Think about this

In mentioned in my December 11th entry golfer John Daly and how people stuck by him when he was doing well, but wanted nothing to do with him when he was going through hard times. Well today on the news, he announced that he had been suspended for 6 months by the PGA and he felt it was a just suspension. The only thing the PGA said was that they would not comment as it has always been their policy not to comment on fines and suspensions. Daly being one of the better known golfers (for good or bad), the PGA had the responsibility to announce it, even if just to explain Daly’s non appearance in tournaments over the next 6 months.
Would I’d like to know, is what is the PGA doing to help Mr. Daly, or are they simply sending him to his room to “think about it”, and come back in 6 months when he’s ok?
Shame on you PGA.

Within the depressed community, we have to change our language, and I’m not talking about the therapeutic idea of “changing ones thinking”, but stop talking about depression in a shameful way. Also, propagating the idea that “only we understand it because we live it” only enables the belief that it’s all about us and gives the outside world a free pass.

You want to stop a stigma? Stop talking about stigma.

The stigma of depression only makes things comfortable for everyone. Us sufferers only share among ourselves and our therapists which is very comfortable. Non-sufferers don’t have to discuss it which is comfortable for them.
Lets all be adults, and step out of our comfort zone.




Men are expected to show vulnerability, except when they are vulnerable.

The physical and physiological part of depression is just a small part of the disease. The social aspect is just as (if not more) significant, yet not addressed nearly enough.
That’s why giving the same treatment to all depression sufferers (increasing serotonin levels, helping thought patterns, and getting back to functionality) is just (in my opinion) about 30% of treatment. Finding a passion, a purpose, a sense of belonging, improve self-esteem, self-love. These things are too rarely addressed in traditional therapy. As much as these are continuously evolving, once they are established, it make the depressed person more confident (rather obvious), will actually make them more humble as they will feel they belong to a group / society which is bigger than them and they will in turn see the uniqueness in others (IE. That we’re not all just cogs in the wheel, that everyone brings something).

When it comes to propensity of depression, we still hear than “woman are more susceptible than men”. I have mentioned how I disagree with this, and here’s a statistic I would like bring about.
Men commit suicide 4 times more often than women.
Two thirds of all suicides are committed by people suffering some sort of depression.

I’m not great at math, but by my calculations, for each 100 suicides, 80 are men, and 20 are women, and 67 are by people suffering some form of depression.

Depression is a much more fatal disease in men.