{"id":724,"date":"2007-12-15T14:40:36","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T14:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/12\/dooce-on-depression.html"},"modified":"2007-12-15T14:40:36","modified_gmt":"2007-12-15T14:40:36","slug":"dooce-on-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/12\/dooce-on-depression.html","title":{"rendered":"Dooce on Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"heather-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/import\/heather-1.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><br \/>\nYou all may know the ever-popular blogger, Dooce. I really loved <a href=\"http:\/\/dooce.com\/2007\/12\/13\/because-i-couldnt-say-it-phone\">her post on depression last Thursday<\/a>, and based on the over 1,000 comments I&#8217;m thinking other people could relate, too!<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the first paragraph:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was recently at lunch with a few friends, one who had just been diagnosed with OCD that manifests itself in a need to straighten up everything around her, and I was all really? That&#8217;s considered OCD? Because I thought that was just considered BEING ALIVE. And because she hasn&#8217;t ever read this website she asked if I had ever been treated for a diagnosis abbreviated with capital letters. I looked across the table at my other friend, someone who is very familiar with what I have written here, and she almost gagged on an ice cube. I nodded and then explained that I&#8217;m in ongoing therapy for what&#8217;s called C-R-A-Z-Y.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dooce.com\/2007\/12\/13\/because-i-couldnt-say-it-phone\">To get to the rest click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You all may know the ever-popular blogger, Dooce. I really loved her post on depression last Thursday, and based on the over 1,000 comments I&#8217;m thinking other people could relate, too! 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