On May 13, 3:03*pm, Fred wrote:
On Tuesday 13 May 2008 13:58, Will in New Haven wrote:





On May 12, 7:52*pm, "Mosey =^. .^=" wrote:
Meown Paw iz sufferin frum depressun n he kant shake et n he feelz
wurthluss n iz sew sadd awl da tyme. *Heis takin sun natural tings
fur it, but he needs tew tawk tew sumbuddy bout et but hiz insuranse
wont cuver him fer dat n dat makes Mewomie sadd n she huggs him n
tellz him she luves him n prays fur him tew be bedder.
He lost hizown job in 2001 and iz on dizzability n worried bout
toonas cuz he kant find wurk.
Meowmie wuz sik on Meowmies Day cuz she tryed sum medisin cawled
gloosime sumptin anna et made hur *sew sick awl day n hur neez hurt
hur sew badd, but dat duznt stop hur frum takin gudgud kare uf Paw n
usses 4. So, i wood preeciate sum purrz fur Paw tew feel bedder.
Fangu furry mutch
I wuv yew awl
Mosey
--worried

Deer Mosey nosepoink Wee will purr four yor paw an yoor hole fambly.
Dat 'presshun iz bad/evul an rong. Wee hop hee fin a weigh too fite
it. Uncl Bill sez it iz kemical, cept dat wimmnz get it frum goin outz
wiff him. Butted bad sircumstances ken mak da kemical depreshun
worser.

Yor Paw gots yoor meomiee and yoo cats, sew he got blesseengs too
kount. Butted he gneeds your supportz an couragment.

* * * * Yeah, *It's difficult to pinpoint what goes on with depression. *The
people saying it's a checmical imbalance are the people trying to sell
a chemical cure, and the real answer will probably be elsewhere. *There
may be a chemical imbalance detectable with the depression, but that is
not the cause. *Something has to create the chemical imbalance.
* * * * I think the answer can be spiritual or ... whatever. *If I knew the
answer to that one I'd be in the business of curing it.

For some people, there's a chemical imbalance and a chemical cure.
Having known a couple of people like that, I'll let your deep, dark
suspiciouns of the medical industry lie there. For others, there seems
to be a link to external circumstances that makes the whole chemical
thing somewhat suspicious. In _theory_ a person with the chemical
imbalance would not feel better if he or she had a job/a better love
life/a cat or some other good factor in life. But they often do. In
_theory_ a person without the chemical imbalance would not be phased
very much by losing a job/losing a love affair/not having a cat but
they often are.

Feeling bad because of circumstances is not supposed to be clinical
depression but most of the people I have known with clinical
depression had something to feel very bad about already.

--
Will in New Haven