Second hardest thing I have ever done
I told my parents I was a manic depressive (hate the other term) last night. I’ve known for years, they have never known. Strangest thing about it was they knew they just needed it in confirmation.
Today has been a strange day. The clocks go back.
Do I tell other people… my friends etc? I Do not know. I feel like I have a disability if I do. I may go somewhere and retreat from things for a bit. I don’t know.
On seeing the title, one might become eager to know what was the first hardest thing you did?
On Manic depression, i honestly do not know much about it, but i have seen a few friends constantly complain about depression and are always somewhat frustrated with themselves or are rather lethargic in general. Does this mean that they are Manic depressives?
I also believe that it is just a state of the mind – more of apsychological thing that you can divest yourself of, rather than some illness as some call it.
As for telling your friends about it, i think they needn’t know, for it is something that will probably affect you for a while and then dissapear, depending on how you regard it.
shafisaid, maybe you should look manic depression up and do some reading. It is far from what you appear to think it is.
You admit that you don’t know what manic depression is, yet you come across as though you think you’re some sort of expert by saying “I also believe that it is just a state of the mind – more of apsychological thing that you can divest yourself of, rather than some illness as some call it.”. How could you possibly know that when you don’t even know what manic depression is?
It’s because of the ignorance of people like you, that mental illness has such a stigma attached to it, and it’s because of ignorance like yours that mental ilness is constantly dismissed as ‘just a state of mind’.
The problem with depression is whatever you do it can lead to another bout, which is why sometimes it can appear best to simply do nothing. The problem with that is it doesn’t actually improve conditions either.
On the positive side you do of course have your photography, which you actually quite brilliant at, and you’ve probably noticed I don’t praise creative talent lightly.
There’s a school of thought which suggests depression and talent are linked, Van Gogh being the most famous, Stephen Fry being the most recent. This may well be true, but again in the face of depression it’s of little or no benefit.
I’d suggest finding a group to help you get more of an understanding of your condition, and should that help then share it with chums, but only the ones you feel you can trust not to become stupid with the news.
Yo star, when you gonna write more posts on this blog? its been fucking months now