>>5146556I can't stand those people. I had a friend in college literally tell me that I just needed to choose to be happy. She didn't get why people can't just do that - she did. Holy shit, man. And parents try to tell me "you can't keep doing this." Like no shit, you think I'm enjoying this? It's a disease, you don't tell someone with cancer to just choose to stop having cancer. "oh yeah good idea, thanks for the advice."
But yeah, depression really just sticks with us for life, it's like how our brains are built. It's kind of possible to learn strategies for focusing on other/ cooler things (friends, animu, 4chan, hobbies, work) and telling depression to fuck off. Then things change and we have to learn all new ways of dealing with that shit again. I think that's how normal people function, but their brains just automatically focus on nice things instead of depressed thoughts.
I guess that's what therapy is supposed to help with, but for me I wouldn't even be receptive to that bullshit without meds. Now I sound like I'm pushing meds as a magic solution for everyone, goddammit. All I mean is like, it's possible for us to stop feeling like this, it just takes more work than normal people.
