminder of just how much some people in my life truly care about me.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this.Fuzzy Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-15370063855269062092016-08-17T16:09:56.012-05:002016-08-17T16:09:56.012-05:00I've got that same hole of missing time from a...I've got that same hole of missing time from around the turn of the century. People tell me stuff I did and said and I can't remember any of it. Just a dark time where I alienated a lot of people and did myself nothing but harm. <br />Like you say, I feel it's still lurking out there... could come back... exercise and diet seem important to keeping it at bay... and staying involved socially even when I'd rather hide. <br />And it does help knowing how common it really is. Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-73531059957746704872016-08-17T15:27:22.016-05:002016-08-17T15:27:22.016-05:00At one point in my live I learned that some of us ...At one point in my live I learned that some of us have a chemical issue that triggers depression. As a result of working with Dr. Beverly Serabian (if you live near Providence, RI, and are ever in need, she is indeed wonderful), I learned to recognize the signs of the trigger, and learned to sorta short-circuit it before I fell into that deep hole into which I would fall and flounder about for long periods of time. <br /><br />Alcohol helped me wallow in that hole into which I would fall, but not help me to get out; drugs did not help me get out, or help me to keep from falling into it. <br /><br />What I learned during the the two or so years of talk with Beverly helps keep me out of the hole.<br /><br />Thanks for posting this. It is importantAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221726639921622594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-40724304771992722212016-08-17T13:00:44.589-05:002016-08-17T13:00:44.589-05:00Great post...especially the part about feeling lik...Great post...especially the part about feeling like you "didn't have the right to be so depressed." It's all too easy to cover things up and let it spiral, especially in a world where it's more acceptable to deal with problems by spending time at the bar than it is by spending time with a therapist. Thanks very much for posting!Jonathan Linnemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04711517194240426383noreply@blogger.com