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Apr 09, 2014, 08:32 PM
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I am 54 years old and suffered from depression practically my whole life. I feel like such a failure at everything. Jobs, relationships, friendships, etc. My therapist said to just learn to accept that I have depression, and to not try to get away from it, but to embrace it. Easier said than done.
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Apr 09, 2014, 08:58 PM
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Some support. Nobody gives a damn. About what I expected.
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Apr 09, 2014, 09:16 PM
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I'm sorry you are experiencing depression. It is a tough place to be in, but I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. People do care about you.
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Apr 09, 2014, 09:21 PM
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I give a damn. I am 51 years old and have experienced depression since I was a kid...Its a very lonely place to be. I have pushed pretty much everyone away from me. I had a very hard day today and don't know what to say other than you are not alone..I am right here with ya..
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#5
Apr 10, 2014, 09:11 AM
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"Embrace" depression? That seems like an odd suggestion. I want nothing but for the depression to leave me. Just know you're not alone and we're here for you to give support when you need it.
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Apr 10, 2014, 09:40 AM
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Embracing depression...I'd rather jettison it. I've found a lot of support here. Sometimes you just have to check back in a few hours or the next day. I know that I've found a lot of help here over the years...
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Apr 10, 2014, 02:16 PM
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I was in a really bad place yesterday, and I am sorry if I sounded sour. I thought "embracing" depression was a wild suggestion, too. I would rather be rid of it completely. Thank you everyone for your responses.
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Apr 10, 2014, 05:28 PM
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I think it means accepting that you have this disease and that is just the way it is. I have had to accept that I have a long term chronic reccuring disease. Most times when I cycle into one I have to accept it and embrace it because nothing is going to get me out of it. It has to run its course and then I snap out of it. I am 50 years old and have had it since I was a kid. I have learned how my patterns are and usually nothing works, I have to ride it out. That is just how it is for me. Accepting can be very helpful. My first thought was welcome to the club. I guess we are all in it together. Better than being in it alone.
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Apr 10, 2014, 05:43 PM
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I can understand, accepting depression, working around it, acknowledging that it is a lifelong condition, but embracing it no. If I had the energy I'd rather be kicking it in the teeth. I don't want depression to be my friend, it is the enemy, so no I'm not going to embrace my depression, but I will put up a fight.
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Apr 10, 2014, 05:56 PM
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I'll put up a fight too. I think she wants you to know it can't magically.disappear. it drains our energy and zaps the life out of you. I am 44 and have had it as long as I can remember. J self meditated with alcohol forever. I now have two and half years of sobriety so that really helps that I'm not drinking anymore. I'm going to continue to fight this and try to have good days.
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Apr 10, 2014, 06:39 PM
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One time I called my sponsor in AA and was complaining about how freaking depressed I was and I didn't know what to do. He just listened the whole time and then finally said..."So be depressed." A light bulb went on in my head. No one had ever given me permission to be depressed before. I learned to give myself permission to be depressed. Kind of like giving your self permission to grieve a loss.
It helped me. There have been times where I have given up all hope and totally quit trying. But overall I have never stopped looking for solutions that would work and still hold out hope that it will get better. I don't think of it as fighting. I fought my alcoholism and addiction for years, I had to surrender to get better. But that just meant I couldn't do it on my own, I needed help. Fighting implies I am going to beat it that I will be cured. I will never be cured. But who knows maybe I will one day. Maybe they will cut open my brain and fix it.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
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