Posted by Tabitha on February 21, 2016, at 15:58:54
In reply to Is it really a case of mind over matter?, posted by Meltingpot on February 21, 2016, at 12:11:29
> I always envy the people who say that the came out of depression/anxiety on their own by changing their lifestyle, diet and thinking positively.
Hi again. I just think those people are uninformed about what depression is, and it irritates me that they are making it sound like it's a moral issue, as if they made the correct choices whereas people with depression are making incorrect choices. Sadly, I don't know how to educate people as to what it actually feels like to suffer severe clinical depression.
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> When I became suicidal at the age of 35 my lifestyle was ok. I had been happy the year before, went to the gym regularly, rarely drank alcohol, loved my job, had people in my life who loved and cared about me so I just don't get it. For the life of me I will never really understand why or how I got depressed again. Am I missing something or in denial about something?
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>I don't think you're missing some option or in denial. I think that your brain is malfunctioning in a way that creates depression, and it's miserable and unfortunate, but it's largely outside your control.
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