Why are people so ignorant about suicide and depression?

I may get flamed for this and i don't care. Those who claim to be depressed and moan and moan and moan and moan about it, i don't believe are really depressed, those who are really depressed, who have been medically diagnosed and had treatment for depression (like myself and my best friend) are actually really good at hiding it, for the most part they don't want people to know hence why so many depressed people go without treatment for so long.

Ok, I'll rephrase it too ' How weak and insecure they are'.

fair enough, but forgive me if i say "everyone you know" is not exactly necessarily a representative sample

on another note
we might not see "no new stuff" as a serious problem, and in a lot of cases, it isn't - people are just greedy little ****s
but materialism as a whole has led to all sorts of new problems, and i'd say genuinely seeing yourself as being in relative poverty can be very damaging indeed

in a study conducted by harvard, something like 70% of students surveyed chose option A over B:
A: you earn 45,000, everyone else earns 30,000
B: you earn 100,000, everyone else earns 250,000

ergo, people are VERY rivalrous when it comes to income

i'm digressing, but yeah basically what i wanted to say is that depression is a deep thing and i don't really thing we can pass off other people's problems as insignificant, no matter what they are
it's like those people who come up with "yh but children are starving in africa" in response to somebody's self-pity. not endearing. at all.

It's not about weakness! If someone has depression, for whatever reason, they have it, and they can't do anything about themselves, otherwise they would have done! If anything, it's strong to have depression and seek help. Having a problem and doing something about it is a far stronger thing to do than to not have depression and to criticise others for a mental illness. THAT is what's weak and pathetic.

I do not think you understand how depression works and how it is brought on. Very rarely do people actually have mental problems that lead or course depression, but most of the time it is brought on by the person wallowing in self pity which results in the chemical imbalance.

Suicide and Depression are at the bottom of my list of physical/mental diseases sorry. I think Cancer and other diseases are more important and should have a higher priority than if someone wants to end their life.

This has got to be a troll.

We are not just chemical imbalances!!!! the whole mind aspect elevates us above all other species.

which then results in the chemical imbalance because their brains becomes accustom to producing that negative chemical.

Suicide and Depression are at the bottom of my list of physical/mental diseases sorry. I think Cancer and other diseases are more important and should have a higher priority than if someone wants to end their life.

Nope. If 1 person should get money, should it be the 12 year old girl with cancer or the 32 year old who has depression?

Well, I would argue that the mind is nothing but a redescription of said chemicals and impulses.

Well, I would argue that the mind is nothing but a redescription of said chemicals and impulses.

I pity you.

So I was reading this thread http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=28902489#post28902489

and I'm completely shocked and appalled at some of the responses, for example:

"Suicide is for the weakminded"
"Survival of the fittest, he deserved to die"
"I have no sympathy with people who do this selfish act" etc.

How can people be so heartless and ignorant? Also, surely people should be more angry at the bullies? That poor boy died because of some cold hearted, foul people who were complete and utter cowards.

Depression is a chemical imbalance for Gods sake, I don't know why people see it any differently from any other illness. Having it does NOT make you weak in any way, no more than having any other illness does. Why the ignorance and the judgement?

The problem here is the bullies, surely more should be done to combat bullying and abuse?

Urgh this makes me ridiculously angry. People who've never had depression or felt suicidal have no right to judge.