Comments on: Testing for depression http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/testing-for-depression/ Illustration, Photography, Silly Dances Sun, 02 May 2010 23:21:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jope http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/testing-for-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-11721 jope Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:02:10 +0000 http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/?p=797#comment-11721 Definitely not insipidus. I mean, even ignoring the symptoms, just look at the word: Insipid! Certainly not. And I was always sullen as a child, so I'm going to say Type 1. Definitely not insipidus. I mean, even ignoring the symptoms, just look at the word: Insipid! Certainly not.

And I was always sullen as a child, so I’m going to say Type 1.

]]> By: Jessie Heaven Lotz http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/testing-for-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-11672 Jessie Heaven Lotz Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:02:54 +0000 http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/?p=797#comment-11672 JP-- so is your depression mellitus or insipidus? And if mellitus, type 1 or type 2? How far can you take your metaphor? If my depression were a disease, it would be... well I mean, it is a disease... uh... it would be... Well, clearly someone needs to create a "What disease is your depression???" quiz. JP– so is your depression mellitus or insipidus? And if mellitus, type 1 or type 2? How far can you take your metaphor?

If my depression were a disease, it would be… well I mean, it is a disease… uh… it would be…

Well, clearly someone needs to create a “What disease is your depression???” quiz.

]]> By: faith http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/testing-for-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-11584 faith Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:21:24 +0000 http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/?p=797#comment-11584 this is a great way to check my marbles this is a great way to check my marbles

]]> By: jope http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/testing-for-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-11582 jope Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:52:38 +0000 http://www.jessiehirsch.com/wordpress/?p=797#comment-11582 I like to think of depression (mine anyway) as the mental analog of diabetes, and treat is maintenance as such. (It's a personal choice of metaphor that predates similarities recently suggested between their respective mechanisms.) I like to think of depression (mine anyway) as the mental analog of diabetes, and treat is maintenance as such. (It’s a personal choice of metaphor that predates similarities recently suggested between their respective mechanisms.)

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