How to Support People

[descant]

UPDATE: I'm making this entry public, so people can link to it. Comments are screened for anonymous posters only.

Stephen Fry made a memoir-documentary called "The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive". In the film, he explored his own battle with manic depression (aka bipolar disorder) and interviewed others with the same condition. The video can

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[gemini6ice]

Also...

You might want to both screen comments and make this entry public.

[descant]

Do you think that it would be useful? And would you want your comments screened?

[gemini6ice]

I would like to link to your entry, but not everyone I know (very few, in fact?) is friends with you.

I don't need my comments screened, but I can imagine someone having something to say who is afraid of everyone else knowing about eir depression/trauma/survivorship.

[descant]

The entry is public now, and I've turned on screening for anonymous comments, in case there is anyone who wants to keep on the DL.

[gemini6ice]

Thanks :)

[green_tales]

yeah, I'm a friend of gemini6ice, followed his link. thanks for making it public