this post is totally irrelevant to the previous.

yesterday's sermon, pastor wendywatson mentioned that too often we tell people who are depressed to just 'snap out of it'. by depressed it's not just mere moping about, but people who suffer from clinical depression.

isn't that we do too often? when we can't empathise with people, when we think it's no big deal to us (and so it should be to them), we get irritated and our response: 'snap out of it'. and more often that not, this response doesn't help them, it just reinforces their thought pattern that they are unloved, and no one in the world cares for them.

maybe we're too busy too care, or maybe we just don't care. but never tell people to 'snap out of it', when they can't.

and this depression virus, it's real. mental illnesses, as society progresses they will rise.

i was thinking of ending off, like making a point of this post. but i can't think of one, because i can think of many. so perhaps i should part with this, if someone you know is depressed, or just needs a word of encouragement from you (even if you think it's such a trivial matter), don't just tell them to 'snap out of it', but try to be there (especially if that person matters enough), if not sometimes saying nothing is better than saying something hurting and uncaring.

and crap, totally irrelevant, but my aircon is making hissing noises, it sounds as if it's suffering from pneumonia (i hope not).