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223 "The Pause"

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Published February 7, 2015 13 Comments

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  1. SoundofSilence says

    February 7, 2015 at 6:41 am

    The “what the f*** do I say now” silence… deafening.

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    • TimeIsAFlatCircle says

      June 11, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      Helps to warn the other person there might be a “wtf do I say now” pause afterwards. If it happens, you can break the tension then with a joke, if it doesn’t – even better 🙂

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  2. John W. HouchinsJohn W. Houchins says

    February 7, 2015 at 6:43 am

    A pointed commentary of societal perception… *sigh* (Same with Aspergers… who also have a high rate of depression)

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  3. San SdnSan Sdn says

    February 7, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    Sigh.

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  4. A.j. ErmencA.j. Ermenc says

    February 7, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    I admit to a pause when a friend told me she had bipolar disorder, but my response was along the lines of, “Oh. Ok, um, is there anything I need to watch for?” which sparked a very informative discussion…

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    • C. says

      February 11, 2015 at 2:36 pm

      That’s a very good response, A.J. It shows you care and want to help if you can. 🙂

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  5. Dana WolfeDana Wolfe says

    February 7, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    What is this recovered, of which you speak?

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  6. 1544c says

    February 9, 2015 at 2:04 am

    I don’t even tell anyone I have AS because I don’t want to be treated with kid gloves. Also there might be some people who don’t know that because they’ve never got depressed before and they’re busy living in their “happy world”

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    • TimeIsAFlatCircle says

      June 11, 2015 at 9:44 pm

      This is the worst for me. I’ve had people refuse to let me handle knives because they somehow thought it was too dangerous. I have severe depression without a history of self harm, but people still do this.

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  7. Isflor says

    February 9, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    I told my friends I have bipolar disorder and they change the subject. Well, there was a pause and then they kept talking about something else.

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  8. @NeferSSehgal says

    February 18, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    “The pause” http://t.co/EfbN1eytwz via @depressioncomix

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  9. Iconoclast says

    August 27, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    Just throwing this out there, but “the pause” isn’t caused by people hating depressed people for no reason, but because we’re afraid of accidentally making light of what you’re going through and offending you. Especially since there are lots of people online who are pretty … defensive about their depression. You know, the type who play the depression card on you when you try to talk logically, making you feel like an insensitive monster? I understand many if not most people with depression aren’t like this, but better safe than sorry, you know …

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  10. Matt says

    February 28, 2018 at 2:46 pm

    Pausing is fine. It’s new information. Serious information. Your brain shouldn’t parse it so quickly. What’s important is what you say after the pause.

    I knee-jerk response is “it’s okay”

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