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View submission: People WITHOUT depression and anxiety, what is life like?
See I'm the opposite. I cant relate to being depressed or anxious etc at all.
I think comedy affected me into my soul. Possibly, probably, so much that I'm flawed that way. I dont let things bother me but I dont take anything seriously either.
But like the comment above you where he says "she feels it coming on and just pushes it away". I dont know why people cant act logically that way. Everyone is entitled to get mad but at some point just think this isnt helping, take a breath and let it go.
An early memory that always stuck with me is a scene from Say Anything. John Cusack says to his (real life) sister, paraphrasing, "you used to be so cool. I'm sorry your situation sucks but why cant you just decide to be happy then do it".
Comment by Zenabel at 28/08/2020 at 15:21 UTC
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Unfortunately, for some people it’s a brain chemistry thing. So you’re literally fighting against your own brain, which is complicated as fuck. No matter how much I “want to be happy”, some things in my brain are not working as they should be, so it’s impossible without outside intervention. That’s why finding meds to get my brain to function “normally” and finding coping mechanisms is my only hope at a “normal” life.
Comment by [deleted] at 28/08/2020 at 12:22 UTC
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Comment by dugongnumber2 at 28/08/2020 at 12:26 UTC
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As long as “pushing it away” doesn’t mean not feeling your feelings and avoiding them. Because avoidance never works. It might work for a while... but you can’t keep it in forever.
I rarely get offended and don’t take life very seriously either. But I have also had my fair share of trauma (in my childhood and then the last two years have been absolute shit) and I want more than anything to be happy but I can’t “just decide to do it”. That’s not how depression works. I have tried and tried and tried to look at things positively and I am seeing two different types of therapists and on medication and am trying everything possible to pull myself out of this hole. But it’s just not as easy as deciding to be happy and doing it. I am trying to do it. But you can’t just flick a switch and end depression.
Comment by DenyEverythingTA at 28/08/2020 at 18:12 UTC
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I feel the same. It's incomprehensible to me that so many people are being depressed. It's not like life is always great and I don't have bad days because of course I do. I feel all kinds of negative emotions but they never take over. I know that it won't last. I love life. I love everything about it and want to enjoy it as much as I can while I can. Life isn't easy and it sucks sometimes but all the bad is greatly outnumbered by all the good.
Comment by nilla-wafers at 29/08/2020 at 00:50 UTC
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Because emotions aren’t exactly logical? I know you can’t relate but that shouldn’t be hard to comprehend. Empathy exists lol