tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post5482536100610184237..comments2023-03-24T12:43:32.932+00:00Comments on It's Complicated: Depression: It Is What It Is...Lexie Bellafontehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163031738486495406noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-23342813974608876492014-05-05T03:36:20.169+01:002014-05-05T03:36:20.169+01:00Hi Anonymous. Having depression won't make me ...Hi Anonymous. Having depression won't make me a terrible doctor. If I ever thought that I was so ill I would be a danger to patients I would take time out but on a day to day basis that isn't the case. It's amazing the masks you learn to wear so it won't interfere with communication. It won't interfere with decision making. I still know everything I need to know. It doesn't follow that having depression would mean I would be a bad doctor. Having diabetes or asthma wouldn't lead to me being a bad doctor. If anything having depression would help in practicing medicine because it has meant I am more in tune with myself, and more empathetic towards others because of my experiences. Plus it's given me an insight into what it's like being treated as a patient, and that can go a long way. Lexie Bellafontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163031738486495406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-60083222976943065812014-04-24T19:07:51.974+01:002014-04-24T19:07:51.974+01:00Aren't you going to be a horrendous doctor tho...Aren't you going to be a horrendous doctor though? Having not even recovered yet? I agree with the points you make about depression itself, so kudos for that, but I'm quite surprised you're in medicine...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-30673977477203421152013-03-20T14:17:30.984+00:002013-03-20T14:17:30.984+00:00Lol, that's a good point, suppose from your po...Lol, that's a good point, suppose from your point of view, it's not that big a thing. But it is! Take your victories where you can find them :PHummushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160244218294151650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-36716460234586023042013-03-20T13:30:16.351+00:002013-03-20T13:30:16.351+00:00Thanks Humaira. It's weird, loads of people ke...Thanks Humaira. It's weird, loads of people keep saying that, that they admire me for carrying on and coming back up. I don't see it personally but it does mean a lot that people think that. x Lexie Bellafontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163031738486495406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-8163809333685472722013-03-20T00:19:56.375+00:002013-03-20T00:19:56.375+00:00Great post :) It's important to know about you...Great post :) It's important to know about you on the good days, puts it into perspective- and I think you expressed it really well. I wanted to say loads about it but Rosie's comment was far better articulated, so I shall just second her. And damn JK's way with words!<br /><br />You're doing great, man :) It's nice to see you come back up every time you've been down (slight understatement), I'm sure it's the hardest thing to do, but you keep managing it, and that's something to be admired. Hummushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160244218294151650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-55890749639200597512013-03-20T00:05:44.505+00:002013-03-20T00:05:44.505+00:00I think you're right *sad smile*
Garble away...I think you're right *sad smile* <br /><br />Garble away Rosie, I love your comments :) <br /><br />Hope you're well x Lexie Bellafontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163031738486495406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646550256480023962.post-38935808546551874492013-03-19T23:58:56.141+00:002013-03-19T23:58:56.141+00:00I always loved the way JK described her depression...I always loved the way JK described her depression, because it's a really important distinction to make between that and being sad. I so get this post, and you're right, it doesn't make logical sense, but that doesn't mean it's like...invalidated?<br /><br />Your last post kinda freaked me out - not in a recoiling way, but in an omg compassion way. I think I had a lot of trouble with kind of, accepting that depression isn't a consistent, constant mood, like you said, you don't walk around hating the world and acting like an emo all day. You do laugh, and have a good time, and have many and frequent happy moments, and you are so so grateful (it's almost like feeling so low makes you more grateful, if anything), but I think some people have this perception that if you have the audacity to call yourself "depressed" (weak, to some) then you should act like that all the time, and sometimes I felt guilty if I was caught being happy, and as though people thought, oh, she's better now! It's SO not like that.<br /><br />I think it's just written into some people's nature, and it is always there, and things trigger it off, and you have exaggerated responses to things (in comparison to 'normal' responses). I reckon accepting it as part of you and not necessarily a bad part either (I wouldn't take it back) is a good step in being able to kind of ride the sine graph waves, y'know? And not being apologetic about it, not feeling guilty.<br /><br />At the end of the day, you are your strongest ally, and it's really hard to be in opposition with yourself. Yet again, what a surprise, I don't really know where I'm going with this, but your posts always provoke a response in me, even if it is totally garbled!<br /><br />But I think your saying "It is what it is" sums it up beautifully. Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206672118507672697noreply@blogger.com