tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post6128994338842237628..comments2019-01-02T10:25:47.493+00:00Comments on Bloke in the North: Mother's ruinKeith Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731343774180793742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post-23819844190614061982010-03-26T16:16:13.297+00:002010-03-26T16:16:13.297+00:00Whatever gets you through (and doesn't scare t...Whatever gets you through (and doesn't scare the horses....)<br /><br />OXO, CCChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post-8036576541596312532010-03-25T22:27:57.550+00:002010-03-25T22:27:57.550+00:00Absolutely true. But just as diabetics can help t...Absolutely true. But just as diabetics can help themselves by eating sensibly, there are a range of simple practical measures which, in my sadly extensive expensive, depressives can adopt to alleviate their condition. This seems to me to be a more positive approach than what I might be tempted to describe as wallowing in victimhood, if I did not have a deep fear of being controversial.Keith Hannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731343774180793742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post-13535397436436905162010-03-25T22:01:57.639+00:002010-03-25T22:01:57.639+00:00Its always a treat to encounter a writer who accep...Its always a treat to encounter a writer who accepts criticism with such grace and humility. <br />;-)<br /><br />Clinical Depression is due to altered brain chemistry, just as diabetes is due to altered<br />pancreatic chemistry. Simplistic explanation, perhaps, but helpful in understanding that mental illness is really physical and no easier to treat by pulling up one's boots, than is diabetes et al. <br /><br />From over the Pond, CCCChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com