Posted by noa on February 7, 2003, at 11:27:46
In reply to Re: depression - just snap out of it ! » dreamerz, posted by LA on February 6, 2003, at 22:43:29
It is like, "pull yourself up by your bootstraps".
A few years ago, I disclosed to a co-worker how depressed I was (I was really in a bad episode), and after listening, she said to me, "this is the first time I ever realized that I do not really know what it is like to be truly depressed. Usually, I think I understand, based on my own experiences [of transient depressed moods]. but you are explaining it to me so well, that now I know that I've had no real idea what it is like."
That was extremely refreshing. Of course, this same person, months later, (when I was feeling much better) when I had gotten up the courage to give her some feedback about something she had done that had felt bad to me, got defensively offensive and made a very nasty comment, using her knowledge of my earlier depressive episode.
Oh well, enlightenment can be short lived, I guess.
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