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was watching oprah the other day

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Rokiss12

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i was watching oprah the other day, and it was about people who attempted suicide, but lived. and how now they feel like a new person and apprieciate life a lot more. so it got me thinking, alot of us say, including me, how CF has made us who we are and made us a more positive and/or more down to earth/realistic person. but i was wondering...wats the suicide rate, or depression rate with CFers? i dont want to start anything and would just liek to know if anyone has any information on it! thank you!
 
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Rokiss12

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i was watching oprah the other day, and it was about people who attempted suicide, but lived. and how now they feel like a new person and apprieciate life a lot more. so it got me thinking, alot of us say, including me, how CF has made us who we are and made us a more positive and/or more down to earth/realistic person. but i was wondering...wats the suicide rate, or depression rate with CFers? i dont want to start anything and would just liek to know if anyone has any information on it! thank you!
 
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Rokiss12

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i was watching oprah the other day, and it was about people who attempted suicide, but lived. and how now they feel like a new person and apprieciate life a lot more. so it got me thinking, alot of us say, including me, how CF has made us who we are and made us a more positive and/or more down to earth/realistic person. but i was wondering...wats the suicide rate, or depression rate with CFers? i dont want to start anything and would just liek to know if anyone has any information on it! thank you!
 
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lightNlife

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The CFRoundtable.org has an article about CF and depression. I've found their print newsletter to be really great for adult topics.

Are you okay? Pretty much ANYONE who deals with a life altering or traumatic event, including chronic illness, is likely to experience depression. If you're looking for information about depression because you are struggling with it, please talk to a professional. There's only so much each of us can do to be supportive.

If you find yourself in a place where you need to talk to someone and don't want to talk to a healthcare professional, you can dial 1-800-NEW-HOPE. That's a 24-hr helpline for people who need assistance with overwhelming thoughts.
 
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lightNlife

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The CFRoundtable.org has an article about CF and depression. I've found their print newsletter to be really great for adult topics.

Are you okay? Pretty much ANYONE who deals with a life altering or traumatic event, including chronic illness, is likely to experience depression. If you're looking for information about depression because you are struggling with it, please talk to a professional. There's only so much each of us can do to be supportive.

If you find yourself in a place where you need to talk to someone and don't want to talk to a healthcare professional, you can dial 1-800-NEW-HOPE. That's a 24-hr helpline for people who need assistance with overwhelming thoughts.
 
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lightNlife

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The CFRoundtable.org has an article about CF and depression. I've found their print newsletter to be really great for adult topics.

Are you okay? Pretty much ANYONE who deals with a life altering or traumatic event, including chronic illness, is likely to experience depression. If you're looking for information about depression because you are struggling with it, please talk to a professional. There's only so much each of us can do to be supportive.

If you find yourself in a place where you need to talk to someone and don't want to talk to a healthcare professional, you can dial 1-800-NEW-HOPE. That's a 24-hr helpline for people who need assistance with overwhelming thoughts.
 
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Landy

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As far as depression and/or anxiety in CFs, I would take a guess that it is somewhat common & understandably so.
I don't think I've ever heard of anyone w/CF committing suicide. Not to say it hasn't happened, but I haven't heard of any cases of it.
I wonder if us putting up with CF and all that comes with it from an early age makes us better able to cope with stress and somehow the other things we have to deal with in life seem less urgent??? Just grasping at straws here....

On the other hand, you can have someone that has never been dealt any trials in life (such as CF) suddenly facing something huge for the first time in their lives and they don't quite know how to cope so they take what they see as the easy way out.
It would be interesting to know the statistics.
 
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Landy

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As far as depression and/or anxiety in CFs, I would take a guess that it is somewhat common & understandably so.
I don't think I've ever heard of anyone w/CF committing suicide. Not to say it hasn't happened, but I haven't heard of any cases of it.
I wonder if us putting up with CF and all that comes with it from an early age makes us better able to cope with stress and somehow the other things we have to deal with in life seem less urgent??? Just grasping at straws here....

On the other hand, you can have someone that has never been dealt any trials in life (such as CF) suddenly facing something huge for the first time in their lives and they don't quite know how to cope so they take what they see as the easy way out.
It would be interesting to know the statistics.
 
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Landy

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As far as depression and/or anxiety in CFs, I would take a guess that it is somewhat common & understandably so.
I don't think I've ever heard of anyone w/CF committing suicide. Not to say it hasn't happened, but I haven't heard of any cases of it.
I wonder if us putting up with CF and all that comes with it from an early age makes us better able to cope with stress and somehow the other things we have to deal with in life seem less urgent??? Just grasping at straws here....

On the other hand, you can have someone that has never been dealt any trials in life (such as CF) suddenly facing something huge for the first time in their lives and they don't quite know how to cope so they take what they see as the easy way out.
It would be interesting to know the statistics.
 
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Scarlett81

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The cf foundation lists depression as one of the the most common "complications"-ie side effects of the disease. They list it in their annual report. I have post traumatic stress disorder-I'm sure my health is a component of my anxiety but my PTSD is b/c of childhood events.
So I do fall in that category, but only part of it is related to my health.

I think everyone at least thinks about taking their life at least one point in their life. During my deepest part of depression I had some dark thoughts. But never serious, like plans or anything. But the thought of just wanting the pain to go away was there. That's the worst.

I saw that Oprah too-and today my husband I watched it together b/c I wanted him to see it. I think it was good b/c it really helps people to see that you can't just 'snap out of it' when you are really depressed. It's not a funk. You can't control it, or will it away. But there is hope. I am definately a huge advocate of therapy and meds if they're needed. The first time I went to therapy-don't get me wrong, it was scary. But I felt like, man this resource was here all along and didn't use it?! I felt free even after the first time. I wish more people used it that need it.
 
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Scarlett81

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The cf foundation lists depression as one of the the most common "complications"-ie side effects of the disease. They list it in their annual report. I have post traumatic stress disorder-I'm sure my health is a component of my anxiety but my PTSD is b/c of childhood events.
So I do fall in that category, but only part of it is related to my health.

I think everyone at least thinks about taking their life at least one point in their life. During my deepest part of depression I had some dark thoughts. But never serious, like plans or anything. But the thought of just wanting the pain to go away was there. That's the worst.

I saw that Oprah too-and today my husband I watched it together b/c I wanted him to see it. I think it was good b/c it really helps people to see that you can't just 'snap out of it' when you are really depressed. It's not a funk. You can't control it, or will it away. But there is hope. I am definately a huge advocate of therapy and meds if they're needed. The first time I went to therapy-don't get me wrong, it was scary. But I felt like, man this resource was here all along and didn't use it?! I felt free even after the first time. I wish more people used it that need it.
 
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Scarlett81

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The cf foundation lists depression as one of the the most common "complications"-ie side effects of the disease. They list it in their annual report. I have post traumatic stress disorder-I'm sure my health is a component of my anxiety but my PTSD is b/c of childhood events.
So I do fall in that category, but only part of it is related to my health.

I think everyone at least thinks about taking their life at least one point in their life. During my deepest part of depression I had some dark thoughts. But never serious, like plans or anything. But the thought of just wanting the pain to go away was there. That's the worst.

I saw that Oprah too-and today my husband I watched it together b/c I wanted him to see it. I think it was good b/c it really helps people to see that you can't just 'snap out of it' when you are really depressed. It's not a funk. You can't control it, or will it away. But there is hope. I am definately a huge advocate of therapy and meds if they're needed. The first time I went to therapy-don't get me wrong, it was scary. But I felt like, man this resource was here all along and didn't use it?! I felt free even after the first time. I wish more people used it that need it.
 
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