• @samus12345OP
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    218 hours ago

    This is about others not taking depression seriously. The difficulty in getting treatment is another matter.

    • @[email protected]
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      58 hours ago

      Thats why they put hand in quotes… it was sarcasm implying that the character needs to see a doctor about his depression

      • @samus12345OP
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        48 hours ago

        Yes, I know. As I said, not the point of the comic.

      • @samus12345OP
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        65 hours ago

        That’s great that you didn’t have chronic depression! Millions of others do.

      • @Entropywins
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        65 hours ago

        Glad that worked for you…now try living a few billion other people’s lives and tell me it works.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        45 hours ago

        Any time I’m having strong feelings, simply turn off my emotions and become an automaton that exists to serve others.

        My bosses love it. I’m going straight to the top. And once I’m finally in charge, I’ll be free to dump all my emotional baggage on my underlings while insisting they need to toughen up.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 hours ago

        I was sad once and then I realized that I cannot control my emotions and was forced to remain sad

    • @BradleyUffner
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      The others would probably take his problem a lot more seriously if he had at least tried to get it fixed. If you are going to walk around with a mangled blood gushing hand for a prolonged period of time, without seeking help, then you should probably stop whining about it, because I can’t do anything for you. I can’t force you to go to a doctor.

      • @samus12345OP
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        76 hours ago

        A lot of these comments are really proving the point of the comic. Nowhere does it say that anybody took his ailment seriously, yet it’s the victim who’s at fault.

        • @[email protected]
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          76 hours ago

          To wit: everyone in the comic is dismissive of the ailment; none offers any real help or empathy.

          • @samus12345OP
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            75 hours ago

            Correct. And many of the comments immediately jump to (probably personal) experiences where a friend or loved one had depression and despite their best efforts to help, they were unable to. That’s not what this comic is about.

        • @BradleyUffner
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          The victim isn’t at fault for being depressed, or having a mangled hand, or whatever analogy we want to use. However, if they go out with friends and expect them to take the problem more seriously than they, themselves, are taking it, then they have some measure of fault for imposing their problem on the friend. If they are seeking treatment that just isn’t working, or they are unable to get proper treatment for other reasons, that’s a different story and I’ll have a lot more sympathy.

          It all boils down to not expecting someone to take your problem seriously for long if you are not taking it seriously yourself.

          • @samus12345OP
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            5 hours ago

            “You don’t take your depression seriously enough for me” helps me to understand where some people who don’t understand (or don’t care to understand) depression at all are coming from.

            • @BradleyUffner
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              15 hours ago

              Maybe the real lesson is that a mangled hand actively gushing blood isn’t really a great analogy for depression.

              • @samus12345OP
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                15 hours ago

                It’s a very imperfect one, yes. But the comic is trusting that the reader will understand the metaphor. A big ask for some, it seems.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        15 hours ago

        If you are going to walk around with a mangled blood gushing hand for a prolonged period of time, without seeking help

        Some wounds don’t heal.

        • @BradleyUffner
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          05 hours ago

          If the comic suggested that he sought help in the past and it wasn’t working, it would be a much better analogy. Unfortunately, we only know what’s actually shown.