Posted by Minnie-Haha on May 21, 2005, at 12:51:45
In reply to Re: freaked out by asperger's » Minnie-Haha, posted by fires on May 20, 2005, at 21:25:30
> I asked the question because I thought that the idea of "reactive" depression had been put to rest, and replaced with situational sadness.
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> I subscribe to the idea that depression is a multi-system, multi-organ disease:
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> http://www.szasz.com/isdepressionadiseasetranscript.htmlI don't know much about theories on what causes depression, but I figure if a person who is constantly surrounded by danger (real or perceived) can have a change in their body and brain chemistry (high cortisol, anxiety, PTSD), then I don't see how it's outside the range of possibilty that if someone is constantly in some other challenging situation (loneliness, confusion) that that couldn't lead to physical changes. Also, the people we're talking about are "wired" a bit differently than "normal" (whatever that means) people anyway, so it's hard to apply what we know about normal people to them, IMO. However, I think that like "normal" people, they can respond well to therapy, RX AND talk. But I think you have to apply different kinds of therapy, or apply the therapy differently, than you might for a normal person.
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