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Yes, please tell this to my MS caused quadriplegic uncle whom suffers from chronic seizures and a recently failing diaphragm. I wonder why he's depressed.

Disabled or weak people are especially susceptible to depression. Obviously depression is not exclusively for "weak" people, but of course some cases of depression do involve being weak. How can it not be?

I very much congratulate /u/Quadrupleawesomeness for being so positive as I feed, move, put to bed, and my own quadriplegic uncle many times a week and I see the effects that being disabled can have on a person. You are very inspiring.

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I just wanted to take a second and thank you. My close uncle suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and is also paralyzed from the neck down and I often act as a caretaker for him. Last week I learned his diaphragm is failing and that he needs a Tracheotomy. So you two are unfortunately in similar, but not exact, situations. I've been pretty scared about everything but this AMA really relaxed me, thank you!