Posted by Joslynn on October 21, 2004, at 21:18:21
In reply to Unlikelihood of remission, posted by Ilene on October 18, 2004, at 22:38:15
I have not had chronic depression. It's recurrent, but not chronic. So I cannot imagine your pain. But here's my .02:
I think a psychiatrist should give hope, not try to take it away.
Hopelessness is a symptom of depression already, I don't think doctors should add to it.
I say, hang on to your hope, any little shadow or shred or speck of it you can find.
I think that for me, in the past, hanging on to one little speck of hope made the depression feel just a tiny bit better, which then made the hopelessness less severe, and so on.
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