• BigFig@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Get on that therapy train, don’t be afraid to get put on the right medication, it can change your life. It did mine

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        6 months ago

        If you tell a therapist that you have a problem and they say you don’t, then that’s a bad therapist. Any good counselor will ask you what your goals are and help you accomplish them.

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          To add onto this: part of being clinically depressed is thinking you have problems that you don’t really have. Imposter syndrome, low self-esteem, and generally having a pessimistic outlook are all things my therapist helped a lot with. Some folks seem to think that all a therapist will do is blow smoke up your ass, but I’ve found a good therapist will help you calibrate your perceptions to reality.

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        You’re painting with a pretty broad brush. True, there are some situations in which acceptance is the only realistic option, and therapy CAN ABSOLUTELY help with those too. But to say that all therapy is just “convincing yourself that you don’t have problems” is just the epitome of naivety. You’re helping no one here.

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    6 months ago

    It sort of permits me to live without any guilt. Nobody can get me to live the way they want and I get a kick out of watching them try

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    6 months ago

    Your situation can only improve from that point. So you got that going for you, which is nice.

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    6 months ago

    You getting hit by a truck will still hurt. I say you need to get back at depression and anything else holdib you done by being successful and stubborn and saying fuck you I don’t want your lemons!

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, because then while people are hurt by your death, you’re not the one hurting them

      Not as good as just not existing in the first place but that ship has already sailed so here we are