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Date Posted: 13:29:52 06/20/01 Wed
Author: gem
Author Host/IP: 166.102.71.78
Subject: Depression makes you focus in on you........is it good or bad?

Just wondering out loud......when I was in the midst.....of my severest....depression....I didn't care if I lived or died....and people kept telling me...how wonderful life was...and how blessed I was.....but I could not see it.

Now......that....I am on the midst of recovery......I discover.....life....is about choices....and the good and bad....and all that....and......sometimes......people....do mean things......to you.....without thought or whim....because.....their only thinking of themselves. I sometimes....used to wonder if I was being selfish...in my depression......(becoming.......too focused on me)--and not the rest of the world......

because without balance.....you become...this......pitiful...complex person...who..thinks the world only revolves around you and your problems....but it ain't so!

So now.....I offer this question to the board....and.....its a good one......when is....it just too much......to focus...on the negative...and....then....when you can finally..wake up from the depression and look yourself in the mirror....and admit.....that you made mistakes....and....ok......but the world didn't fall apart...and you didn't derserve 1/2 the crap....the world threw at you!!?? YOu know??

Then you can become a bit stronger.....and look at the world....in a diff. light...and say to yourself....ok.....I am.....not perfect.....but I am someone....and start caring about you........and......your life.....and then.....can you start......caring about others.......in your life.

Maybe......my problems won't disappear.....and maybe I won't ever understand......the (why)--of it all....or all the crap....I put up with.....and maybe......I destroyed...a bit of myeslf in the process......but hey....I am still around and still kicking.....so maybe its not so bad......and maybe the depression made me a bit stronger.......without my realizing it.

Love to all, Gemini

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Re: Depression makes you focus in on you........is it good or bad? -- Deb, 14:59:59 06/20/01 Wed
Gem? -- Bill, 18:32:36 06/20/01 Wed
That's a tough one -- Sandy, 23:20:56 06/20/01 Wed
- Re: That's a tough one -- GEm, 23:45:05 06/20/01 Wed

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