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Originally Posted by shining17
As I stated before the "complexities" of depression are mostly, if not entirely, rooted in peoples emotional {baggage/attachments/narrative} that they've been dragging behind them(dwelling on the past) or placing in front of themselves(dwelling on the future).
It is a matter of will power. If you're upset or bothered by anything I've said, it's because I'm calling attention to your lack of {willpower/commitment}. I'm not saying you didn't try, I'm giving a different perspective to people who've taken the time to read all of this.
There is no way that someone who Truly wants to pull themselves out of depression is going to keep finding themselves in the depths of it. It is impossible. Do or do not.
Why bother replying with {isolated examples/hypothetical scenarios} or complaining about how you didn't try enough/making excuses? What's the point? Do you just want someone to feel sorry for you?
Whenever people say that thoughts are powerful, it is always an understatement.
I know why big pharma makes so much money and grows bigger with every passing year. Its because they're capitalizing on peoples weaknesses- they're capitalizing on the majority of peoples fear of change and their refusal to change. They're just selling people "crutches" and {enabling/romanticizing} their neuroses for the sake of profit.
What I'm saying is not just "thinking yourself out of it" it is "living yourself out of it".
Everything from your thoughts to your actions has to change.
Thinking positive thoughts isn't going to cut it. I'm talking about creating a positive mindset, not just "trying to think positive" for a couple minutes every time an article on the internet reminds you to.
When I say positive, I'm not even saying rainbows and sunshine, I'm saying a mindset that you are {happier/more content with} whatever that means for you personally.
I detest labels and I see so many here are utterly entrenched in them.
If a little girl is ever-so-slightly overweight to the point of it not being noticeable to anyone she meets, and yet someone(maybe a cruel parent, doctor or classmates) has told her she is fat enough times- now she has it in her head that she "is fat". She has a {{complex}} now. Now her thoughts revolve around her "being fat" and inherently her life starts to revolve around her "being fat". Do you think she is optimistic about not being "fat", about losing weight? Or, do you think she has resigned to "being fat"? How easy do you think it will be for her to see past her "fatness" in a decade if she keeps up that way of {thinking/being}?
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You don't know me. You don't know any of us on here. You do not know our levels of willpower, or what we have or have not done to get ourselves out of that deep, dark pit that is depression. Do you honestly think that the people here want to be here? Do you honestly think that they aren't doing everything they can to get out? When you say 'There is no way that someone who Truly wants to pull themselves out of depression is going to keep finding themselves in the depths of it. It is impossible. Do or do not', this shows lack of understanding and compassion.
You want to encourage people with depression to change by bringing a positive mindset into their lives? How is insinuating that their depression is their fault, claiming they are just making excuses, that they lack willpower/commitment, that the people they seek to help them are just out to make profit, going to do that? How is that supportive, which is the entire premise of this board? It is your wording and your message, that is hindering your cause. I think it needs some work. You do not realize the damage you could be doing with what you are saying.