I used to think that depression is deep sadness. Then I found out that, at least for me, it is actually a lack of joy and pleasure. You barely feel any pleasure from any activity you usually enjoy. Everything is dull and grey. You surprise yourself when you laugh out loud. It is like you are emotionally numb all the time. You don't look forward to anything. You just lie there on your bed, thinking of a lot of things you can do for fun, but end up not doing anything because you couldn't be bothered.

Can confirm... Discovered that through therapy :)

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Yes!

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This includes family members! Even if it’s yo’ mama. If mama is toxic/triggering/detrimental to your wellbeing, then she’s got to go!

This is why I cut contact with my parents for around three years. I was struggling with depression and my thesis, but my parents only put more pressure on me. There were a lot of times when I thought I would just end myself. Fortunately, I was not financially dependent on them and had my own place, so I simply stopped taking their calls and never went to visit. I recently reconciled with them though. I am okay now as long as they don't bring up the past.

I think I got this one from another BP post, and it's helped me a lot. I would rather adjust my life to your absence, than adjust my boundaries to accommodate your disrespect.

My mother and sister!

What about avoiding one's self?

This. Some of my classmates are people that I really don't want to be acquainted with. They are very judgmental. If you're not the same as them, you're automatically out. I have never felt more peaceful when the school break started :D

Avoiding people or cutting them out of your life should be the last resort. You aren’t “wise” if you cut someone out of your life without trying to understand them or without trying to get them to understand you. And there are more and more people doing so over petty disagreements and differences of opinion where there has been no effort to figure it out like an adult.

This 100%

Confidence is not knowing that you'll win. Confidence is knowing that you'll be okay if you don't.

Why do I always want to believe the best of people? And the worst of myself?! 🤯

I so wish more people understood this!

Ahh, all the catholics ever - they have to force you into their sky daddy fairytale to not feel like idiots

Did that with my mother, step father and my sister. So much stress gone since then..zero regrets

Yup, this explains so much..

So when people give me crp about being in my 40's and single, I can just tell them it's because I'm too smart? I find this acceptable.

Come on now, that's not a phobia. That's reality.

Case in point: MAGA Edit: thanks for the corrections

This!

I'm not lazy. I'm efficient.

Stress is your body assuming you're being stalked by one of those pesky saber-toothed tigers...

Oh, is it?

Better the devil you know...

Take that, parents of toddlers! Listen up, everyone else.

Doesn't make it hurt any less, even if it was the right one :(

When I was caught napping during work-time and explained this to my boss, his response was anything but polite. He wasn't convinced that I was sleeping only for the sake of the company.

*calling cat*

i shall now bath in lava

If you dont love yourself, no one else will

This data is skewed because people that tried and failed were still too busy hiding under a blanket in their bed, cringing and kicking the blanket as the thoughts of it all reply in their minds on endless repeat.

That being said, there is something really soothing about a rain storm, but only if I can use it as an excuse to stay under a blanket with a good book all day.