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Originally Posted by nickerjones
Can I ask a question that comes from a good place? It's a place of wanting to understand mental health issues.
Backstory:
When I was 22 I was in an auto accident and lost my first wife. I was obviously sad and upset. I remember family, friend, and tons of doctors asking about my mental state and If I has suicidal thoughts. I just never had any of those thoughts.
Fast Forward to now. I have had some friends attempt suicide and some friends commit suicide.
I find it extremely hard to empathize with them because I never had these thoughts. Even in , what I perceive as, the hardest part of my life I never suffered depression or suicidal thoughts.
I feel ####ty because I think I might have downplayed other's issues because I can't understand the place their struggle came from. I know mental health issues are real. Is there anything I can do to become more educated on the issues?
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These are two good videos on the topic to understand it a bit more.
The worst thing about depression is that it doesn't need to follow any other negative things in a person's life. Just like you can get a cold when lots of things are going well, so can depression set in without any seemingly rational cause of distress or sadness.