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Abstraction · 61-69, M
Distraction is an important strategy.
But sooner or later there's a need to hit the real issues. I had 15 years of chronic depression. No idea how I survived. But I did. My life is brilliant now. It doesn't matter what happened to anyone, it shouldn't define us.
He or she needs to get help. The first two therapists for me were useless. The third one changed my life. Gotta be better to be fully alive than cutting - relieves the feelings for a moment but adds to a sense of worthlessness in the long run.
But sooner or later there's a need to hit the real issues. I had 15 years of chronic depression. No idea how I survived. But I did. My life is brilliant now. It doesn't matter what happened to anyone, it shouldn't define us.
He or she needs to get help. The first two therapists for me were useless. The third one changed my life. Gotta be better to be fully alive than cutting - relieves the feelings for a moment but adds to a sense of worthlessness in the long run.
