You can't be so black and white about depression and other mental illnesses. I use to think very similar about depressed people until I realized how outside influences can change a seemingly strong man and crush him into a fragment of what he once was. I have seen a lot of guys come home and often stare off into space for long periods of time while having flashbacks of what they had done. You can't always jump the gun when it comes to judging people with these types of issues. It is ignorant.
Like I said I've been depressed before. I haven't had ptsd like you are describing and I'm not judging all depressed people. If you paid attention to my post I said "some" of them anger me. It's the ones who wallow in their own shit complaining about how they suck and do nothing about it. These people go on with their self pity and it becomes their lifestyle to get other people to do things for them. I actually respect people who help themselves and don't give in.
I understand what you are getting at. I once knew a girl who behaved like you described. I must admit that it was very annoying and unattractive. She would do things that would just dig her deeper into the void. Some people convince themselves that there are no alternatives. There is a fine line between being depressed and needing to reach out to vent your pain to someone and feeding your depression by making excuses which create illusionary limitations.
I think I just realized why some depressed people anger me so much.
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You can't be so black and white about depression and other mental illnesses. I use to think very similar about depressed people until I realized how outside influences can change a seemingly strong man and crush him into a fragment of what he once was. I have seen a lot of guys come home and often stare off into space for long periods of time while having flashbacks of what they had done. You can't always jump the gun when it comes to judging people with these types of issues. It is ignorant.
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Like I said I've been depressed before. I haven't had ptsd like you are describing and I'm not judging all depressed people. If you paid attention to my post I said "some" of them anger me. It's the ones who wallow in their own shit complaining about how they suck and do nothing about it. These people go on with their self pity and it becomes their lifestyle to get other people to do things for them. I actually respect people who help themselves and don't give in.
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I understand what you are getting at. I once knew a girl who behaved like you described. I must admit that it was very annoying and unattractive. She would do things that would just dig her deeper into the void. Some people convince themselves that there are no alternatives. There is a fine line between being depressed and needing to reach out to vent your pain to someone and feeding your depression by making excuses which create illusionary limitations.