Posted by morganator on December 6, 2009, at 23:31:56
In reply to Re: Depession...Chemical ?, posted by willyeee on December 6, 2009, at 22:48:24
I expect you and others to disagree.
> i suppose these people as myself just werent as strong?
I think having a biological predisposition means that it is harder for us to be as strong and not react so sensitively to things that happen to us. Other people are affected as well and may struggle in relationships and life to some degree as a result. The difference is that they do not get so low or feel so anxious that they cannot function.
I understand that biology is a big part of mental illness. I simply don't to believe that it is the one and only factor in the development of mental illness.
If you want to prove me wrong in your case, tell me your intimate details from your childhood. I don't expect you to do this and I don't expect you to remember exactly what was going on from the ages of 2 to 4. Besides, many people don't think that anything in their childhood was really bad when in reality it was. All it takes is a mother that is distant emotionally and cannot give her child the affection and love that the child needs. All it takes is a divorce or constant fighting or parents that don't show much emotion or are critical of everything you do. Add these conditions to a child who is predisposed to suffer from depression/anxiety/bipolar/schizophrenia and the chance of really suffering from these disorders increases considerably. Look maybe I'm wrong and you and others were just born with major depression, anxiety, or whatever. I just have a hard time believing that we are simply born depressed.
Depression and anxiety, even for the healthiest of minds, is a normal part of life. It just sucks that many of us suffer from it the way we do, whatever the reason
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