gesa’s avatargesa’s Twitter Archive—№ 33,859

    1. an interesting thing about living with depression is that even without ideation every day i survive is a small miracle.
  1. …in reply to @gesa
    A small miracle that deserves the reverence you give to the survival of your friends with many other illnesses.
    1. …in reply to @gesa
      Make no mistake—depression, not unlike cancer, is trying to kill me. A major difference is if i die from depression, i was being selfish.
      1. …in reply to @gesa
        But what if I die of pain? What do *you* think of chronic pain. Would my death be a moral failing? Result of addiction? Bad Drs? Big pharma?
        1. …in reply to @gesa
          When a celebrity passes away as a result of opiate overdose, is your response that they were WEAK?
          1. …in reply to @gesa
            Or perhaps, does it occur to you, that they were hurting in a way that could be treated in no other manner?
            1. …in reply to @gesa
              And perhaps drug companies, instead of finding the safest ways to treat those in pain, found the most profitable,