<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post115589923016288623..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115746934388086536</id><published>2006-09-05T11:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T11:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry for your loss.  Just wanted to say that I ap...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry for your loss.  Just wanted to say that I appreciate your post on this.  So sad and so true.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115746934388086536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115746934388086536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1157469300000#c115746934388086536' title=''/><author><name>Robin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02758111973215657165</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-271375691"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115614297000771637</id><published>2006-08-21T02:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T02:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the &quot;rant,&quot; Ron, and condolences on you...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the &quot;rant,&quot; Ron, and condolences on your--and your company&#39;s--great loss.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Susan</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115614297000771637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115614297000771637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156142940000#c115614297000771637' title=''/><author><name>Susan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149093537815104761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-916968898"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115610687471471302</id><published>2006-08-20T16:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T16:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the surrealist inquest on suicide there were ma...</title><summary type='text'>In the surrealist inquest on suicide there were many who were pro-suicide.  My favorite was Jacques Rigaut, who set a date ten years ahead on which he would commit suicide.  Then he proceeded to live like an express train for ten years, going through ten lives worth women, and song.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And he kept the date with destiny.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Other great modernists who did themselves in: Rene Crevel (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115610687471471302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115610687471471302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156106820000#c115610687471471302' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115607156441472621</id><published>2006-08-20T06:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T06:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian Keenan and Mike Farrell are DEAD ON target abo...</title><summary type='text'>Ian Keenan and Mike Farrell are DEAD ON target about Blanchot and suicide.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank God I&#39;m not the only one who recognizes this.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;SUICIDE may be the backdrop of every sentence in Blanchot...Space of Literature,Infinite Conversation,..definitely the later writing: Step Not Beyond, Writing the Disaster&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Whenever this issue comes up about suicide [ie., my mother and her high </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115607156441472621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115607156441472621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156071540000#c115607156441472621' title=''/><author><name>my cottage in the Western night</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14813667360581207872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-760409963"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115603364298328638</id><published>2006-08-19T20:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T20:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lanny said:  &quot;I celebrate suicide just like the su...</title><summary type='text'>Lanny said:  &quot;I celebrate suicide just like the surrealists did, and I celebrate the bravery of those souls who throw up the final FUCK YOU!&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A &quot;fuck you&quot; to a world of others that, presumably, didn&#39;t seem to care in the first place?  Lanny, there couldn&#39;t be an emptier &quot;fuck you&quot;.  A &quot;fuck you&quot; only means something when there is a reaction to it--it&#39;s not the originator that supplies </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115603364298328638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115603364298328638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156033620000#c115603364298328638' title=''/><author><name>James</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14066844450420389687</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-564976163"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115601880777182677</id><published>2006-08-19T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T16:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In point of fact I defy anyone to skip for thirty ...</title><summary type='text'>In point of fact I defy anyone to skip for thirty minutes and to remain unhappy.  Test my thesis and see for yourself empirically.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Even get the most depressed person you know to skip for thirty minutes and see if their life is not altered for at least that period.  Even for yourself try to remain as sullen as possible while skipping.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I should write a book.  Skip Therapy!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115601880777182677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115601880777182677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156018800000#c115601880777182677' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115601758490059063</id><published>2006-08-19T15:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T15:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have been in close contact with and know how int...</title><summary type='text'>I have been in close contact with and know how intransigent depression (or associated states) can be, and how futile &quot;arguments&quot; can become, except perhaps for an animal like physical presenc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am sorry for the loss of your friend. But for the grace of God...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron, in the middle of this, I would like to object to one part of your argument, well intentioned though it may be: your</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115601758490059063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115601758490059063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156017540000#c115601758490059063' title=''/><author><name>murat</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08607589322879739673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107660953"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115600773803738003</id><published>2006-08-19T13:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T13:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wasn&#39;t kidding about skipping. I&#39;m always in dan...</title><summary type='text'>I wasn&#39;t kidding about skipping. I&#39;m always in danger of going into a depression, but apparently not to the levels that some others experience. But I feel that it follows me like a very dangerous cloud, and that skipping does in fact help.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a teenager I was seriously depressed and thought of suicide all the time.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Skipping was a breakthrough.