If we’re talking at all about current events, after 10 years of being shocked & appalled constantly, I need productive ways to deal. At the least not to let them take more ground without a cost. I need better armour, but also to push back with a jagged edge.
As someone who's late wife suffered from clinical depression, no it's really not. Not even with medication. Also, using this line typically put me in the dog house. Wouldn't recommend it to someone that's depressed.
I would encourage anyone who either strongly agrees or strongly disagrees with this post to read “Man’s Search for Meaning”, by Viktor Frankl. (cw: it’s the story of how a Jewish psychologist survived for years in the Nazi concentration camps, and it is often horrifying.)
No, it's not, Bruce. And I'm not saying this as a depressed person, but as a cheerful one.
I have no idea why I'm like this. It doesn't make any sense. My life is a series of desperate health- and poverty-driven crises and yet, I wake up happy to be here.
It took me a long time for me as well, and I wasn't able to until I was away from the abusive environment that was home. Also with support from my husband. I was mentally and physically just so broken. It's a long journey to heal, I'm just glad I'm getting better and not worse.
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Mental healthcare is key to having the choice!!
I have no idea why I'm like this. It doesn't make any sense. My life is a series of desperate health- and poverty-driven crises and yet, I wake up happy to be here.
That isn't a choice. It's just my nature.