Comments on: How I dealt with depression and suicidal thoughts https://new2.orinam.net/dealt-depression-suicidal-thoughts/ Hues may vary but humanity does not. Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Shashank https://new2.orinam.net/dealt-depression-suicidal-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-9035 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:15:40 +0000 https://new2.orinam.net/?p=9508#comment-9035 Could relate to most of it. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Kinsey3 https://new2.orinam.net/dealt-depression-suicidal-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-8893 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:11:05 +0000 https://new2.orinam.net/?p=9508#comment-8893 Heart-warming account! Glad to have you on board, Shankar 🙂

]]> By: Aravindh C. https://new2.orinam.net/dealt-depression-suicidal-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-8890 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:49:05 +0000 https://new2.orinam.net/?p=9508#comment-8890 Good article, depression and mental health issues can involve as much stigma as queer issues. I’m glad that you were able to come out of it, many people do not realize the difficulty in fighting the black dog, and instead so easily consider it as a form of ‘weakness’ or playing the victim.

However, I also think the attitude of handing out steps to deal with depression and meaningful advice can have unintended negative consequences in the absence of mental health awareness in society. This is something that took a long time for me to realize. Not that it shouldn’t be done, but it has the bad side effect of singling out the depressed person and placing the entire burden of change on him while the background causes like life circumstances, social attitudes etc remain totally ignored.

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