tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008741.post7525958907262072569..comments2024-01-20T11:00:24.232-06:00Comments on ~michellependergrass.com: Depression~michelle pendergrasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963999375035588206noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008741.post-19837082436769732242006-11-05T17:51:00.000-06:002006-11-05T17:51:00.000-06:00Hey, Michelle! Thanks for visiting MY blog. I alwa...Hey, Michelle! Thanks for visiting MY blog. I always loved cold stuffing! Here's another one (I don't do this anymore cuz it's icky): in high school, I used to come home and eat cold hotdogs out of the pack while watching Guiding Light. Eww..<br />You and I are both Decompose readers. Mike is in my crit group.batgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095415308248827150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008741.post-372671095539460782006-11-05T06:27:00.000-06:002006-11-05T06:27:00.000-06:00Hi Michelle,
I spent the whole day yesterday resea...Hi Michelle,<br />I spent the whole day yesterday researching bipolar stuff for my novel. I found a great site. Reading the forums and personal accounts of people suffering from mental illness was heart-breaking. My dad was bipolar and killed himself in 74 when I was 2. I suppose that's one of the reasons I'm writing on this topic. The more writers I meet, the more I realize that many of us struggle on some level- from light depression to major mental illness. Perhaps, in some of us, sanity is the thing that must die so that creativity can live? Okay, so I really don't know what I'm talking about, but your post was sobering and informative. God bless.batgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095415308248827150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008741.post-50909885555547849482006-11-03T20:38:00.000-06:002006-11-03T20:38:00.000-06:00I think that's part of what bothers me most, Jen.I think that's part of what bothers me most, Jen.~michelle pendergrasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963999375035588206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008741.post-15701469976548854832006-11-03T18:24:00.000-06:002006-11-03T18:24:00.000-06:00I think a lot of the funding and research and nota...I think a lot of the funding and research and notarity of disease comes from what celebrities get behind it. Yeah, I've known about those statistics for a long time. The amount of attention a disease gets has no corrolation to the actual number of people it kills.<br /><br />The only celebrity that has talked about depression has been Brooke Shields and a good portion of that came from her public row with Tom Cruise.<br /><br />Unfortunately, depression probably carries as much as, if not more than, a stigma as AIDS. Especially in the church where it's considered to be a sign of a lack of faith or character or belief. And yet, unlike AIDS, it's not preventable any more than being diabetic is. It's related more to genetics and brain chemistry than to faith and character.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688638274582413200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008741.post-81570654949754933452006-11-03T11:39:00.000-06:002006-11-03T11:39:00.000-06:00I had no idea about these statistics. As you said,...I had no idea about these statistics. As you said, haunting.<br />I've been thinking about that line in your book since I read it, too, thinking that death is not supposed to be a part of things. We shouldn't just accept it "as a part of life." No. It's not meant to be. Thinking about how Christ died so that I might live. Someone had to die.<br />On a lighter note: don't tell my husband about artists being more prone to mood disorders. He thinks I'm crazy. He loves my imagination, my empathy, but he doesn't know how to handle me when I go off the deep end. still, he loves me.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.com