I couldn’t agree less.
I’m in a very fortunate position in life yet have never felt so low.
It’s not a case of thinking about your money and equating that value against those in poor and sad circumstances, depression doesn’t work like that.
I knew a guy who was really successful in life and yet he sat on the railway line and read his morning paper until the express train smashed him into a million bits.
I later spoke to his best friend who I knew and said that I just couldn’t understand it, he had been such a rational and clever bloke.
His friend explained to me what he’s been told by an expert after the event and it’s the same thing I heard after Gary Speed killed himself a few hours after being the life and soul of Football Focus that same lunchtime.
Acute depression can cause the brain to trip into a state whereby you function but don’t rationalise, you know you’re going to kill yourself on a particular hour, day, week or month but virtually nothing can change that programming in the brain.
Knowing you’re going to die doesn’t make you sad or indifferent either, it just becomes a fact and doesn’t bother you, in fact, as in Speed’s case it causes a type of euphoria because you know your inner pain will soon be gone.
A good friend of mine lost his daughter, a top student at Sandhurst, about three years ago, her name was Olivia Perks, you can Google about her if you wish.
The brightest of the bright and she hung herself.
I’ve felt a bit down at times as I’ve mentioned before on here and I’ve taken some stick from a couple of posters who accuse me of making things about “me” too much......you know who you are.
At the risk of taking the same criticism again I will openly say, I’ve reached depths I’ve never been to over the past two weeks.
Surprisingly it’s not been the worst events that have ever happened to me that have got me to that point......and that’s the worry.
It’s been fairly minor events that have caused me to completely flip in my head and towards those close to me.
One person on here has been a real life saver for me with his PM’s and advice, I cannot thank him enough, he understands and he gets it.......I won’t give his name but he knows who he is.
I feel for J.K.
She created something wonderful when she was in pretty poor circumstances and in recent times she’s been torn apart in all forms of the media due to her more traditional beliefs, the same that many of us on here seem to hold.
She’s also faced this from the “snowflakes” she made rich and famous in her films who now won’t even be filmed with her for Harry Potter tribute programmes such is their “Wokery”.
She’s every right to wonder what life is all about and in truth, it may be nothing to do with the above, she could be suffering due to events of 30,40 or 50 years ago that have come back to haunt her.
I know another guy who’s worth about £40m who’s suffered manic depression and I’ve had older family members who were as poor as church mice who were such happy people.
I don’t get the.....”you’ve got s h I t loads so get over it” attitude.
Sorry mate, I agree with many of your posts but I’m totally the opposite view to you on this one.