What is worst: cancer or depression?

Robin Williams died at 63 years because of depression. British actress Maggie Smith, now 79, had cancer during the filming of the Harry Potter saga (she plays the role of Professor Minerva McGonagall) and his scenes in "Half-Blood Prince" wearing a wig.

What is the difference between these two diseases?

The first-ever thinks that is treatable and the second is considered a death sentence.

Who has the first drink is considered to be a drunk and not a patient and who has the second drinking is understood.



Who has the first is ashamed of asking for help, especially when you have a recurrence, thinking it's a matter of weakness of character, and while those who have the second usually has full support of the family, especially a during a recurrence



The first is most often confused with the personality of the person (ironically no one was more contagious and a happy person than Robin Williams) and is commonly abandoned the family. While in the second, the family is proud to help and tell all the relatives to give support.



So between depression and cancer, particularly, I prefer cancer.



What's worse: suffering from depression and die abandoned by family and being labeled an alcoholic or dying from cancer, surrounded by family members who understand you and love you?



big hug



Sergio Torres

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Archidy Trigueiro de Noronha, I completely understand everything you said. The family blames the drinking as the beverage was a cause and not an effect. My father used to say a drunk guy, can be drunk and sick. One does not exclude the other. Family is much easier to blame saying he is a drunk than to support as would if the relative had cancer, suffered a heart attack or stroke. I would trade all that my suffering that has lasted 40 years for any cancer, either. Well, you can not enjoy life being mentally ill. Take the example of Steve Jobs, he had a terrible cancer, but not had depression. What happened? By the end he enjoyed life, died surrounded by family and even mentioned the time that death was coming. Ie, enjoyed every minute of life. Depression is a terrible disease that alienates relatives, then you're alone, what worsens your condition, you die alone and do not enjoy the time that you're alive. It is a devastating disease depression, I would trade for any cancer, for me diseases like this is a joke compared with depression. You die from cancer but you live in death if you have depression . Take the example of Steven Hawking, the guy does not move for almost 40 years but has the ill of depression and plays with life and is a fan of the show TBBT. My father spent six years with terminal cancer, but had no depression, you know what he did? threw a party celebrating the wonderful life he had and took his leave in the lives of friends, who were many. Take the case of those who have the disease of depression, has no life, no friends and simply the greatest happiness you can have in life is a diagnosis of a terminal disease because know that suffering will end. Many say, but everyone suffers. I can not agree more with that statement in gender and number grade. But normal people do not "only" suffer. That healthy people do not understand. That suffering is part of life, this is normal. What is not normal is to suffer for all your life being okay around. Those who have not this disease do not feel on the skin, like pepper in the eyes of others. Live life in agony and still have to pretend to everyone that you are a normal person is worst than any disease that is burden more than anyone . And there's no way to get rid of this disease although there are highly evolved medicines today but not heal. Take the case of Robin Williams, with all the money in the world people said it was experiencing financial problems. It is obvious to normal people from whom it has to have a reason for a person commit suicide not only have this terrible disease to do so. If he were a normal person , he would work in any other branch and be happy, because going through difficulties is part of life and is no reason for or grounds for suicide. Only a person with this terminal condition commits suicide.