Comments on: Life in Perspective Part 1 of 4: Your Past http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/dallas-facial-cosmetic-surgery/life-in-perspective-part-1-of-4-your-past/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dr. lam http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/dallas-facial-cosmetic-surgery/life-in-perspective-part-1-of-4-your-past/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 dr. lam Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:53:21 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=801#comment-2434 thank you for the valuable clarification, and thank you for contributing. hope you are doing better. thank you for the valuable clarification, and thank you for contributing. hope you are doing better.

]]> By: Miss Meow http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/dallas-facial-cosmetic-surgery/life-in-perspective-part-1-of-4-your-past/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Miss Meow Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=801#comment-2435 I'd like to offer an alternate viewpoint of depression, as I have dealt with it for all of my adult life. It seems that people often think the words depression and misery are interchangable, though I feel much differently. I think people ARE miserable because they want to be miserable. Misery is mostly a perception and very much a state of mind. Depression, however, in its truest sense, it not always warranted and is almost always uninvited. I wouldn't wish the veil of depression on anyone, because I personally know how debilitating it can be. I am so grateful to my doctor who recognized and acknowledged my depression -- and in doing so -- did more for my well-being than any other doctor I've had. By aggresively treating my depression with combinations of anti-depressants, I know without a doubt he saved my life. So, I hope that people will reconsider the connotation of the word "depression" and see that it is an entirely different animal than misery. I’d like to offer an alternate viewpoint of depression, as I have dealt with it for all of my adult life. It seems that people often think the words depression and misery are interchangable, though I feel much differently. I think people ARE miserable because they want to be miserable. Misery is mostly a perception and very much a state of mind.

Depression, however, in its truest sense, it not always warranted and is almost always uninvited. I wouldn’t wish the veil of depression on anyone, because I personally know how debilitating it can be. I am so grateful to my doctor who recognized and acknowledged my depression — and in doing so — did more for my well-being than any other doctor I’ve had. By aggresively treating my depression with combinations of anti-depressants, I know without a doubt he saved my life.

So, I hope that people will reconsider the connotation of the word “depression” and see that it is an entirely different animal than misery.

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