Don't let depression dictate your life

[costargh]

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/default.htm
Click on 'The girl most likely'

[danieltennis]

Sad story indeed. My condolences go with her parents.

[TrueLight]

ah that story was on tv tonight its very sad

[excal]

It was very sad...I nearly lost a friend of mine to depression, and the story struck me in a certain way.

To anyone who may be reading this topic that have feelings of depression or any other mental health concern, don't make the mistake of thinking it will just go away. See a doctor - they can do a lot more than you think - and will not cost you anything if you bulk bill.

[cara.mel]

It froze my web browser at 5:29 and I couldn't drag the bar down the bottom to get back to that part, do they have transcript anywhere? that is much easier to understand as well
catalyst always does transcripts, come on rest of abc.

I personally am not very trusting of the 'professionals', given that in year 9 I went to seek help by myself and the school counsellor who I saw for maybe half the year before simply not rocking up any more, plus the subsequential GP and 2-3 (think it was 2) specialists I was taken to didn't do a thing.
Only a few years later do I understand why.

The only piece of advice I have is that you are not alone, even if it seems that way. there are people out there who share your experiences, even if you haven't met them yet. always.


Btw don't complain about how selfish etc suicide is. If you completely believed that no one cared about you and that you were simply an inconvenience/burden to their lives, would it be selfish then? Coupled onto the belief as well that no one would notice you were gone for a while.
Because I used to believe exactly that.

[Collin Li]

That was a sad video

Now I'm late for class!

I agree and understand how you feel caramel. I think it doesn't help at all to label suicide as selfish, even if it is a reality. No one has the "right" to experience your presence anyway, that's your choice.

[Glockmeister]

It froze my web browser at 5:29 and I couldn't drag the bar down the bottom to get back to that part, do they have transcript anywhere? that is much easier to understand as well

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s2365960.htm

[ninwa]

It was very sad...I nearly lost a friend of mine to depression, and the story struck me in a certain way.

+1

Really puts your own problems into perspective doesn't it?

Reading stories like these just makes me appreciate what I have even more.

[midas_touch]

I remember reading about this story when it occurred earlier this year. It was quite moving to watch seeing a girl our age with everything going for her to be claimed by the black dog that is depression. It also reminded me of my father's battle with depression three years ago where it culminated in him nearly claiming his own life, and how hard it was for me and my family to deal with at the time.

The thing about depression is that there is still a lot of stigma assosciated with it, despite awareness programs such as beyondblue doing their best to educate the public about this debilitating illness. This is since it can be easy to perceive yourself as weak when suffering depression, and hence not wanting to come out about the illness. The facts are that it is a very common condition with around 1 in 5 people who will suffer it at some time in their lives, and in many cases it is something which can come without your control, no matter how well you are traveling in life.

[Collin Li]

1 in 5 means that statistically, one of your friends in your group of friends is likely to have depression.

[brendan]

1 in 5 means that statistically, one of your friends in your group of friends is likely to have depression.

"1 in 5" means that if you kept pulling out random samples of 5 people at a time, and you did this a large number of times, the average number of people with depression that you will observe in those samples will be 1.

edit: actually no that's not really correct since it was "at some time in their lives,"

[Collin Li]

I like using uncertain phrases like, "likely"

[dusty_girl1144]

seeing a doctor for depression might not be the greatest idea. and tellin other is something that people mite not wanna do because it means ur put "your problems" on someone elses shoulder. sometimes people just DO wanna keep it inside. sometimes people dont have the closest friends like most of us do to tell others. yeah there is "help" but its telling those people that there is help and gettin them to go, that is the hard part.


you relise people dont share unless you ask them. someone wouldnt walk up to u and go..."im sad"... people normally ask "whats wrong" or something along those lines

recently i went to the councilors at school... this was 2007.... first thing they said... everything is kept confidential...

TEACHERS WERE ASKING ME ABOUT THE SITUATION! I WAS SERIOUSLY LIKE WTF???
so personally i never really tell people whats eating me up inside nemore. i just keep it to myself anf hopefully it will fade away.. normally is does but sometimes there are things that just dont. i know from experience before when i wass younger that its a really hard thing to fall out of. but its true about the article. things arnt always what it seems.



i agree with caramel: people who think suicide is selfish REALLY dont have a clue how it feels or what people actually go through.


my input in the whole depression matter

[cara.mel]

I don't think it ever completely fades away...

it's always lurking to be brought up in streams of conscienceness only to be shot down and chased off in 5 seconds. But it is still there. That is what annoys me.

[humph]

i agree with caramel: people who think suicide is selfish REALLY dont have a clue how it feels or what people actually go through.

I disagree. People with depression to the point of despair may mistakingly believe, as mel put it, that

that no one cared about you and that you were simply an inconvenience/burden to their lives...that no one would notice you were gone for a while.

If that actually holds true, then the taking of one's life would be justified. But in actuality it's surely rarely the case that taking your own life would not have a seriously detrimental effect on the people close to you. It's selfish to kill yourself because you're putting your own suffering before the suffering of others, and it's an extremely difficult moral call to make that your suffering outweighs that caused by your death.

...yeah, my thoughts on the matter.