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Published: 2011-02-22 15:35:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 38890; Favourites: 5476; Downloads: 1183
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I saw this in the Group Description of #Depression-victims and asked if I could make it into a Stamp, and was given permission to do so.For
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If you have something to say, please limit it to critique on the stamp itself, not the message behind it. I have no associating with the Group, I simply thought it was a nice statement and converted it into a stamp.
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That's nice thought
although I'm pretty positive my depression was caused by the death of my cat /sobsobsobsob
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Wh...
There are several factors such as abuse, loss of a loved one, medication side effects and even genetics than can highly increase the chance of depression, so much so that it could in fact be considered a cause of severe clinical depression.
So yes.
Depression can be caused.
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Actually, it can be. Depression arises because of a lot of reasons, it can be hormonal, hereditary, berevement, an accident or even the loss of a loved pet. It's all very much down to an individual.
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It's not likely you get depression over the death of a cat, to put it frankly.
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No, it's not likely but it's not impossible.
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I think what you're trying to say is that the death of a pet doesn't cause depression, but instead triggers it.
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Yes, you get me. That makes sense.
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Er, yes it is. Even if it's an innate, inherent fault in a person's brain. Everything is caused by something else.
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It's not likely you get depression over the death of a cat, to put it frankly.
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Just because you never did doesn't mean no one else can. Jesus. Depression hits everyone for different reasons. O_o
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You're talking about depression the mood, not the disorder. A pet's death will not cause it. I can see a parent's or someone else close's death contributing, but not a pet's.
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For many people, a pet is like a member of the family. For a person like my mother, a stay at home mom who had our dog follow her around and be by her side 24/7 for 15 years, believe me when I say yes, it can cause real depression when that being is gone.
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Have someone close to you die before you speak.
Oh, wait. You don't have anybody do you?
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Lol, don't start pretending to know about my life. Depression runs in my family, and yes I've lost someone close. Anything else you want to know?
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That doesn't mean the same thing as "Depression isn't caused."
And frankly, that is a horrible thing to think. What if that cat was the only companionship for that person? The elderly, for example.
Lern 2 empathy.
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You had a good point until you ended it with the typical "lern2" shit. Hop off your bandwagon then talk to me. You almost have to have a genetic predisposition to develop depression. It can be caused, I worded that wrong, but a pet's death? Really? No.
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No, I think you'll find that the "Lern2" Was the crux of my point. I'll get off this band-wagon, when you get off your high horse.
The reason you're dismissing the death of a pet is because you don't feel as if it would effect you like that. Everyone is different. And as I mentioned, the elderly commonly suffer from depression after the death of a pet, often that pet is the only companionship that person has.
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You're probably right, yes. I just find it unlikely that someone in the average age group of the dA community losing a house pet would develop depression. I'm probably wrong, that's just how it struck me.
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Unlikely, but not impossible or that easily dismissed.
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It happens to everyone at some point wether u admit it or not..or for that matter wether you know it or now because it something you cant control even if you "act" like your all happy and optimistic and crap you know how you "really" feel your body does as well such as losing your appetite, losing hair, or weight....its something you cant hide....unfortunately
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Seriously, I loved it. One of my college friends had simply disappeared in the middle of last year, and no one knew what happened. And then, one day, some of our colleagues decided to go to her house, and found out her locked in her room, pale, thin, and completely down.
The worst part is, I could never think things were that bad for her. I mean, she seemed happy (she was in the first year, and I was on second) with classes, with the laboratory she was working in... I would never say that she had depression. She seemed "strong" to me, and sometimes I think I should have know how fragile she was, in that time. Even now, it's hard for me to know the right words to say, and to know how I can help her, or any other friends...
...erm, I'm sorry, I guess I've been a little carried away here... >< Anyway, I loved the idea. Thank your for this, seriously. =**
(*and sorry, my English is really awfuyl ><*)
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Yeah, you'll find that with a lot of depression victims.
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This is really, really stupid.
Being "Strong for too long" Implies a decline in strength over a period of time after an initial period of strength. And what is a lack or loss of strength? It is a gain in or the presence of weakness. Being that they're opposites. Essentially, this stamp says: "Depression is not being weak; it's being weak."
