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Originally Posted by Creative1onder
I don't think anyone can know and prove for definite that depression is a mental illness due to a chemical imbalance. That is one perspective that people choose to follow without getting to the real underlying issues related to their depression.. Regardless of what circumstances we have, or what life throws at us, its always up to the individual how they percieve and respond/deal with things and that has effects. People have different beliefs, and deal with things differently that have different outcomes. Your view of not being able to recover, overcome depression, that is gonna remain for rest of your life cos your brain is not working properly,normally like others, doesn't come from you personally. People have influenced you to think that and you've followed it. You don't know /cant envisage how you will be in the long term future, that you will always be depressed forever.
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Do you know that it has been found that people with depression often have a very hard time envisioning their future to begin with? So there's that.
As for chemical imbalances . . . What about ADs causing mania for many with Bipolar? What about ADs helping many with depression? You can't discard that evidence. And I'll point out here that the OP stated she was diagnosed with BPII, not just depression.
It's not necessarily about getting rid of an illness, it's about learning how to cope, manage, and overcome certain obstacles. It's about getting it under control so that it impedes your life to the least extent possible.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger . . . for the next time.