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In reply to the discussion: Don’t blame depression for the Germanwings tragedy [View all]uppityperson
(116,022 posts)28. I am and I know, it isn't just you and most likely internet communication issues.
The whole thing sucks and desire to find a cause can too often lead to not a solution but more problems for many people. I can not believe someone would fly a plane into the ground. It is beyond comprehension and heartbreaking for so many. I woke thinking about the principal at the school the students went to, saw a picture of him yesterday and imagined how he had to sit down when he found out it wasn't an accident but deliberate.
Best wishes to you.
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Churchill, Matisse, and Dickens were not pilots with hundreds of lives in their hands.
Dreamer Tatum
Mar 2015
#1
Yes, I recall that harrowing story of him flying all of England over the Alps.
Dreamer Tatum
Mar 2015
#7
"Hi, Fumesucker. This suicidal depressed politician will be helping form US Policy. THIS one...
Dreamer Tatum
Mar 2015
#35
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
These are not anti-depressants but a different category, anti-anxiety medicines
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#23
Thank you for this thread. The lbn thread has a lot of ugly misconceptions in it.
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#24
I am and I know, it isn't just you and most likely internet communication issues.
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#28
AMEN!! I have dealt with depression and other serious mental health issues all my life
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2015
#37
Couldn't agree more that 'stigmatizing people with depression is not the the same...
Surya Gayatri
Mar 2015
#42