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Wodehouse was an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115600773803738003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115600773803738003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156007700000#c115600773803738003' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115600525000588789</id><published>2006-08-19T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T12:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lanny,In the end though, it&#39;s Nadja who winds up i...</title><summary type='text'>Lanny,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the end though, it&#39;s Nadja who winds up in the sanitorium, and not Breton himself, no?  And he abandons her there, when he is done with her, does he not?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Beware the standard-bearers of suicide who themselves live.  Parasites.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do you want to know about Surrealism and Suicide?  Ask Francesca Woodman.  But when she opens her mouth, only shadows come out. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115600525000588789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115600525000588789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156005240000#c115600525000588789' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115600014790116598</id><published>2006-08-19T11:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T11:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I told a friend once, ‘If you kill yourself all yo...</title><summary type='text'>I told a friend once, ‘If you kill yourself all your enemies would celebrate’ and he said a year later that that was what saved him.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Michael Farrell’s recommendation of Blanchot is seconded here.. One summer Clark Coolidge told me to read Gaze of Orpheus and Gary Allen told me to read Trungpa’s Meditation in Action, and those two books helped get me through the next few years when you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115600014790116598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115600014790116598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1156000140000#c115600014790116598' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115597642408772838</id><published>2006-08-19T04:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T04:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115597642408772838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115597642408772838'/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115597389055955333</id><published>2006-08-19T03:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T03:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thats too bad. I am sorry.</title><summary type='text'>Thats too bad. I am sorry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115597389055955333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115597389055955333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155973860000#c115597389055955333' title=''/><author><name>Poetrywithmeaning.com</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06758776535794972949</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-556096077"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115596860459046264</id><published>2006-08-19T02:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T02:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not to turn this sad news of your friend&#39;s passing...</title><summary type='text'>Not to turn this sad news of your friend&#39;s passing into more self-centrism, but as someone who has been psychiatrically-labeled with &quot;major depression&quot; and as someone who has dealt with it for two decades now, the only understanding that I&#39;ve been able to get across to other people who find my behavior annoying or frustrating or &quot;sad&quot; or &quot;dismal&quot; or &quot;pathogically shy/introverted&quot;--&quot;Buck up, son&quot;-</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115596860459046264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115596860459046264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155968580000#c115596860459046264' title=''/><author><name>James</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14066844450420389687</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-564976163"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115596506557596424</id><published>2006-08-19T01:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T01:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>sorry to hear about this ron...sometimes the harde...</title><summary type='text'>sorry to hear about this ron...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sometimes the hardest thing to do for anyone who&#39;s suffering some sort of psychic pain is to admit that there&#39;s a problem...it&#39;s important that anyone who&#39;s suffering from depression or bipolar or whatever get help...i know that i&#39;ve dealt with it literally all of my life...i&#39;ve seen and felt its effects on family members close friends and myself...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115596506557596424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115596506557596424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155965040000#c115596506557596424' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790371086"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115596336105126306</id><published>2006-08-19T00:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T00:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yikes!  What a Pandora’s Box Mr. Silliman opened w...</title><summary type='text'>Yikes!  What a Pandora’s Box Mr. Silliman opened with this post.  It brings home the disparity of experience and opinion between those who have some real experience with depression and those who eschew it as a social or spiritual disorder, as in a “blame the victim” dynamic, and between those who believe that it can be treated by things like yoga and mediation, or quitting drinking, or exercising</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115596336105126306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115596336105126306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155963360000#c115596336105126306' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115595038442590908</id><published>2006-08-18T21:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T21:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron I am very sorry for your loss. I have struggle...</title><summary type='text'>Ron I am very sorry for your loss. I have struggled with depression for years having endured an abusive childhood. I have tried suicide twice in my life and failed miserably thank goodness.&lt;BR/&gt; Sometimes I wonder if it will ever go away. Most writers I know do seem to suffer from depression along with anxiety disorder. I enjoy your blog, please continue.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115595038442590908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115595038442590908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155950340000#c115595038442590908' title=''/><author><name>Chris Mansel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08387214424145665054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-62929607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594581657985371</id><published>2006-08-18T20:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T20:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My condolences to you, Ron, and to anyone else who...</title><summary type='text'>My condolences to you, Ron, and to anyone else who knew your friend.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You write a number of very important things here; the last three paragraphs are particularly good to read. Thanks.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The &quot;social/chemical&quot; question is crucial (I’d question my own tentative wording there), and everything depends on what question it actually turns out to be. Some thoughts:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The extreme at </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594581657985371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594581657985371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155945780000#c115594581657985371' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594298324379822</id><published>2006-08-18T19:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T19:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good point about prison/crime, Ian.Considering tha...