Posted by Jost on November 24, 2006, at 21:21:06
In reply to Re: It's Treatable. No, it's not., posted by SLS on November 24, 2006, at 20:54:28
But you also don't know that the woman who seemed very happy wasn't happy at those moments.
Some people experience fluctuations in mood-- and the intense sadness or depression doesn't make the happiness or elation or hypomania (if you want to call it that) less real.
Both can be real. People can do self-destructive things impulsively-- when it doesn't account for a lot of their experience.
and you don't know what lies ahead. there may be the possibility of recovery, or even remission, in the future that you can't see, or believe in. It's possible-- we need to go on, and the knowledge that there is hope, even if we can't experience it at some times-- is important--
Beyond all other things, self-destruction is very hard, and I find that the only thing I can do that's constructive with the thought of it, is avoid that thought-- because it truly does make things worse, and absolutely doesn't make them better.
I know it can be hard, and maybe it seems as if it's some comfort, but I think that that comfort of the thought-- as well as the action-- comes at much, much too high a price.
So I'm glad on any day to feel that I've done something worthwhile, even if it's much harder, and not that close to what I want it to be. I can't always achieve that, but it always remains possible.
Jost
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