episode when you spoke to her? Or was she in "remission?"
I've always described fighting depression as something akin to standing next
to a deep black pit. You know there's nothing good down there in that pit.
But, you've been standing on the edge of it so long (and sometimes dangling
your feet in it, and sometimes holding on by your fingertips alone), you
figure anything different might be better, so why not jump. (I don't mean
"kill yourself" here - I mean embrace the depression.) But, when I'm feeling
healthy, I don't feel that way at all - I feel like the black pit is bad bad
bad. Let's stay away from the black pit. Hey, let's go romp on that nice
grassy hill over yonder, far from the black pit!
You definitely see things differently once you're in the black pit. There's
an element of clarity that can be motivating. But, I'm not sure if it's a
true clarity or a false clarity.
-D
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From: "Candace Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: depression
> I read a novel by an author who was clinically depressed and still battles
it. (I mean really depressed, not just blue like me) I loved the book, and
when I met her she told me something I found so unique, interesting, and
bizarre all at the same time.
>
> She said that when you are in a deep depression, don't fight it. She said
that that is the one time in your life when you will see things for what
they are. She said the fog that we all live in is suddenly lifted when she
was depressed and that when she came out of her depression, she suddenly
knew what she had to do. She said it was God's way of telling her to stop
and wake up.
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> It seems a bit strange, but I can kinda see her point. I think the
exception to this would be if you are having suicidal thoughts/leanings.
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> What do you all think?
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> Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer
> The Children's Medical Center
> One Children's Plaza
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> > What really sux is that depression is always going to be a part of
> > you. Can't avoid it.
>
> Well, yes and no. You will always know that you have a predisposition
> towards depression. However, several people I know have eventually
> "come out of it". That is, they lead "normal" lives with no more
> depressive symptoms than the average person and no drugs.
>
> Some people live their whole lives with it. Some don't. Don't ask me
> what the difference is, though.
>
> --BenD
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