Posted by MB on July 11, 2001, at 18:43:28
In reply to Re: Am I really depressed?, posted by Edward on July 11, 2001, at 15:26:08
> > Non-depressed people do not think about killing themselves
>
> I'm not being argumentative, but I am a day patient at a mental hospital (only because I dropped out of school), and I know many people there who don't have depression and have tried to kill themselves.Not all people who try to kill themselves *have* depression, but I would bet that almost all of them are depressed at the time of the attempt...did you have something happen in your life that triggered this boredom and lack of interest with life? The pot question was not meant to be insulting, it was an honest question. I was quite the stoner back in the day, and it caused me some problems (boredom and lack of interest like you described). I'm really sorry you aren't feeling well. I hope the people at the hospital can help you. Maybe you have something called dysthimia...it's kind of a low-grade depression. Just out of curiosity, why did you quit school? Are you in the hospital day program directly because of quitting school?
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