Posted by raisinb on May 1, 2008, at 8:28:19
In reply to living for yourself, posted by raisinb on April 30, 2008, at 13:34:44
Thanks for everyone's replies. I have been thinking about it and I think my therapist was trying to make a much more complex point than I realized at the time.
Everyone's responses have contained phrases or ideas that made me think. I think she was trying to say that I tend to define myself by what I do for other people...whether that's emotional support, teaching kids, entertaining people with sarcasm, etc.
I think she was trying to say that my current depression is just the logical outcome of that. Maybe. I think I will have to ask her more about it today.
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