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Theprankster157

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Posted on 10-10-06 01:35 AM Link | Quote
I actually think that people get angry about it because they dont understand. They dont see how someone could feel that way. Alls they can see is what the person shows, which from my experience, is almost always just an expression of they feel is how things should be, even though underneath, they feel like shit. People feel that everyone should be happy and go with the flow so to speak. They don't like being shown that there are times when life sucks. And so they look down on those who feel that way. People want everyone to be the same, so that they don't have to be acceptant of differences. I sound so off the wall here. What Im trying to say is that Depression is something that is different to people. They dont understand it, and its been proven that we're scared of what we dont understand. And when we're scared we get angry.
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Posted on 10-10-06 02:05 AM Link | Quote
Not understanding is certainly part of the issue -- despite there being more information now than ever before, it's not fully understood what causes some mental illnesses.

I don't think people like to think that this could happen to them too. They don't want to. It's easier to say that something another person did made it happen -- like that they're a "bad person" or whatever. Or that they're just not trying hard enough and therefore they "deserve" to feel miserable. No-one likes to think they could lose control over their body, mind or life -- by deciding that for some reason somebody did something to cause it to happen then they build up a false sense of safety.

Of course not understanding makes it easier to think such things, but I think it also ties into the Just World and Invulnerability Hypotheses. It happens with things like victim-blaming with regards to rape victims too.
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Posted on 10-11-06 12:23 AM Link | Quote
I concur. It scares people to see a persons life deteriorate for no reason, and then think "hey! That could be me." I also think, that seeing one person fall apart and become depressed has the tendency to make others happy, Because then they can look at their own life and say "Its not so bad after all". It makes them feel better about themselves.

I remember in 8th grade, there were these group of people that hung out. You know like a click sort of thing. And just randomly one day They came up to me and we're all like your so fuckin dumb. Oh wait I take that back, I wouldn't want you to go kill yourself.

And I didn't understand it then, but I think that her putting me down was just a way for her to support a belief that The world's just a perfect place and that nothing will ever go wrong, and only those with a reason will have issues.
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