Categories: depression, anxiety, mental-health
Date: 07 April 2008 23:50:55
A programme screened last night on Mental Illness -- particularly looking at those who suffer it, rather than a look at the medical side of it. I found this focus on people particularly moving, and well worth watching -- seeing the lives of our fellow human beings so terribly affected by these illnesses, and yet seeing some hope, however small a flicker it is, in their lives.
While my depression is nowhere near as severe as those highlighted in the programme, I did identify with some of what was said -- particularly by one of the younger members who said, in response to a question about how it feels to be getting more and more depressed: "It feels normal...and it's sh*t." I can identify so much with that.
My prayers for all who are fighting mental illness, their family and friend, and those who help them.