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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





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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...
Heather Walker
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Jun 20, 2009
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I understand. Really, depression is the coping mechanism we've used for years. One needs to find other mechanisms that work. I once had dinner with a woman I...
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Jun 20, 2009
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have you tried cognitive behavioural therapy? http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000424   its normal when depressed to feel strange feelings like jealousy...
claire king
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Jun 21, 2009
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Hiya, I started seeing a CBT psychologist years ago after I was referred to her through my plastic surgeon (the left side of my face is paralysed) but at the...
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Jun 21, 2009
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Hi Heather, I, too, am starting to think that being depressed is just pat of who I am, and without it I don't know how my life would be. I believe that I am...
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Jun 23, 2009
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Julia, I now what you mean about being reluctant to give it up, I feel that I wouldn't be me if I changed. My pyschologist gave up trying CBT on me! She would...
Heather Walker
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Jun 23, 2009
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you have to be honest with the professionals, after all, you went to them for help. who cares what they think of u, u have to say whats in yr head or what is...
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