depressioncomix:depressioncomix:190The theme of being unable to control emotions despite what others
depressioncomix:depressioncomix:190The theme of being unable to control emotions despite what others believe possible is a long running theme in the comic. Despite this, I still get comments and responses that one should “Just do it” or “Just think positive” making me think that perhaps it’s about time I was more explicit about this. This is the comic. In the last panel, I strongly worded it to imply that you shouldn’t expect a sufferer to overcome it by sheer will, at least for an extended period of time. What will help? Therapy and support. By hoping that one will think happier just by being told to, their illness is being trivialized. And that’s it, depression is an illness, with symptoms. And the symptoms will only disappear when the illness is cured.Anyways, this style of explanative strip is kind of new to the series but I hope that it gets a … positive response. -- source link