Psycho-Babble Social Thread 26648

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Why do we delude ourselves?

Posted by homewood on July 18, 2002, at 14:43:15

It will never end

Hope is for the foolish

trust me

Re: Why do we delude ourselves?

Posted by Dinah on July 18, 2002, at 15:00:59

In reply to Why do we delude ourselves?, posted by homewood on July 18, 2002, at 14:43:15

> It will never end
>
> Hope is for the foolish
>
> trust me

Homewood, at the moment I am inclined to agree with you. But I'm not sure we're thinking of the same thing at all. :)

However, I am sometimes glad to be cyclothymic rather than unipolar depressive. At least you can look forward to a change in the seasons. Today is melancholy autumn, while just days (day?) ago I was enjoying halcyon summer. And all I can be sure of is that my mood will change.

Would you like to tell us more about what's going on with you?

Re: Why do we delude ourselves?

Posted by shar on July 18, 2002, at 21:03:24

In reply to Why do we delude ourselves?, posted by homewood on July 18, 2002, at 14:43:15

I'm pretty much where you are, too, Homewood. Right now I'm feeling like it is better to be hopeless than to risk another crash from hopefulness to reality. I'm not too sure how many more crashes I can handle.

I do think the unremitting nature of unipolar depression (dysthymia in my case) is very wearing. Similar to, but not as bad as, chronic pain. It wears away all the pleasures, for me, except the smallest ones. It doesn't leave too much energy for other pursuits.

Going on is just a decision, and the alternatives at the moment don't appeal.

Shar

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