And the fact of the matter is, depression is neither of these things, it is a problem with a person's brain.
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this kids got it right why dont the rest of these idiots who keep faving and commenting on it
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Why can't i fav this more than once?!?!
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I don't think I agree with this. Depression is not caused by weakness or strength. It isn't a virtue or a flaw. It's a disease, and you have to work harder if you have it, like someone recovering from cancer or someone learning to live with debilitating OCD.
Sayings like this sound so inspiring and beautiful, but they only reinforce the mistaken notion that depression is just an emotion. "Oh, just buck up and get over it" and "Oh, just stop trying to be the strong one all the time" aren't much different. If you are truly depressed, you can't just drop it like that. You have to work through it, to survive it.
Now, surviving depression may be indicative of a great inner strength, but that's not what this saying implies. This saying implies that your disease is the symptom of you trying to shoulder more burdens than you're capable of carrying for longer than you're capable of carrying them, figuratively speaking, which... is an extremely simplistic explanation for an affliction that may not have been caused by anything you did at all.
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This is an old comment, but you are so right.
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I can agree with this to a certain extent, but I don't have an illness. Or maybe I do, but I haven't been diagnosed with it and I haven't been given meditation.
Maybe it's because I don't break down every single day. But whenever I feel like my life is getting better, I break down. It doesn't last for more than a few days though lately.
But I haven't always been like this.
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Well, on the one hand I agree that there is a biological component. Genes, neurons, chemicals, and the like. On the other hand, there is the notion that environmental triggers can "set someone off." That is, a person who maybe had a bit of a genetic predispostion (for example) might never develop depression were it not for the stressors that triggered it. There's also the notion that given enough stressors, you can cause the neuronal pathways to malfunction in a "normal" person.
There's no such thing as "just an emotion." It's all hard-wired, and it's remarkable how plastic the human brain is. Fear is an emotion, sure. You can take a normal mouse, subject it to cruelty tied to the ringing of a bell, and it will cringe every time it hears the bell. It remembers the pain. You could take blood from the mouse before and after the bell ringing and show a difference of hormone levels. After subjecting the mouse to this kind of conditioning, you can hardly call it a "normal" mouse anymore. It's not like normal mice will cringe at hearing a bell, right?
I'm not saying you're wrong. I am saying that attempting to create an either/or scenario is not right. It is a disease. It can be caused by shouldering too many burdens. It can be caused by nothing external whatsoever, you're just born with imbalanced chemicals. It could be a little of both.
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Not everyone has the same type of depression. For some people, it could be a long-lasting disease, for others, there might something that caused it, and it might last for a shorter period of time. I think this stamp applies to the latter. That doesn't make it any less valid, and if it gives those people hope, why dampen it?
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I love you so much. You really spoke my mind.
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Exactly. And there are so many comments here saying "Oh, I've been depressed before! I agree!" when they just don't realize it's a disorder that people use to exaggerate their mood. When they feel sad they mistakenly say "I am depressed."
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I would rather fave this comment than the actual stamp.
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Thank you! I am a depression victim and this stamp makes me smile
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"The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them."
-- A Farewell to Arms
Even if the coward dies a thousand...
Just thought I'd share that.
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I can't help but feel that this stamp was worded poorly. I understand the sentiment it's trying to portray, but if you actually read it, it comes off completely wrong. You don't become depressed because you've been "strong too long". When you fall into depression, every day becomes a battle, and only then does the true strength of an individual begin to shine through.
Strength comes after, not before, depression takes hold.
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Depression runs in my family...my two sisters have it, and I love this stamp and so do they! Thank you for making it.
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And that strong is to be taken within "".
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This stamp is truer than most people will ever realize.
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I really really like this, its really good
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Human minds break like dog minds and there are only two ways that can go one is how alot more human minds go if they go. Self Destructive, Drinking heavily, doing drugs, so on so forth. The other way is Violently, this is more common among those with Post Traumatic stress syndrome. I pray that my mind doesn't break. My family has a long history of snapping violently. Causing alot of collateral damage and taking others with us.... I just made my family almost sound like a high explosive device XD
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Wow, never thought of it that way. But it makes so much more sense that way. Thanks!
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