View Single Post
 
Old May 17, 2016, 02:45 PM
Skeezyks's Avatar
Skeezyks Skeezyks is offline
Disreputable Old Troll
 
Member Since: Oct 2015
Location: The Star of the North
Posts: 32,762
Hello ExhaustedMom: Thank you for sharing your experience. I don't know if depression can make a person stronger. (In my case my struggles with depression & anxiety, among other things, have chipped away at me to the point where sometimes it seems there's not a lot left.) I participated in a partial hospital program years ago. And one thing I recall them saying is: "Don't should on yourself." In other words, don't burden yourself with unnecessary expectations. In line with that, I simply strive to accept where I'm at... with lovingkindness & compassion. I suppose that is perhaps one aspect of radical acceptance.
__________________
"I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last)