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Originally Posted by ngdawg
Whether it's just a female thing or not, I can't say.
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All women are crazy. It's just a matter of degrees. :P
But seriously, I only have one family member that I know of that is depressed. I think it's more a self-esteem thing than a sadness about life thing, though. I just try and give her positive mojo and she knows that I love her. That's about all I can do.
As far as depression along gender lines, I wonder how much of that is from men and women dealing with emotions differently, and how much of that is from how much we are allowed to express. Men learn very early that we "can't" express certain emotions. I truely think a lot of the gender disparity is simply because society doesn't allow for \ accept depressed males as much.
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Last edited by Toaster126; 09-02-2006 at 04:42 PM..
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