So serious meh? Depression during ns doesn't mean depression
forever rite? I tot can treat one... Just because the poor guy got
depression during ns (maybe his parents passed away or something)
he'll be stigmatised for life? Then the employer must be damn
unreasonable...
Why unreasonable? Treatable & curable are 2 separate things.
The likelihood is that the person would've displayed unpredictable
behavior even before he got enlisted (withdrawal, truancy,
anti-social, unmotivated, etc.), to the extent of regularly seeing
a shrink on the side too.
As a illness, you don't "suddenly" get depressive, nor is it
"suddenly" curable. It's not certifiable (or downgradable) based on
hearsay either; there must be persuasive evidence that it's led to
prior abnormal behavior that renders him ineffective to serve NS.
& it's gonna be a lifelong condition too, affecting future
employment prospects cuz the distressed person can't consistently
cope well with daily activities.
Depression is basically a "mental illness" but not
Woodbridge-psychotic like schizophrenia. Rather, it shares the
uncontrollable feelings afflicting those suffering from
anxiety/eating disorders or obsessive compulsive disorder. No
doubt, a coward can keng all he want, except it's self-defeatingly
delusional to leave medical notes on record & then try to
persuade future employers that they're all false.
