and wtf how the hell is depression a disability?

 

pop some pills and get your ass back to work bitch!

 

So here we find a case in which facebook is actually useful...?

Self incrimination to say the least...

 

if the doctor backs up that she was going out on his orders, then i think the insurance co has no case... right?

still, the whole getting paid vaca cause you're depressed thing bugs me. i'm sorry, lots of people are depressed...

 

You obviously have never experienced depression or know anyone who has been depressed. When it takes you an hour to convince yourself just to get out of bed in the morning, you have no emotions, can't concentrate or make even the simplest of decisions, that's certainly not healthy. I hope you never have to experience depression and that you never have to watch a loved one struggle with it.

Have to agree with wraith5 - insurance agents aren't mental health professionals.

 

Facebook is gay.

 

Ask these people:

http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=h...1135c3a70de1fda

Oh wait, they're dead.

 

If she were only going out and pretending to have fun on Dr's orders I doubt she'd be posting pics of it on Facebook. Pretending to have fun would more likely make a depressed person more depressed.

 

People can post pics of you and put them on your profile/photo albums.

 

I'm sorry but what you are suggesting is applied to other things besides depression. Like pretending to have fun with your wife's in-laws when you totally hate it.

Doing things that you used to enjoy or make you happy before the onset of severe depression can definitely lift someone's mood, even temporary is good. Especially if the person is isolating him or herself, having company around at moderate doses has some positive effects.

And depending on how depressed she was, the fact that she went out to "have fun" can mean she is making some progress. Progress to eventually go back to work or restore appropriate functioning. What if she was bed-ridden before? Or had suicidal ideations?

No one has the full understanding here and I'm not going to jump onto the same social mentality that depression should be frowned upon when it is not understood.


/sign-off before I bring work to home.