It seems these days that sadness is too often seen as abnormal, as a disease. To give an example, a while back, I had an appointment for a recheck visit after recovery from bronchitis. Shortly before leaving for the appointment, I let my dog out, and noticed a commotion in the area of my rose arbor. A family of cardinals had a nest with new chicks in it, and I had delighted in watching them from the day they selected the site, through days of nest-building, and days of the male bring food to his nesting mate. Today, though, the cardinals were frantic because a crow had found their babies and was eating them!
I tried to chase him off, but to no avail. I felt so sorry for the cardinals I wept.
When I saw the nurse practioner, she said I seemed sad. I told her the story, and by the time I finished the telling, tears welled up a bit.
She immediately wrote me a Rx for Prozac!
I didn’t fill it, and didn’t go back to see her either. If being tender-hearted is a disease now, and we have to medicate tender-heartedness out of existence, woe to us all!
I think we have to realize that unexplainable depression of long duration might need medication;
But not every tear is a sign of disease!
| medicating sadness |
September 23, 2012
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