gesa’s avatargesa’s Twitter Archive—№ 22,414

    1. Robin Williams’s death reminds me you don’t have to “know” someone to love them; losing someone you love to suicide is its own kind of pain.
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    Remember people you encounter in your life are suffering from depression as well. You never know who’s only hanging on by a thread.
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      Depression makes people feel inherently alone. Destigmatizing mental illness could be one way to help people get the medical care they need.
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        Remember this the next time you want to use “crazy” or “insane” in marketing copy. Know that this feeling happens to families every day.
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          I suffer from depression, & every few years I am naive enough to think I “beat” it. You don’t “beat” depression. It is patient. It is cruel.
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            This is my coming out. This is my decision to be visible. There are so many of us, and we are scared, because “crazy” is akin to “weak”.
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              There is no weakness in mental illness. It is an illness like any other. It has multiple therapeutic routes, just like any other.
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                Broken arm? Surgery, antibiotics, physical therapy. Clinical Depression? Anti depressants, talk therapy.
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                  If you’re having a hard time removing problematic words from your vocab, a trick @ashedryden taught me some time ago: snaps.akibraun.com/ic062.png