jamesmarksContributor
Frustrated with ‘Awareness” Campaigns
As a long time sufferer of anxiety and depression in get really annoyed by campaigns like the one running on ABC etc now. Thye constantly promote the work of high profile 'depression help'organisations - my experience of these organisation is that they are very self serving and really offer nothing new to 'sufferers'. They pump out all the cliches around mental illness - diet / exercise / see a counsellor or psch/ etc etc
I have tried all therapies etc etc and realise depression and anxiety are complex issues - i have not found any 'professional' that has helped - no medication has helped - in the end it comes down to finding your own solutions and learning to manage the condition.
It really frustrates me when you get these 3 minute 'grabs' on tv around depression etc - they trot out all the old cliches and nevery go into any detail - there is awareness around the issues and we need some 'smart people' to talk INDEPTH about the subtler approaches to depression - talk with REAL people suffering from depression and anxiety and ask them what has helped them ...less of the 'PR' and fundraising for these hopeless organisations . I think many of the 'organisation' that supposedly help with depression fall into the 'jobs for boys' organisations and suspect most of the $ goes into their paypackets rather than serious research and solid approaches to depression/anxiety. My original post was knocked back as i mentioned one of these well known organisations that supposedly is their ti help sufferers of depression.
