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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe
Never said he was a "loser." I know that he did suffer from it, and that is precisely why I quoted him.
My older Brother (I've told the story before here) was locked and medicated in a mental ward of the VA hospital in Omaha, Nebraska for the better part of a year in 1979. He was unhappy with his life and threatened to kill himself. Whoop-de-do, he didn't. He was basically broke, lazy, angry, -claimed he couldn't find a job and wanted attention, so the VA gave it to him for free, since he was a vet. When he got out, he changed careers and eventually became a doctor. He has declared bankruptcy, still working-broke, and basically a loser. Very bad attitude and his life reflects it, hated his Father, milked thousands of $s from Mom, multiple marriages, estranged children, crappy broken down cars, you name it. It's all about choices, and so far he's chosen to make bad ones. Thankfully, he lives over a thousand miles away, and doesn't hound me for money like he did years ago. Some people cannot be helped, and that is their choice too.
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I initially thought that's why you quoted Lincoln, but then when you implied that anyone with depression has "chosen" it and is a quitter, I got a little lost. I agree with you when it comes to people like your older brother ... but what did kmaysob say that makes him anything like that? He's already back out on the lake, fishing ... so he's not a quitter or a loser just because he's bummed his stuff got stolen. And pretty much everyone else in this thread has told stories of how depression affected them, but they fought through it and are OK. So your post about how people "chose" to be miserable seemed like it was implying that everyone who ever suffered from depression was weak and at fault for their condition. No one in the thread so far has said "yeah, I'm depressed because I'm in debt after spending my money on crack and I can't get a job because I have no skills." So I didn't really get that that specifically was the type of depressed person you were talking about.
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