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Hmm perhaps I've upset some people here with my big flapping mouth. I didn't intend to undermine the severity of anyones mental health.
I am personally well aware of the severity of depression, and perhaps I should clarify it is something I have been diagnosed with MDD and it's something that I too manage with frequent visits to the GP, medication, and ongoing therapy. Alot of therapy. Without those things, yes, @HenryX I absolutely would not be able to function as your article explains. And the state I reached of dysfunction required intervention. Without that help I would not be alive today.
What I was trying to say, with no intention at flustering anybody at all (and I apologise if that's what I've done, sincerely), is that my condition is something that will require ongoing treatment, as it has been for years now. There's not an end goal of living without depression or "getting on top of it". And the point I was trying to make is that if, when I am suffering through a depressive episode, the view point that I feel is impressed upon me is that it's bad to feel that way. And perhaps I'm wrong. I could very well be and this all only my opinion. But I don't want to feel like I'm wrong for wanting to stay in bed. I don't want to feel bad that the house is shit storm. I don't want to feel useless, incapable, pathetic because I can't shower or brush my teeth. My take on it-- the way that's helpful for me to see it--Is that I should accept and expect those days to come around and instead of punishing myself for it. Accept it. Accepting that I am a person living with depression, it is a part of me, it is not something I or anyone else can fix or erase from my being. It IS something I can manage, and something I do manage, evey hour, of every minute, of every day.
I just wanted to discuss a shift in perspective because feeling like we are wrong when we can't function is a big part of the problem for me. I certainly wasn't trying to advise people don't seek help, I would never advise that, I would never dismiss someones who is struggling with depression.
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