I think as adults it is both an inside job and external. It is important to find people who are understanding, won't judge and will validate you. That expect you unconditionally. Those people are out there.
Then there is the inside job. Learning to trust people. Self validation. Journaling. Meditation. Patting yourself on the back for accomplishing one small thing. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Challenging your negative thoughts as not being true. etc...
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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