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Originally Posted by healed84
So, last week I asked T if he thought I would just keep coming back to this place of depression where my SI flares, and suicidal ideation gets more intense until I went back on meds. And to my surprise he said no. So, doesn't that mean that my depression is situational and therefore under my control? So, I should pick myself up by my boots strap and not deal with this crap anymore?
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It could mean that your depression is worsened by stress, and that dealing with the triggers and stressors in therapy will lessen the severity of depression. It's still physiological, not a
pull yourself up get over it kind of thing. I see it as an encouraging thing to say.