Hi,
I need to get this out cos it's going round and round in my head...
I'm trying to manage myself better ie knowing warning signs that I am going
down, but I feel like fighting a losing battle as I believe that I 'like' being
depressed. I have been like this so long that when I am faced with anything bad
getting depressed is my default reaction :( This thinking is so ingrained that I
find it really hard to react appropriately. Even when watching TV and something
goes wrong for a character I think that they should get depressed. Another
thing I think may be connected to my messed up world view is that when I hear or
see something about someone killing themselves I don't react with horror or
sympathy, I feel kind of jealous, I'm not sure why.
I feel like the depression is like a plaster over a wound and admitting to
myself that the way I think about some things is wrong is like removing the
plaster but I think that the wound won't heal without removing plaster :(
Heather