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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
You may hate me for this, but...
mostly people are capable of more then they believe they are. There's a lot you can do for yourself. For too many it's issue of learned and re-inforced helplessness.
It's possible to do things even while depressed. It's possible to be depressed and still appreciate life and all the things.
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Good points there and I agree with it to an extent. If someone thinks life will never get better it just may not get better. Some forms of MI do make it practically impossible to function at an worthwhile level. In all but the worst cases I think it's possible to take small steps and build on that. It does get very discouraging at times to have to constantly battle to have any sort of a meaningful life. And if depression is bad enough I think it can prevent you from appreciating life at all. And I'm not sure if this happens to others but when I'm really depressed there is no goodness and never was and never could be. The depression makes earlier times that you know were good seem bad. Or seem good for wrong reasons.