Comments on: The elephant in the room http://saynotostigma.com/2010/01/the-elephant-in-the-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-elephant-in-the-room a blog of The Menninger Clinic Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Roger Verdon http://saynotostigma.com/2010/01/the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Roger Verdon Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:01:41 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=125#comment-23 Steve, I am a Menninger employee and I wanted to thank you for your comment. You are certainly not alone and we so appreciate your words. If you are human, then you are susceptible to harming yourself, regardless of status, race, religion, etc. I greatly admire your courage in stepping up and commenting on Dr. Ellis' excellent blog post. Steve,

I am a Menninger employee and I wanted to thank you for your comment. You are certainly not alone and we so appreciate your words. If you are human, then you are susceptible to harming yourself, regardless of status, race, religion, etc. I greatly admire your courage in stepping up and commenting on Dr. Ellis’ excellent blog post.

]]> By: Steve Curran http://saynotostigma.com/2010/01/the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Steve Curran Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:21:23 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=125#comment-21 I attempted suicide 5 years ago and was terrified that anyone outside my family would find out. I finally realized that I was ashamed of my disease, Depression. A good friend strongly encouraged me to speak about my disease and my attempt to take my life. It was very empowering and helped me in many, many ways. I quickly found I was not alone. I feel the only way to reduce the stigma is to put a face on our disease and to talk about it and keep on talking about it. I attempted suicide 5 years ago and was terrified that anyone outside my family would find out. I finally realized that I was ashamed of my disease, Depression.

A good friend strongly encouraged me to speak about my disease and my attempt to take my life. It was very empowering and helped me in many, many ways. I quickly found I was not alone.

I feel the only way to reduce the stigma is to put a face on our disease and to talk about it and keep on talking about it.

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