Comments on: Depression

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:25:00 +0000

This is a conversation that must be heard.
I just graduated college and am thankful for my therapist for teaching me about depression. For so long I was too scared to talk to anyone about how I was feeling. My family doesn’t talk about that kind of stuff. We always just brushed it under the rug, but I’ve probably been suffering from depression since high school if not middle school. If I went to a therapist then I might have learned how to deal with it sooner saving me from a lot of inner turmoil. Depression isn’t something you can just get over. You can’t say stop. There is more too it than most people think.

By: Starlynn

Starlynn — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:45:00 +0000

Love ya back!

By: Jen Tobin

Jen Tobin — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:59:00 +0000

Star–I’ve always had a problem with people telling me how to feel….it started as a child with, “smile! It can’t be that bad!” Maybe it was THAT bad….they had no idea what was going on with me! Anyway, big love to you, love…

By: Starlynn

Starlynn — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Thanks for this Jen…you don’t know (or you probably do!) how many times I have heard people say, “just think positively”, or “oh, it can’t be THAT bad” or my favorite…”just get out there and exercise”. Ya know, when you are down in that deep dark hole, the last thing you can make yourself do is crawl out and go for a walk, my brain just wouldn’t go there. Sometimes medication is necessary people! Thank you for suggesting that we might try having a little compassion for and support one another when we are depressed rather than thinking we know what someone needs in order to be happy.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:13:00 +0000

Varda– Thanks for sharing. I’ve had the same experience and have come to realize they’re just a tool to help me function like a normal person. When I’m medicated, no one would ever guess I am…when I’m not, everyone knows I’m not….xo

By: Varda1949

Varda1949 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Jen, thanks so much for your thoughts. As someone who has dealt with severe depression my entire adult life, I was saved by SSRIs in addition to 10 years of off and on therapy which taught me to tools to monitor my depression. I recently took myself off meds for the first time in many years (and I did it the right way, not cold turkey) and after a month where I had a two week total meltdown, put myself back on with the realization I will stay on my meds for the rest of my life, because they make me able to have a worthwhile, useful, and productive life.

Love your writing and miss your face. Varda

By: Jen Tobin

Jen Tobin — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:19:00 +0000

Thanks, Gogo…..xo

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:25:00 +0000

Wow! Very powerful. I too have struggled since my teens with depression and now consider myself in “remission”… never cured, always aware… striving each day for balance and peace. Thank you for saying this outloud! You are strong and you are worthy of peace… one step at a time! xo

By: Gloria-sheehan

Gloria-sheehan — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:02:00 +0000

Thank you Jen for your honesty. Balls out, no regrets writing is beautiful.

By: Cpajor

Cpajor — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:04:00 +0000

LOVE THIS