Posted by Noa on May 3, 2000, at 10:17:05
In reply to Re: didja ever wonder.....?, posted by Greg on May 3, 2000, at 9:56:33
Unfortunately, I think depression is an equal opportunity disease, and people of all cognitive ability levels suffer from it. However, it is likely that many people don't have the language skills, or the critical thinking skills to name it, talk about it, analyze it, and strategize about how to deal with it, as psychobabblers do. So, it might be experienced by some as something unnameable, or as something else altogether, or may be masked by all kinds of coping strategies that themselves can be harmful.
Many mental health professionals don't like to work with cognitively challenged people, because talk therapy is not well suited for someone with poor language skills, or not as interesting for the clinician. It might require a more psychoeducational approach, some cognitive-behavioral, or behavioral approaches. Therapy for them can be hard, and requires working with families and other support people, to build up support networks.
But they're out there, those people like us who suffer with depression, but unlike us in not being able to advocate for ourselves and articulate what is wrong.
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