[thechillypenguin]

This is a bit of a weird feeling that I have. Cause like I know that my depression partly is genetically inherited and that I had no choice in what egg and sperm came together to create me.

But when I read in a lot of these posts about some of the situations that you guys have to go through, I can't help but feel somewhat guilty. Like mine brain is like,

"Oh you have it so much better, you have a loving and supporting family, a good doctor, friends, a LGBT supporting community Etc. PSHHH what gives YOU the right to have depression."

idk does anyone else have this. When I write it all down I am able to recognize the ridiculous-ness of that little thought but it still comes up. Maybe it's the Catholic Guilt talking since it's been hammered into me since Kindergarten

[Skeezyks]

Thanks for posting this. Yes, I often feel the way you describe. Plus, a large chunk of the problems I have I created myself. So I only have myself to blame. I often say to myself I hope it could be said I had a mental illness all of my life because, if not, then that means I was just flat out a bad person (not that I intended to be... it's just how I turned out.) Anyway... there's no litmus test to qualify for the support that's available here on MSF. You're here... and that's what counts. Best wishes...