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mrlipring · 12-04-2005, 15:27

That's another thing though, people with no experience of this are often unsympathetic.

They can imagine the inconvenience of having a broken leg, or insomnia, or chronic diarrhoea, but something as intangible and unimaginable as depression and/or self-harming is pretty hard to imagine. Self-harming is a pretty alien concept to anyone who's not been there. It's pretty hard to grasp for many who HAVE been there.

I'm of the opinion that anything is fair game to joke about, you've just got to be careful in whose presence you make the jokes. In a public forum like this, you know you're making comments that are potentially offensive. As for people making comments that show a lack of sympathy, why should they feel sympathy for a criminal?

12-04-2005, 15:27	#65
mrlipring Inactive Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Glasgow Age: 45 Services: PCI DVB-T Freeview NTL Digital NTL 3mbit NTL phone Posts: 421	Re: Stress & Depression Biggest Cause of Sickies That's another thing though, people with no experience of this are often unsympathetic. They can imagine the inconvenience of having a broken leg, or insomnia, or chronic diarrhoea, but something as intangible and unimaginable as depression and/or self-harming is pretty hard to imagine. Self-harming is a pretty alien concept to anyone who's not been there. It's pretty hard to grasp for many who HAVE been there. I'm of the opinion that anything is fair game to joke about, you've just got to be careful in whose presence you make the jokes. In a public forum like this, you know you're making comments that are potentially offensive. As for people making comments that show a lack of sympathy, why should they feel sympathy for a criminal?