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[andy_g]

i got a bit down in the mouth the other day. last time i'm eating duck, i'll you that.

[freddies dead]

i got a bit down in the mouth the other day. last time i'm eating duck, i'll you that.

did you put it on the bill ?

[Dundalk]

Get the duck outta here!

[andy_g]

nice swan

[Judge]

cant think of anything quackers enough to say

[GYBS]

[Big Niall]

my worse time was when my dad died last year - miss him like hell

Judge - there is a difference between being depressed (i.e. very sad) and suffering from depression.

When my mother died I cried a lot for the week, that wasn't depression, it was a natural reaction to losing a loved one. I am still sad that she is dead but it isn't a medical condition.

If every now and then, for no obvious reason, I felt like I didn't want to leave the house, and sat around with the lights out, and then after a few days I felt fine and went about as normal, that would be suffering bouts of depression.

[Judge]

i never said i was depressed, i said it was my worse time

plus i am sorry for your loss of your mum mate

[Big Niall]

GYBS - I know you are military (in fact, you somehow claimed in another thread that i had a chip on my shoulder about the military, but I don't).

I saw a programme about a british ex soldier from first gulf war and he said he got no help about the mental pressures of fitting back into civilian life and that most men from macho professions don't have the courage to talk about their feelings.

nothing wrong with suffering from depression - I think churchill did too, as do many "funny men" like Spike Milligan

I don't know whether medication or some type of counselling is the answer but the experts should know.

As much as I disliked stan collymore, I admired him for talking about depression as i'm sure he knew most people would go "you're a footballer, getting loads of money you ungrateful sod"

Ignorance on this stuff is rife as the earlier post about "wallowing in it" proved.

its too easy to blame things on depression
granted those with "real" depression such as death of closeone have every right to be
its those who imo dont have anything to depressed about yet still go on about it that talk sh!te
stan collymore is a gob sh!te - not a good example that one kid

I agree that Collymore is a gob sh!te and said as much in my post.

However, a footballer with the great life they have can get depression. It doesn't mean that they are ungrateful for their great life but the media would be full of calls from people struggling financially saying that they got on with their life so what have those rich footballers got to complain about.

Many sufferers have great families, loved ones, friends, good job etc but still can't shake it.

As Dundalk said about the bang on his head, there are physical (and chemical) things that can cause it.

The dole spongers who claim it are the ones who give depression a bad name, I mean there are hundreds of thousands on welfare faking depression.

[Big Niall]

i never said i was depressed, i said it was my worse time

plus i am sorry for your loss of your mum mate

right back at ya.



My family actually had a few laughs too those last few days when she was dying, "dark humour" that would offend many.

I remember a worker at the hospice giving us a speach about how death is part of life and it made sense to me. Later I tried to give the speach to my sister (who hadn't heard him telling it) I explained how we all die in the end, "even her little boy will grow old and die some day" (in my head it sounded comforting), she replied laughing - "are you trying to cheer me up by telling me my little baby will die"

It was a very funny moment- I think I'll give my counselling career a miss

[Judge]

i thought you were one of those cyber-councellors

[GYBS]

Very sorry to hear of your losses judge and niall

[Judge]

thanks gybs

[GYBS]

Anytime Judge and thanks for the big black letters

[Judge]

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