Posted by CarolAnn on August 2, 2000, at 8:39:04
In reply to Re: feeling ashamed of depression, posted by ksvt on August 2, 2000, at 3:55:23
Dear ksvt, I spent yrs being ashamed of my depression to the point that I wasted a lot of time before getting help. The thing that helped me let go of the shame is this: Depression is a disease, just like Diabetes is a disease. No one would ever tell a Diabetic to just,"snap out of it", and no Diabetic would think that they should be "ashamed" of having that illness. I have actually used this analogie to explain what depression is to people who couldn't understand it, and it really helps them. Shame comes from thinking that you have control of something, but are not using that control. We did not 'get' depression on purpose, just like no one 'gets' Diabetes on purpose. Both are OUT of anyone's control!
Now, here's something that's probably just going to frustrate you, but maybe it will help:
I read a lot of magazines(one of my obsessions) and I KNOW I've read an article about a woman experiencing the same kind of facial pain you are. And in the article it turned out that there was some kind of obscure cause or disease or something, and there was a definite 'treatment' for it. Unfortuneately, I cannot remember anything else about the article. But, I wanted to post this in case you might want to try to do some research on "facial pain" on your own. Good luck! love CarolAnn
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