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audrey my gp regards depression as another part/aspect/category of the whole human being and deals with it as she would any other symptom the day she spoke like this it gave me the freedom to talk freely about the symptoms, feeling, out of body experiences that one experiences with depression with her and others i have had periods of depression all my life and until i went to this gp had felt that i had to deal with it by effort of will mine is mild but when i was younger it has caused disruption to relationships in the family paige bremer may have weighed up her future and made a choice as many of us may do i respect her right to do that and admire her courage regards judy >From: Audrey <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Paige Bremer's home page / and a small jant rant >Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:09:53 -0700 > >Janet, > >I just read Paige's website. If this is the person she showed the world >it >is impossible to see any cd in the person it revealed. I do agree that >cd is the most under diagnosed and untreated chronic illness that we >have. >It has a stigma attached to it as if it is something that could be >stopped by sheer will power if one but tried. So many uninformed >see the word depression as shameful and something to be hidden away >in the privacy of one's home. I heard that from my husband to "not tell >anyone because they would think I was crazy." What silence and denial >does is only further isolate the already sad and alone depressed person. >It is time to bring it out into the light of day to examine it for what >it is; >for the incredible pain it brings into the lives of those who suffer >from it. >To recognize that it is little different than to say I have any other >treatable >illness. It too has solutions for most of us. To suffer alone is more >than >Paige must been able to tolerate any longer. What warmth she left, and >how much more she would have been able to give if she had but sought >as much help for her cd as she did her pd. > >* seattle* audrey friend of pwp aussie John 49/42/38? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com