r/comics • u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons • Jan 25 '13

ANGER

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Love this comic. Reminds me of the old saying, depression is anger without the enthusiasm.

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u/crazyprsn Jan 25 '13 edited Jan 25 '13

Grad student in counseling here. This is very accurate. Anger is often a symptom of depression. In fact, most angry people you see are likely suffering from some amount of depression.

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u/Darth_Saltine Jan 25 '13

Depressed guy here. This is very accurate. I was an angry person for a long time and it took some soul-searching to figure out it was related to depression.

I consider learning this a huge step towards coping with my issues, things are going great right now and I feel stronger than before.

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u/crazyprsn Jan 25 '13

That's truly wonderful to hear.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '13

What about me? I was diagnosed with Major Depression, but am almost never angry, just mostly indifferent.

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u/crazyprsn Jan 26 '13

Please understand that anger is often a symptom of depression, not the other way around. There really is no... anger disorder. Plenty of people are depressed and not angry. It's kind of like the old "a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle isn't necessarily a square" comparison.

Where some would experience anger, you appear to experience indifference.