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Originally Posted by myprescriber
Sometimes I feel like my depression is my karma...maybe for not appreciating what I had before I was diagnosed. But I was only 18 and too young to sit down and appreciate anything. It's a destructive way of thinking...but I don't know how to rid of it.  |
I don't think you are paying for taking things for granted, rather it may be the other way around: Being too hard on yourself is a symptom of depression. You were 18... and only human. What 18 year old is able to see the bigger picture and appreciate everything they have? I didn't know many. That's just being a teenager. It takes a lot of wisdom and experience to appreciate what we have, and hard times to contrast against the good things so as to put it all into perspective. Of course, I need to be taking my own advice on this one. We all know this logically, but depression has a messed-up way of altering our reasoning skills to work against our favor (not in our favor?... eh. My grammar stinks). *hugs*