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Scary, huh Symph?

posted by RachelAnna on January 11, 2007 at 8:27 AM | link to this | reply

I can relate to you...(funny that, but I always can)

posted by _Symphony_ on January 11, 2007 at 4:27 AM | link to this | reply

Ha, ha on Whacky's comment....

posted by Passionflower on January 10, 2007 at 10:17 PM | link to this | reply

Sorry to hear about the depression....

Mine began when I was about 12. It's been an eclectic life to say the least...LOL! If you ever wanna discuss anything, email me.

I know enough on the subject of depression to write two books. You're right though. Even on our bad days, we still maintain the ability to be good parents.

posted by Passionflower on January 10, 2007 at 10:16 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks for all of the great comments!

It's nice to see that I am not the only one that thinks the term mentally stable is relative and sometimes simply not applicable to any one situation.

posted by RachelAnna on January 10, 2007 at 9:42 PM | link to this | reply

Stable?

Isn't that where they keep the horses?

posted by Whacky on January 10, 2007 at 7:43 PM | link to this | reply

You are perfectly stable .

posted by afzal50 on January 10, 2007 at 5:49 PM | link to this | reply

I know whereof you speak

though I am leery of medication in my case.

posted by cpklapper on January 10, 2007 at 2:48 PM | link to this | reply

Rachel - You seem very mentally stable to me!

Please be sure to read the response to your comment that I left for you today in my blog.

posted by telemachus on January 10, 2007 at 2:42 PM | link to this | reply

Does putting the frozen salmon patties away in the cupboard

instead of in the freezer count as a mentally unstable moment? 

I understand about depression-- that you are dealing with it ought to help you in a custody dispute.  When regarded as primarily a brain-chemistry problem that is readily treatable, then it becomes a mark of rationality that you have made the moves to stabilize yourself. 

posted by Ciel on January 10, 2007 at 1:49 PM | link to this | reply

RachelAnna

In the eyes of society, getting professional help is often worse than going untreated. This is a reflection of society's basic fear and misunderstanding of anything involving mental health. Too many bad movies and TV shows of people with split personalities and serial killers and raving lunatics have further twisted our already skewered perceptions of the field and thrown gasoline on the fires of superstition. As time goes by, as we learn more about the brain and how it works and such, these attitudes will eventually fall by the wayside, but don't hold your breath while you wait.     

posted by Talion on January 10, 2007 at 12:50 PM | link to this | reply

rachel--

I daresay that no one on this planet has it "all together, all the time." We have mentally stable moments (and days or weeks if we are lucky), and in-between are the challenging times. I understand why people try to hide their depression though--it (for the most part) is just not understood by those who have not experienced it.

posted by Julia. on January 10, 2007 at 12:11 PM | link to this | reply