</title><summary type='text'>Good point about prison/crime, Ian.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Considering that Kirby&#39;s solutions include &quot;skipping,&quot; I think (I hope) he&#39;s just kidding around.  Not very funny, but constructive because many people &lt;I&gt;do&lt;/I&gt; have the attitude Kirby shows.  But major depressive disorder is not a &quot;mood,&quot; it&#39;s not &quot;the blues&quot; or melancholia.  If you&#39;ve had MDD or loved someone with MDD then you know that, as c.w. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594298324379822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594298324379822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155942960000#c115594298324379822' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594283641503801</id><published>2006-08-18T19:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T19:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>no one solution .. a few years ago i thought the a...</title><summary type='text'>no one solution .. a few years ago i thought the answer was any kind of physical therapy .. i used network chiropractic .. it meant touch without -- at least in my case - being confronted - &amp; a release of tension. but my last serious bout was i think greatly relieved by research - by beginning a thesis that stimulated me, amused me. i had to give up alcohol of course, &amp; am perceived as something </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594283641503801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594283641503801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155942780000#c115594283641503801' title=''/><author><name>michaelf</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03896092358881060164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594268744908148</id><published>2006-08-18T19:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T19:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry you lost another friend to this conditional ...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry you lost another friend to this conditional disease, but thanks so much for the insightful rant.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve read some silly and some thoughtful  comments in this stream and tend to agree more with those who understand that sometimes depression can be so debilliating that even to read a book or excersize is simply out of the question.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For instance, as a musician, I love to play </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594268744908148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594268744908148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155942660000#c115594268744908148' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594081296255811</id><published>2006-08-18T18:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T18:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>if you know somebody who is suicidal,take them to ...</title><summary type='text'>if you know somebody who is suicidal,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;take them to the nearest graveyard &amp;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;simply sit with them; for however &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;long it takes...it works is all i know.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594081296255811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115594081296255811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155940800000#c115594081296255811' title=''/><author><name>whatwhere</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13923185219467723567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-490812828"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115593263810155583</id><published>2006-08-18T16:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T16:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The suicide rate is increasing every year and the ...</title><summary type='text'>The suicide rate is increasing every year and the prison rate in the US is unprecedented in human history.  The fact that the US sees more reason to imprison for behavior than ever before may seem irrelevant to psychology but it is only through a terribly distorted frame of reference that one could conclude that.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course, a large amount of the prison population is there for a reason </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115593263810155583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115593263810155583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155932580000#c115593263810155583' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115592730597431028</id><published>2006-08-18T14:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T14:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wodehouse and skipping, eh?Reading and exercise ha...</title><summary type='text'>Wodehouse and skipping, eh?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reading and exercise have their place in therapy, and maybe such things are not nearly emphasized enough, given the heavy reliance in many cases on medications alone.  But depression is &quot;like a spiritual condition&quot; that a skip around the block and a chapter of Jeeves can change?  What a friggin&#39; joke, and impolite, to say the least, to those currently </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115592730597431028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115592730597431028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155927300000#c115592730597431028' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115592692535070963</id><published>2006-08-18T14:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T14:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry about your friend, Ron.Kirby, if all writers...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry about your friend, Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kirby, if all writers have experienced depression, then by your own logic you must not be a writer, because you harbor all the prejudices of someone who has never really been depressed; not to mention the fact that you are speaking from only your own experience and base your assumptions on that subjective and very narrow slice of knowledge.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115592692535070963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115592692535070963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155926880000#c115592692535070963' title=''/><author><name>LBehrendt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17744661355732297091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2117488632"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115592404501205905</id><published>2006-08-18T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T14:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,I am sorry for your loss. It is a sad waste of...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;I am sorry for your loss. It is a sad waste of a human life.&lt;BR/&gt;I think creative people tend to be frightened of the prospect of treating anything to do with the function of their brain or their mind. Many of us spend so much time fixating on where the ability to create comes from, that we worry that a change will short-circuit it. This is a poisonous idea.&lt;BR/&gt;I nearly lost a good </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115592404501205905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115589923016288623/comments/default/115592404501205905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html?showComment=1155924000000#c115592404501205905' title=''/><author><name>E. R. Dunhill</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/depression-stole-friend-last-friday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115589923016288623' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115589923016288623' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-352699808"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry></feed>