re: #150 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Sorry to hear this.

I also have depression, for which I take meds. Fortunately the side effects for me have been minor to non-existent, but that is not the case for everyone as you point out.

But until recently I probably wouldn’t have described myself as “depressed” because I don’t exhibit the usual clinical symptoms. Rather I would have said I just had anxiety or was stressed. But it turns out that that pattern is common among men. That is to say, that for many men, depression is covert as opposed to more overt, or clinical depression.

*sigh*

I also have depression, for which I take SNRI’s. I don’t have that many side effects *knocks wood*. I’ve been depressed most of my life, but the last 10 years I’ve been medicating against it and OCD. It is a remarkable difference.

Am I just too cynical for my own good, but is there a tendency in that side of the religio-political spectrum to see mental issues as character flaws or weaknesses, just like they usually see empathy as such?