Posted by baseball55 on October 21, 2013, at 19:11:24
In reply to Re: Happy Sunday, posted by Partlycloudy on October 21, 2013, at 11:08:18
I know I have a lot to be grateful for, though I sometimes lose track of this. I try to think about being grateful every day. It's harder when you feel depressed. Everything turns dark. What looks good on the outside, feels awful on the inside.
But even when things feel dark, I try to remember that my life could be so much worse objectively. My therapist really pushes me on this. I try to imagine the life of a poor single mother, worried about eviction, about putting food on the table, about the safety of her children, about losing her part-time, low-paying job because she called in sick to care for a sick child.
I don't have those stressors in my life and need to remind myself on a daily basis that others do and I am lucky.
But again, when I slip into darkness, it's easy to lose sight of this. I am grateful to my therapist for reminding me over and over again of how much I have to be grateful for.
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