> I think the idea that you can actually conquer this disease sets you up for failure. This idea needs to be heard. Depression quickly feeds on itself, making

> I think the idea that you can actually conquer this disease sets you up for failure. This idea needs to be heard. Depression quickly feeds on itself, making one hopeless about the inability to fight back against hopelessness. When I learned to accept that the depression was (temporarily) going to win, and that it was its own cause rather than something about myself or my life, I discovered I could just ride it out. As with quicksand, it's the struggling that pulls you down deeper.