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I've tried to find help for something like depression for almost two decades from therapy. As much as I have wanted it to be, I haven't found therapy to be part
by brookside 9y ago
I've tried to find help for something like depression for almost two decades from therapy. As much as I have wanted it to be, I haven't found therapy to be particularly powerful.
Running is weak also, but insomuch as all you can do is fight and claw your way out of depression[^], long runs, in my experience, can aid to some degree.
[^]Which may very well be a symptom of something(s) we don't understand yet, rather than a disease.
- eradicatethots 9y agoHave you tried not fighting?
- brookside 9y agoWhat does not fighting look like on a practical level? For me, it was months jobless and isolated at a parent's house in the middle of nowhere. For others, not battling means not getting out of bed, and for people facing other "demons" (what a bad word) not fighting might mean to continue to consume drugs or alcohol, or to keep not eating, or eating too much.
- jonnybgood 9y ago> What does not fighting look like on a practical level? For me, it goes "I'm feeling depressed. Okay, I feel depressed. That's interesting. Now what is it that I must do right now at this moment? Get out of bed. Okay, done. I'm still depressed, but what's next?" In other words, I don't bother fighting it or avoiding it. I just acknowledge it and then figure what needs to be done next.
- brookside 9y agoI think we are in agreement that taking constant little actions is the wise course. To me, that is fighting.
- eradicatethots 9y agoFor me depression comes from thinking I should feel differently than I do, so fighting only makes that worse, whereas not fighting is better. Could be this is a cultural problem. In our culture we’re supposed to like work and everybody is expected to shut up.