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DEPRESSION: A meme I could live without

This has been going around Facebook the last week or so:
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“DEPRESSION is not a sign of weakness it is a sign that you have been trying to be strong for too long.  Put this as your status if you know someone who has or has had depression.  Will you do it and leave it on your status for at least an hour?  Most people won’t, but it’s mental health week and 1 in 3 of us will suffer at some point in our lives.  Show your support good people :-) I copy and pasted, will you?”
First and most important, it’s poorly punctuated and ungrammatical.
Ha ha ha ha.
No, first and most important, it’s WRONG.
#1, Depression – of any kind – is not a “sign” of anything.  Let’s just leave it at that.
#2, Emotional blackmail, trying to lever "good people" into changing their status?  Not pretty...
#3, Here’s what I posted as my status in response…
“nice thought, but "trying to be strong for too long" never caused mental illness; it is far more complicated than that. Depression is a DISEASE. I support friends and loved ones with mental illness, but we really have no idea who will be affected and who won't - or why.”
So there it is.  Educate yourselves, people, and quit posting those annoying “double-dare-ya” status updates where you say stuff like “97% of people won’t change your status, do you care enough?”
97% of people on the Internet are morons.
Oh.
Well, in case you’re reading this on the Internet, welcome to the elite 3%!
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  1. decemberbabyMay 04, 2010 11:11 AM

    Ooh, I'm part of the internet elite!

    In all seriousness, thank you for posting that. I haven't even seen that meme, but it irks me no end, as someone who has been through a major depressive episode.

    97% of people won't re-post this? Well, that means there are a lot more intelligent people out there than I thought!

    ... at least with FB memes we don't have to write the whole thing out in longhand. Remember the chain letters of our youth?

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  2. IssaAugust 28, 2010 3:18 AM

    Hihihi! your post just cracked me up. Two friends of mine on facebook have posted a somewhat same depressed status (only without the double dare thing) -- "Depression is not a sign of weakness, it is just a
    sign that we have been strong for too long."

    I can't believe that there are people who believe this quote. And who quoted this, anyway?! The whole sentence was just too wrong to begin with. I searched the quote on google and found you, thank goodness. :P

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  3. BatyaMay 31, 2012 10:28 PM

    I posted it on my fb whatever, but I'm not blogging it.

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