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Originally Posted by Creative1onder
Who has led you to believe there's no hope of recovering, overcoming depression.? Do you not think that maybe there are bottled up feelings that are making you still depressed or maybe there are things that are contributing to you staying stuck in depressive state that you haven't addressed/dealt with. I think whatever issues one may face in life it is up to the individual how they percieve and deal with that. You chose to follow the perspective that depression is due to faulty brain functioning, chemical imbalance, and that nothing you do can help overcome it, and you make choice to accept whatever drugs you were recommended by your doctor. I've made my own choices helpful or not and I know what factors have led to me getting depression, the underlying issues. I'm aware of negative unhelpful patterns that have remerged over yrs and suppressed internalised emotions.
Nowadays there's a lot about positive psychology and therapies are focused on challenging peoples thinking and behaviours. When I was referred by gp to mental health service I saw a CBT therapist and I attended diff groups/courses for people with mental health issues and there was always an emphasis on people's choices, how the way you think affects how you feel and its not what others say or do that matters its how you respond /deal with that. Cos people perceive and respond differently to things.
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No one has led me to believe that, I base my opinion that I am unlikely to entirely recover from my depressive disorder on my personal experience with having it and all the things that have factored into it and continue to factor into it...its not anything anyones told me. Its more I got frustrated trying as hard as I could to recover to no avail so now I cope with what I have as best I can don't beat myself up over when it gets to be too much and I have to go to the ER as if I 'let myself slip' or any of that crap...I look at things as positively as i can but truth be told my life is not very positive so that only gets me so far.
I do not think there is any subconcious bottled up feelings keeping me depressed, much of it is pretty out in the open now. Also so what if I just change my thinking to percieve all my negative life experiences as good things and be happy about it, should I be celebrating that at least I didn't die in the school lockdown that happened and it was someone else? Sorry its not as simple as just perceiving things different...how am I supposed to percieve bad things as anything other than that?
Also yes I choose to think depression is a mental disorder, therefore has to do some with problems in the brain...because based on my own research, experiences and learning that seems most likely. Makes more sense than blaming the symptoms of it on myself like I used to up until my first suicide attempt.
Also yeah I have tried drugs, the ones that don't help I quit taking...of course its up to me if I agree to try it or not, but its not like I just take whatever they feed me and hope for the best...there are some drugs I would certainly refuse. And yes thus far it seems I am unable to overcome it...doesn't mean I can not make improvements in life and find some enjoyment/satisfaction or whatever that will just be harder with the depression and other mental issues...but should I just lay down and die because I don't think I will entirely recover? Or does it make more sense to continue trying to live life, work on improvements where possible and get on with things.
I mean what do I have some moral obligation to 'recover' I don't think so. Also yes it does matter what other people say and do to someone, people are capable of hurting and even killing each other to write it off as 'the depressed person just needs to change their thinking and react differently' is ignorant and quite frankly cruel and victim blaming...I certainly don't want that kind of 'therapy'. I'd prefer the kind that validates what I struggle with, rather than the kind based on telling me everything I think, feel and perceive is wrong