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"This is why I LOVE being depressed. I feel like I'm living in reality." That feeling of access to reality isn't unique to depression. You can feel like you're
by spodek 15y ago
"This is why I LOVE being depressed. I feel like I'm living in reality."
That feeling of access to reality isn't unique to depression. You can feel like you're living in reality when you're not depressed. All of the advantages you claim for depression can be had from other emotions, like happiness or enjoyment, with few or none of the disadvantages.
Calling your perception reality and someone else's fantasy doesn't make your perception reality and theirs fantasy.
"Would you rather a live a lie and be happy or know the truth and be miserable?"
I'd rather not live in a false dichotomy, so I don't.
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- xibernetik 15y agoThat's /your/ experience of depression, and not everyone goes through it the same way or can normalize to it. Some people do feel things during an episode, ranging from sadness to worthlessness to guilt, and may find their mind so clouded reflecting on their life just isn't a possibility. You're not describing depression, you're describing your experience of depression. It's important to keep that in perspective lest other's understanding of the illness be skewed.
- nazar 15y agoDoes being depressed make you happy? It sounds like that. Then being happy for you is like being depressed for other. Well I am lost here :)