Posted by proudfoot on September 4, 2010, at 22:14:38
In reply to Re: disability - Proudfoot - SLS, posted by violette on September 4, 2010, at 21:51:27
Thanks for the explanation - I'd never seen anything before typed like that, and had no idea what it meant... Sorry if I seemed rude, wasn't my intention. I too hoped we could somehow show compassion to Leo33, who is obviously in a bad life situation.
So Leo33, I want to echo those thoughts. Sorry life sucks so much at times and that the system seems so stacked against us. There are those of us out here who do care, and who feel your pain. I wish that somehow that knowledge might make your pain less intense.
Doug
> Hi Proudfoot,
> I was giving Leo33 a hug because I was not sure what else to say at the moment...and felt like extending some compassion to him....
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> SLS:
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> "However, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are very real biological illnesses, even though they are often inappropriately referred to as "mood" illnesses." - SLS
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> Just wondering-what difference does it make if one's illness is 'biological' or 'psychological'? I am curious as I have never seen any research conclusive enough to draw an actual line as to what components of an illness are either/or. Mental illness is mental illness-the suffering seems the same to me-maybe I am missing something here..
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> Do people with more psychologically-based mental illnes symptoms somehow suffer LESS than those with primarly biological mental illness symptoms? Are psychological mental illness symptoms of depression/mood/anxiety somehow 'less real' than 'biological' symptoms of depression/mood/anxiety? You really have me wondering about your rationale here!
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