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Apr 24, 2008, 11:19 AM
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I had a long discussion with my pdoc about this…“do I matter?” When I get depressed I look at that question through a filter of despair and I generally feel like I don’t matter—like I could disappear and it just would not matter. I could die and I would not even have left a footprint on society.
So, I have been coming out of my depression and as I look at the question now, I realize I do matter. Of course to my family, but to many others as well. PscyCentral came to the front of my mind as a place where “I matter.” Not only do I matter as a person, everything I do here matters and generally helps either myself or others. I can’t think of another place or organization where I feel this connected and involved with other people. It feels good to matter and I hope everybody else here knows how much you matter to me.
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Apr 24, 2008, 11:26 AM
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((((((DePressMe)))))) i'm glad you realize you matter coz you do...you matter very much.  
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Apr 24, 2008, 11:30 AM
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Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. ~Mahatma Gandhi~ |
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Apr 24, 2008, 11:31 AM
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(((DepressMe ))))) i believe strongly that you do matter... very much....
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Apr 24, 2008, 11:31 AM
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((((((Depressme)))))))))
You matter to me and everyone here. Your so right about that. love ya, chal
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So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.--Marian Wright Edelman |
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Apr 24, 2008, 12:03 PM
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Amen!
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#7
Apr 24, 2008, 01:24 PM
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We must be on similar wavelengths! I tend to go towards that kind of thinking myself...I try not to think about it when I'm not depressed because I'm afraid I'd come up with the same answers as when I'm depressed...so you are not alone in your depressive thinking!
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#8
Apr 24, 2008, 01:31 PM
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(((((((((((Depressme)))))))))) Good post! You really do matter.
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#9
Apr 24, 2008, 01:31 PM
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(((DepressMe ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
you do matter |
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Apr 24, 2008, 02:16 PM
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((((((((((((((DePressMe))))))))))))))))
Yes I agree that you definately matter.
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 Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one." C.S. Lewis visit my blog at http://gimmeice.psychcentral.net |
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Apr 24, 2008, 04:37 PM
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you matter... my friend...
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#12
Apr 24, 2008, 04:41 PM
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we all matter.......everyone has a purpose otherwise we wouldnt be here....sometimes it takes time to find that purpose...
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Apr 24, 2008, 04:46 PM
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Yes you do!
Remember your end point on that discussion, when you are in a good place you can see that you DO matter. Then, when you hit depression again (and as it begins to ease forever I hope) you will be able to use the "decision" against the depressive lies. You can say, "No, I know I DO matter, I won't listen to depression." You have reached a good place in your life. (Remember the story, It's a Wonderful Life. Just because it's centered around Christmas time doesn't meant the moral doesn't apply year round!)
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Apr 24, 2008, 05:37 PM
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(((((((((((( DePressMe ))))))))))))))
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Apr 24, 2008, 09:17 PM
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(((Depressme)))
You definitely matter to me. Don't let depression tell you otherwise. --splitimage
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 "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba 
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#16
Apr 24, 2008, 09:24 PM
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your mattering over here to me too! (and to jeremy - hugs from both of us
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