On Upside-Down Depression
I was watching an episode today of “The Insider” and it featured a really ridiculous way of treating depression courtesy of Rosie O’Donnell’s The View. According to Rosie, you have to hang upside down from a rope or something in order to help you cope up with depression. She claims it releases some sort of hormones that would enable you to counteract the “disease.”
I doubt that this helps, although I haven’t tried it out yet. One thing is for certain though. Even if I try it out, I am quite sure I will be releasing some sort of hormones – that of my blood rushing to my brain. That’s the only thing I’m sure of.
Being mentally unstable before since I lost my job, I was depressed for weeks. I couldn’t get out of bed, I cried almost every minute of my life, and I treat my family and friends like dirt. It was when I was prescribed an anti-depressant drug Zoloft (the medication that killed Anna Nicole Smith’s son) that for awhile, I think I got cured. But then my depression came back to haunt me. I would still felt the same way. I would cry and cry buckets of tears and I was paranoid. Even worse, I got addicted to the drug and I couldn’t think straight without taking the drug.
It was only November of last year when I was able to stand up to my depression. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and through prayers and with the support of my family and friends, I am getting there. I am not completely cured (in fact, I just got depressed over the weekend) but I know I am getting there since God is on my side.
And to you Rosie, this is all I have to say. No swinging upside down rope or a tree can help you cure depression. Just pray, Ms. O’Donnell. Just pray and look to God for help.
