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Originally Posted by turquoisesea
You might hate me for this. But why is this not true for yourself? Must you be young to recover? I'm 23 myself, and I can tell you that if I could have gotten off my bum years ago and figured things out on my own I wouldn't have come here in the first place. Now I can, and I do. But it's a gradual process. Last night, I am proud to say I went out with a friend, this whole week has been very successful socially. So I am making great strides, years after coming to PC and starting to work on "getting better"
What I'm suggesting is that you can do this too. You might not be to get up RIGHT THIS MINUTE and be better. Often with depression, the reason for depression was a long time in coming. Sometimes we need time to heal.
So I urge you - take your own advice. what's stopping YOU! And if you really can't, learn from people here at PC, learn from reading articles on the internet or wherever about depression and how to improve your mood. Reach out in those appointments. Don't give up on yourself, and keep trying 
nice to meet you, and I hope you can gain something from PC - I definitely have in my time here
ps if you want a name change, PM an administrator =) |
I couldn’t hate someone for trying to help me! Thank you for your kind and most thoughtful words, I think they have come from a mature mind.
The point I was trying to make about getting up off asses, was simply that one could. This is not the end of the road where depressed/sick people come to stroke each others pain. As you rightly said it is a place to learn.
I’m really happy that things are getting better for you. Baby steps! And you’ll make a life worth living for yourself. If no one succeeded then all of this therapy, drugs, PC would be pretty pointless. I know, many people climb out of this hole to lead relatively happy and productive lives, and perhaps they are even better people because of it, in fact I believe this is the case. Perhaps Winston Churchill would agree!!!
As to my particular situation, well to tell you the truth whenever I even start thinking about everything a gripping darkness fills my soul. It’s like jumping into a pool of quicksand. Here I go again!!! For now anyway, I'm a bit stuck.
Thank you also for that info about a name change. I’ll put my thinking cap on and then make a request. Keep up that positive attitude.
John.