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Originally Posted by LovebirdsFlying
"What are you depressed about?" Oh, how I despise that question! You might as well ask me what I'm diabetic about. It's an illness, and there doesn't have to be a reason for it.
I think most unenlightened remarks are simply variations on "What are you depressed about?" Examples: - Find some joy in life.
- Look at the silver lining.
- Think good thoughts.
- See the glass half full.
- Choose to be happy.
- You're blessed, you've got this and that going for you.
- You're too young to be so gloomy.
- Cheer up.
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Welcome LovebirdsFlying. Thank you for sharing your points of view and insights. Many will relate.
I will say this though, yes depression is an illness and what that means is that you have to work that much harder at it. If you could do nothing about it then psychotherapy would never work would it?
Asking the question,
'What are you depressed about?' is actually a very good question to ask. You will find in your healing journey that there is usually a reason for the depression even if you are hiding it from yourself at this point, there
will be a good reason.
Your list of
unenlightened remarks are also good things to think about, maybe not the 'cheer up' remark as it is not as simple as that. It takes a lot of work on your part.
Learning to understand depression is hard and coping with it too is a challenge but it is possible to make changes.
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