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View submission: People WITHOUT depression and anxiety, what is life like?
If there was a condition that was the opposite of depression (without being manic), that’s what it’s like for me all the time.
I am perpetually optimistic, calm, positive, have a constructive outlook, outgoing, always manage to find the silver lining in any situation. I generally find myself lifting everyone around me up and elevating them to be their best. I generally always feel bright. I could describe my mood as bright yellow. If there was an instrument that it would sound like, it would be a trumpet.
I always try to help and fix things. I pretty much always feel good and happy and content. I laugh a lot, and I have laugh lines around my eyes. I am the first person to laugh at myself. I don’t take myself seriously. Although I’m 45, I feel like I’m in my 20’s. I love dancing to a phat chunky disco house track and not giving a shit what anyone thinks of me. On a podium.
But strangely, I don’t surround myself with people, i am happy to just do my own thing.
I understand that depression & anxiety is a brain chemistry thing and it’s not something that can’t be ‘willed’ any different, but it is such a foreign state of mind that it’s difficult to empathize what it must feel like. And it can be frustrating sometimes when those touched by it around me, spiral.
I realize I am very lucky. Hope this answers your question. 😊
Comment by iLikeHorse3 at 30/08/2020 at 23:53 UTC
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I'm so jealous