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Originally Posted by AuroraBorealis75
I have been depressed for so long that I feel like I don't know how to be anything else. I've hoped and tried and tried and hoped to get better, but I'm almost 40 and have struggled since the age of 10.
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You know what AuroraBorealis? I was depressed for longer than you and was similarly getting low on hope, but I am now completely over it.
Depression SEEMS like an all powerful foe that you can never shake, but that is an illusion. It's a trick. Depression's only power over you comes because getting into the depressed mode of being is unconscious. Because it's unconscious, it keeps coming back, seemingly no matter what you do. Because of that, you start to feel hopeless like you are expressing above. Believe it or not, there may be a simple way to break the spell. If you are, interested, have a look at this:
http://egg.bu.edu/~youssef/SNAP_CLUB...0164151576.pdf
- vital