I was perusing thru other Blogs today and I found this post that I thought was truly meaningful and on the spot!
“Pull Yourself Together“
Some people assume that depression is a state we can fall into when not paying attention. A natural, but lazy response to modern life. They assume that if we wished to, we could stop feeling depressed, by pulling ourselves together – by forcing ourselves out of a depression and into the required normal/happy mood of the speaker.
This has never been my experience. I can, it is true, put on a front of being not-depressed, certainly when I am not at my worst periods of depression. I can and do try to stop others noticing that I am depressed, partly because I want to avoid statements like this. Also, I view my depression as not being any stranger/acquaintance’s business. I can try, but often fail, to look just like everyone else.
I cannot, however, make myself not-depressed by willpower. I don’t think many with clinical depression (as…
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You don't have to tell me i'm crazy,,,I know it! 