Posted by Greg A. on December 7, 2001, at 16:07:45
In reply to Re: Still in Canada » Greg A., posted by akc on December 7, 2001, at 15:51:06
Y'know akc - Many people with depression, manic depression, and so on, are very bright people. A lot of us are real Type A's and are never satisfied with what we do. But when the illness hits, we often seem unable to break loose enough to help ourselves. Or maybe whatever we have tried in the way of cognitive changes, has not worked. Or maybe we just get too damned tired of trying and failing.
I don't look on my depression as a personal failure of any sort. I do not bring it on myself directly. But I know many of the things i do, many of the ways I respond to stresses, and many of my coping mechanisms make depressive episodes worse or make them last longer.Greg
PS - you do make sense.
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