How do you think this will go? Do you think this is about trying to seek attention? Or perhaps Dave is just… being silly? Immature maybe? This is the reality of depression – where falsehoods abound and masquerade as truth.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What kind of response would you expect from someone whose mind is broken? Even for a bit? And when someone with suicidal tendencies says they should go… How should you take it? Questions questions…
Straight and to the point huh. Thinking ahead is difficult for someone with depression. Too many possibilities… Especially of things going wrong…
Whoops. Miscommunications and misunderstandings are pretty common, even without depression… Also – my in-laws have been supportive, loving people. Jane’s parents are an example meant to show how some may not be as supportive.
Trying means different things for different people. If you don’t have depression, or you don’t understand, or worse – you don’t want to understand, then you’d be asking – what’s the big deal? It’s just a meeting with parents. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m pretty excited about putting Grandpa / Grumpy George back in the picture. He’ll appear again…. soon. But yeah… don’t go around telling people their problems are small ones without knowing the whole picture. You never know.
So… What’s really important in a conversation involving a depressive? Whatever it is, please don’t compliment me before I’m ready to receive it. Which means… Never? Maybe sometime in the future. God willing.
I must be clear. This is a *comic*. It’s not reality even though it’s linked to mine. So Dave’s response isn’t always going to happen. But most of the time, we’re trying hard to fulfill the roles we have to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A typical Asian relationship would go along the lines of the girlfriend or parent scolding the depressive for “overreacting”. After all, it’s just a meeting! What could go wrong? If you agree with that mindset, then you’re probably not going[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the biggest challenges is having to explain our condition to important people in our lives whom we know will have difficulty trying to understand. What more the important people in the lives of our important people? I apologise[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…