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Re: Is it really a case of mind over matter?

Posted by Horse on February 22, 2016, at 19:20:22

In reply to Is it really a case of mind over matter?, posted by Meltingpot on February 21, 2016, at 12:11:29

>People think that everyone's depressions must be the same as their own - they generalize and project and assume that if they can work their way out of it, then you can do it, too.

Not realizing the above would trip me up. Believe me, I wanted depression and mood shifts to be something within my control, and I tried for many, many years to find some way of living and thinking that would cure me.

Research is revealing that illnesses currently categorized 'mental
illness' are biological with complex etiologies.

Therapy helps me undo compensatory behavior and thinking caused in large part from living with a mood disorder (bipolar) and anxiety disorder untreated until my late thirties. By the time I was diagnosed, I was a wreck!

I'm rambling on here, so the short answer, Denise, is no. Depression is a cruel illness and I wish more people understood it was an illness.


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