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In reply to the discussion: Mentally ill flood ER as states cut services [View all]Quantess
(27,630 posts)81. Interesting post...
I do agree with some of what you wrote, and I have chronic depression myself. How many of these people would be feeling just fine if they still had a home and a job? A lot of them, I guess.
I don't think your post was insensitive.
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#37
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#6
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Tippy
Dec 2011
#36
Yeah, I figured I'd either trash my response or my account would get trashed due to it. ;P (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2011
#48
No one denies there is a difference between situational depression and clinical depression. nt
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