{"id":178516,"date":"2014-12-06T05:12:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T05:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/06\/i-read-recently-of-a-study-in-which-75-of-adults\/"},"modified":"2014-12-06T05:12:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T05:12:57","slug":"i-read-recently-of-a-study-in-which-75-of-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/06\/i-read-recently-of-a-study-in-which-75-of-adults\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I read recently of a study in which 75% of adults said that someone with depression could get better just by being more positive. Can you imagine the same 75% saying that someone who is paralyzed just needs to work out more, or that someone who is mentally challenged just needs to think \u201cpower thoughts\u201d? <br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis attitude is dangerous for a couple of reasons. First, the number one cause of suicide is untreated depression. Why don\u2019t people get treatment for depression? Probably because they are being told by society, well-meaning family and friends and their own misconceptions of mental illness that depression is just a mood that they should be able to control. They believe that a life-threatening illness can be managed by happy talk and an upbeat demeanor. I know what I\u2019m talking about. I tried for years to defeat my (undiagnosed) depression by thinking of reasons I was lucky and telling myself that that cold empty feeling had no cause and therefore didn\u2019t have any validity. It\u2019s like trying to treat diabetes by skipping dessert. It doesn\u2019t work, and it\u2019s dangerous to your health.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe second reason this \u201ctalk yourself out of it\u201d attitude is dangerous is that depression can be caused by an undiagnosed illness such as heart disease, thyroid dysfunction, cancer, infectious diseases and immune\/autoimmune disorders. Depression can even be brought on by vitamin or mineral deficiencies or prescription and over-the-counter drugs. If you don\u2019t treat depression as an illness and get yourself checked out by a physician or psychiatrist, you run the risk of leaving a serious illness undiagnosed. <br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIf you are experiencing any of the symptoms of depression, make an appointment to see a doctor. If you know someone who seems to be showing the symptoms, encourage him or her to see a doctor. Don\u2019t believe the myth that we can \u201chandle\u201d depression on our own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingofmadness.com\/you-cant-fight-depression-on-your-own\/\" target=\"_blank\">You can\u2019t fight depression on your own<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nIf you are experiencing any of the symptoms of depression, make an appointment to see a doctor. If you know someone who seems to be showing the symptoms, encourage him or her to see a doctor. Don\u2019t believe the myth that we can \u201chandle\u201d depression on our own.<\/b><\/p>\n<p> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/wilwheaton.tumblr.com\/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">wilwheaton<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read recently of a study in which 75% of adults said that someone with depression could get better just by being more positive. Can you imagine the same 75% saying that someone who is paralyzed just needs to work out more, or that someone who is mentally challenged just needs to think \u201cpower thoughts\u201d? &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/06\/i-read-recently-of-a-study-in-which-75-of-adults\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[19431,19433,1068,19430,19434,19435,19436,19432,836,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}