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cwydro

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25. I wondered when they would

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #22)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 01:55 PM

Mar 2015

get around to that.

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Don�t blame depression for the Germanwings tragedy [View all] Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 OP

Churchill, Matisse, and Dickens were not pilots with hundreds of lives in their hands. Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #1

Thank you for this note of 'sanity', no pun intended! Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #2

Churchill arguably had tens of millions of lives in his hands at one point Fumesucker Mar 2015 #4

Yes, I recall that harrowing story of him flying all of England over the Alps. Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #7

There is more than one way to have lives in your hands... Fumesucker Mar 2015 #9

The Native American is disappearing. Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #14

That pilot made a decision that cost over a hundred people their lives... Fumesucker Mar 2015 #33

"Hi, Fumesucker. This suicidal depressed politician will be helping form US Policy. THIS one... Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #35

Had to laugh! cwydro Mar 2015 #18

Sorry, not making light of mental illness, but...LOL! Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #21

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #26

I would be interested to see how the psychiatric and psychological community weigh in on this. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #3

If they're on an airplane when you ask them, I'll hazard a guess that they don't want him flying. nt Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #5

We don't let want people with depression so severe it would require hospitalization flying./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #8

Do we know if the pilot had "depression so sever it would require hospitalization"? cbdo2007 Mar 2015 #30

I don't know ...I'm just establishing a benchmark./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #34

Lots and lots of broadcast time here in France being spent interviewing Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #6

Are you saying treating mental illness is upaloopa Mar 2015 #11

I mean there are more people on tranquilizers in France than in any Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #13

What are the tranquilizers? upaloopa Mar 2015 #16

Most popular--and prescribed by the ton... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #19

These are not anti-depressants but a different category, anti-anxiety medicines uppityperson Mar 2015 #23

I was prescribed an SSRI for anxiety. KMOD Mar 2015 #32

Hi again, UP. Only just happened upon this interesting post from you... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #36

depression is often a side effect of merely being informed Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #10

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #12

I'm far more likely to blame treatment, than depression Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #15

Thanks, Ms. Toad, for adding this first-hand account to Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #17

They've mentioned he had depression in the past. cwydro Mar 2015 #20

Details will be emerging shortly, I suspect. Plus, they're Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #22

I wondered when they would cwydro Mar 2015 #25

Thank you for this thread. The lbn thread has a lot of ugly misconceptions in it. uppityperson Mar 2015 #24

I hope you're being sincere, Uppityperson. As I said in your Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #27

I am and I know, it isn't just you and most likely internet communication issues. uppityperson Mar 2015 #28

Thanks for the clarification, UP, and best wishes to you, too, my dear. Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #29

that drug company could be to blame. partly. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #31

AMEN!! I have dealt with depression and other serious mental health issues all my life Douglas Carpenter Mar 2015 #37

Along the same lines... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #40

I can't make sense of the OP Yorktown Mar 2015 #38

Quote is directly from 'The Guardian'... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #39

Are you saying depression had nothing to do with it? Marrah_G Mar 2015 #41

Couldn't agree more that 'stigmatizing people with depression is not the the same... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #42