To End Victim Blaming, Artist Draws Illustrations Explaining Why It’s Wrong

I've also been dealing with depression (or actually a bipolar disease) for a couple of years now.. I'm on medication and sometimes doing better, sometimes worse. I hope one day it will just go away and my life will be back to normal. I wish the same to you JanMoore and thcollegestudent!

I' sorry to hear that I hope you accomplish your goals

I'm with you. Been dealing with depression for 30+ years. Hang in there, hopefully you'll find something that helps.

Hi JanMoore, I take Cipralex and and it is a purified version of Selexa I think. It works great for me. I also have to change antidepressant meds about every 5 to 10 years as they do lose the desired effect.

i am sorry .. :( Just..be strong..

Hug. I KNOW how hard the "medication merry-go-round" can be. You're brave and strong, and I'm SO GLAD that you have a good doctor and a family to help you. You have value in this world.

There's lots of mental health stigma out there. I believe that General Anxiety Disorder runs through my family, but my parents don't believe in mental disorders, calling people with depression "lazy" or people with GAD's as "bitches." But sooner or later people will come to accept that it's not just a thing we can turn on or off.

Have you tried marihuana, if it can help you?

Get some MJ.

Try biomedical treatment, homeopathy or a naturopath.

Dear Jan. Hi I too had a depression a few years ago (I'm now also in my 60s) and found the medications didn't really do the trick. They only hid the symptoms so the cause wasn't being treated and it returned. What helped for me was to realize that the problem was in me and my beliefs - which in my case I had from way back in my childhood! It took some digging for me to find them and realize they wern't who I was or wanted to be. So I started releasing them and being myself without medication. I changed and so did my life. Some of my "friends" are gone but others arrived and for this I am thankful! What I'm trying to say is you are the master of your life, don't be afraid of it and don't mask the symptoms of your discontent. Look at them and acknowledge them and they will go away. Nameste

I wish people would understand that medication is not helping, on the contrary! It makes us feel even worse when giving them up. I gained so much weight while I was on my depression and anxiety medication and after ending the treatment as my doctor adviced, I felt even worse. I understood this year that a healthy lifestyle and supplements like Magnesium help a bunch. Please stop taking those horrible drugs and try something more natural. Try the Magnesium Advocacy Group on Fb, they help alot. Hugs!

FYI psilocybin has a success rate of 80% on the treatment of depression and conventional treatment only 20‰. Do some research.. It'll change your life

FYI psilocybin has a success rate of 80% on the treatment of depression and conventional treatment only 20%.do some research and go for it, it'll change your life

That is terrible and disgusting what happened and what your parents said no one would argue differently! What I have come to realise is that we don't choose our parents, we just get them, they may be total jerks but it's our choice whether we believe them or trust in them or give htem any power over our emotions. Once we're in this world we are truly the only ones who are in control of our actions and the pursuit of our dreams. We can move on from our family or others who don't value us, there is no obligation to stay around anyone who doesn't treat us right. Do what you gotta do to make yourself happy and forget what other people think it has no impact on you unless you allow it too. Judging from your display pic you have love around you now I hope and you are obviously an extremely strong person. Best wishes, take care, much love. P

Wow, I never thought someones parents could be such a******s! :(

I don't know what to say.....and don't really know if I should like or dislike your post.... Anyway, I hope you're ok now and that your parents grew out of this kind of thinking.

that's horrible, i wish you happiness *hugs*

You're very brave to share that - i'm sure your parents wished they could have protected you, maybe their ego just got in the way of saying how they really felt. Stay strong!

Your parents were not right.. Can I call them a*****e (with all the respect)

I'm so sorry to hear that. :'(

Wow, I never imagined parents could be such a******s! :(

I have experiences a similar thing. I am so sorry to hear this. You don' deserve this. Ever. I hope you get the help you need. Twice. It is said by s.o. in on of the reminders that you get to chose who you let into your heart... as if you can allow who will hurt you. It's nonsence. It would make you a third time hurt. You have no blame. No responsibility of chosing or losing your parents. You were hurt and all you need (i think) is empathy and an unjudging listener. Someone can make you believe that by judging your parents as wrong, the pain will go away. But it won't. Please find someone you loves and sees you for you.

Thank you everyone :) I learned a long time ago that you cant choose your family. They grew up in an age where it was the woman's fault. That i was asking for it to happen. Clearly they now know it was wrong.

So very sorry you had to go through both awfull experiences. They should be so very ashamed of their absence of empathy and respect for their wonderful daughter. THAT is a source of embarrassment!!

Oh my goodness, so sorry. I hope you know it was not your fault.

^I want to hug you! I hope your parents have since understood they were wrongwrongWRONG and you will be able to maybe forgive them one day. <3

I am so sorry to hear that

Holy moly what is wrong with your parents ... they are really sick in the head

WTF is with your parents???

Parents are a child's most fundamental support structure. I'm sorry that such a terrible thing ever happened to you.

Parents are a child's most fundamental support structure. I'm sorry that such a terrible thing ever happened be to you.

That's awful! I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope you've been able to get some emotional healing since then.

;-; omg. I am truly sorry...

I am very sorry to hear that. You got some serious butthead parents. I hope you've reconciled.

Wtf? Your parents are horrible

I'm really sorry

That's terrible :(

Sorry Sunshine nobody deserved that.

Hugs!

Your parents should be ashamed of themselves! You are a precious masterpiece of the universe. They sound cracked, get talking to a therapist. You were hurt and no

Clearly it's not because you have a child, you are a parent... :(

Your family member is an a*****e.

Jackass of a family member!

I thought it was a son being called a girl as an "insult" for being cuddled by a parent. The cartoon is about the little boy I'm his dad's arms, not about the dad. The caption writer seems to be making the same point that you're making. At least that's how I interpreted it.

No, it does not "completely miss the point". At first: Its the authors point, so it is impossible for him, to miss it. Second: It means there is something wrong with a man inhabiting "girlish" qualities. It does not say there is something wrong with these qualities at all! You see what I mean? Still it is good, that you have an eye out for violations of emancipation. Using "girl" as an insult seems a lot like Insulting women en bloc, and should not be done _from both Genders! That last sentence makes me a little sad... "Back up your doughter wife or mom, teach your son a lesson" So that he will grow up as another "hard, manly Man"? As another chauvinist?

Men aren't the only ones being called a girl, though. Boys are called that as an insult as well. I don't think it misses the point. Men who are being called a girl are being demeaned and thought less of. Yes, they can stick up for themselves and make a comment about how women are not weak or less. But these posts are speaking to the bully, not the victim. This post is telling the bullies that calling a man less by labeling him a girl is not okay, and a husband or dad doing a "woman's job" does not deserve to be belittled. This IS about the man. And his feelings are not less than yours. You calling him a "wounded daddy" and assuming that his feelings don't matter because he's a man is EXACTLY what this post is about.

"Heads up, it's not about the wounded daddy" Yes, it is. And you are the one, who completely miss the point.

I don't think there's a single person out there who has any clue what you're saying here.

And you're just a feminist pig that doesn't want equality for both parties. You must be like most feminists. That only think of themselves and only want the good things that come with it and none of the bad things. You make me sick.

And you are a feminist pig that thinks everything is all about you. You don't actually want change. You only want the good things and nothing else that comes with being treated as equals.

Correcting the spelling doesn't mean that you don't take the message seriously. Do you never make mistakes? If no one ever corrects you, then how are you supposed to learn?

Serious messages ,yes. But if you want to be taken seriously, sloppy spelling detracts from the message.

spell check

Spelling and grammar mistakes can often detract from the message, or make the author seem less knowledgeable or competent. By addressing the spelling errors, people are showing their support of the message by trying to strengthen it technically.

Messages are more effective when clearly communicated. Nothing wrong with imtoving something good.

would be better as 3 Os in that case

I know exactly what you mean. Have the same thing with a rare sleeping disorder. Hope we''ll find a doctor who really takes us seriously some day!