Posted by g_g_g_unit on December 23, 2013, at 6:47:42
In reply to Re: addicted to depression - possible?/Not for me, posted by linkadge on December 22, 2013, at 20:38:22
> its not even 'accepting' myself as being depressed, its actually wanting to be depressed.
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> i.e. I feel that my pessimistic views about the world are the truth, and to think otherwise would be naïve.
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> In other words, I feel that my feelings are appropriate and justified and am therefore resistant to feeling more optimistic.
>yeah, I can relate to this .. especially when being depressed for so long has caused great perturbances in my place in the world anyway. It feels like any alteration would just be masking the reality of my situation.
or, as Kurt Cobain put it, "I miss the comfort in being sad".
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