Posted by Edward on July 14, 2001, at 7:36:20
In reply to Re: Am I really depressed?, posted by stjames on July 11, 2001, at 18:45:42
> > > Non-depressed people do not think about killing themselves
> >
> > I'm not being argumentative, but I am a day patient at a mental hospital (only because I dropped out of school), and I know many people there who don't have depression and have tried to kill themselves.
>
> Yes that is true, perhaps it is better to say "mentally ill"
>Mental illness, emotional problems or just a lot of unhappiness led these people to attempting suicide, therefore not just depression. What I'm trying to say is that just because I have thought about killing myself doesn't necessarily mean I can be diagnosed with clinical depression.
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