[lbo-talk] Merry Christmas!

[kelley at pulpculture.org]

At 02:23 PM 12/26/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > There is simply no comparison to be made between what one feels in
> > response to external disaster (death, illness, injury, financial
> > disaster, etc.) and what one feels as the result of clinical depression.
> > This has been my own experience and that of every sufferer from
> > depression (or bipolar) that I have ever talked to. And on those lists
> > of "worst things to say to depressed people" that I mentioned in an
> > earlier post, one remark that _always_ gets listed is some statement
> > such as yours above.
> >
> > Carrol
>
>Well, what can I tell you Carrol? If you insist on taking what I've said
>personally, or if you want to reduce it to some kind of misery contest, go
>right ahead. I'll pass.
>
>DP

No, he just means that if you liken clinical depression to situational 
depression, you're making a big mistake. I've read some descriptions of 
clinical depression, but it wasn't until I read them that I realized just 
how wrong it is to compare the two.

Kelley