With regards to item # 2. Supposed you witnessed an aircrash into Pearl Harbor that killed 11 of your close friends. Then you ID'd them in the morgue. Then you spent a week burying them. Should that depresses you? And if so, what next?
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No, you send in grief counselors and that's supposed to take care of it. I've always wondered what grief counselors tell the grieving that takes away their grief and what justifies the expense.
“With regards to item # 2. Supposed you witnessed an aircrash into Pearl Harbor that killed 11 of your close friends. Then you ID’d them in the morgue. Then you spent a week burying them. Should that depresses you? And if so, what next?”
I almost think you’d be mentally ill if it didn’t depress you!
If someone went through all that, and was all happy go lucky, I’d think they were not well.
I think that’s a good example of something that can haunt you for life. I can imagine crying over that 50 years later.
However, if, after a while, it dictates your every day life and you can’t stop thinking about it - if it makes you unable to sleep, work, be happy, or have a good relationship with anyone - then I’d say you need help.
Not because there is something wrong with for being depressed, but because you need help coping with the depression and overcoming its worst symptoms.
By help, I’d say first, lots of time and effort in working through all the issues and developing ways to deal with them. I don’t think SSRIs should be the first resort BECAUSE, then, the issues don’t get dealt with. They get covered.