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10 May
It all started with this Tweet :
Beautifully put by @stephenfry about #depression - please RT if you agree that this is amazing: twitter.com/otrbristol/sta… #mentalhealth
— Off The Record (@otrbristol) May 8, 2013
It sparked off :
@theagentapsley Do you think it’s something that can be spotted by physical signs?
— Off The Record (@otrbristol) May 8, 2013
@theagentapsley Agree with that - there are some tell-tale signs when you look into somebody’s eyes.
— Off The Record (@otrbristol) May 9, 2013
And :
@otrbristol @theagentapsley I think people who have experienced it themselves are much more likely to pick up on signs others would miss..
— Fiona Malpass (@FionaMalpass) May 9, 2013
@theagentapsley @otrbristol I don't think absolutely anyone can learn, but certainly a lot of others could with enough training and practice
— Fiona Malpass (@FionaMalpass) May 9, 2013
And - am I being quite reasonable ? - then :
Maybe I'm perverse, @otrbristol, but I don't want a friend called to do what @stephenfry says is 'kind, noble and good' - I'd feel insulted.
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) May 10, 2013
Why insulted, @otrbristol ? As someone who'd dropped a crutch would, if picking it up weren't just plain decency, not blessed by @stephenfry
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) May 10, 2013
Perhaps because I have lately disputed the common claim that mental ill-health isn't like a broken leg, which people can see - in my posting Mental ill-health is exactly like a broken leg !
Any thoughts, anyone ? Stephen Fry has (apparently)...
@theagentapsley Well I was speaking for/patronising myself actually.
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) May 10, 2013
Well, after Tony and Control, there's always that get-out, @stephenfry...
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) May 10, 2013
Sorry, @stephenfry, but this notion that depression is as the weather and - one supposes - we just live with it 'till it changeth' is tosh !
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) May 11, 2013
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