
Originally Posted by
miles
I do have some experience with depression and that is my mother. She is a pretty hardcore depressive and has been so for as long as I can remember. I guess being married to my Dad and then having to raise me and my sister after he jumped ship was not easy. Actually, being married to my Dad was probably a bit more difficult than raising me. She has been on all kinds of anti-depressants all these years and it is something I never really understood. I guess my rejection of all things parental has also led me to rejecting that kind of thing too.
I am not ignorant of mental health, but do have a strong sense of resistance. Maybe it's a denial of the unfortunate aspects that the gene pool has passed on.
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