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comment by coocoocachew
coocoocachew  ·  3366 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reminder for those suffering silently

It seems the sentiment above was meant for a different context. It would be a powerful statement in the context of attempting to educate non-depression sufferers about the emotional and physical burden of depressive episodes. Although to someone with personal experience with the disease would recognize this as a simplification, I think that is the very thing that makes it digestible by a wider audience. Education on this disease is badly needed if one day a depressive episode can be viewed in the same category as a physical injury.