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Originally Posted by charmin
During my latest session I started saying how I have steady job, kids are healthy and happy, get along with wife, I'm physically healthy... I rambled off about 10 more good things and said I realize there are lots of people with larger and more serious problems than I have. After doing this I felt like a whimp and I have no business asking for any kind of stress/depression help. It turned out to be a good and useful session but sometimes I feel I have no business feeling the way I do...anyone know what I mean or where I'm going with this one??
From the outside looking in my life looks pretty wonderful yet in my own head I just don't have those 'feel good' thoughts I think I should.
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Yep- that's called guilt and is a common depressive symptom. You deserve just as much help as anyone else. You have to think of it like taking your car in for a tune-up or doing an oil change.
No matter what you think, someone ALWAYS has it worse. Don't judge or compare your problems. Think of them as all problems that just need fixed. No matter how large the hole, it needs repaired. And yeah, I do know what you mean. It took some convincing to get me to a T but I felt better once I did, and from there I learned to stop judging myself.