I've gone through and continue to go through the same thing---well-meaning family members, etc., saying, "You just need to set some goals and start working toward them. You have to tell yourself you can put it mind over matter." Mmmm, that works amazingly when you're in the middle of a severe panic attack or depression so low it's almost painful to move.

As I tell them--and as I tell people on here too--this is MY damn life. I have to live in this skin. That is not to say I find something that gels and stick with it forever whether it's still helping or not. I'm always trying to figure out new/better ways to cope, improve, etc. Right now part of that is meds. Ppl can naysay all they want to. I say, F--ck off. I have worked way too hard and come too far, crawling all the way, to accept the stuff others "know" to be true.