Posted by mair on November 26, 2003, at 9:05:06
In reply to Getting Depressed Again, posted by Susan J on November 26, 2003, at 8:47:06
It used to be that whenever I got depressed, I thought that that episode itself would never end, and if I felt one coming on, I'd panic with the thought that I was going to be in an abyss forever, or at least for a very long time. Now I've come to think of depressions like waves - they come on and they roll away and there isn't much I can do other than ride the wave when it's there. I guess I've just been through so many episodes, most of them now fairly short or at least not as severe, that I no longer feel as acutely the awful desparation that comes with thinking that however you feel today is how you'll feel tomorrow and every day thereafter.
This is probably scant consolation. I'm really sorry you're facing this - but if it helps at all, do try to remember that while you may always be dealing with depression on some level (my therapist has said as much about me), it won't always be as bad as it seems now. Depressions do come but they also do go away.
Mair
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