depression is not a cramp, it's a broken bone: a 'mild' situation has intense effects when depressed

[belenen]

icon: "hissing (a photo of a snow leopard hissing with mouth open, whiskers back and ears flattened)"I don't have chronic depression, but I have spent enough years of my life depressed to know about various effects. One of them is that seemingly 'little' things become huge and horrendous. Someone says something and (probably accidentally) implies

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[gobbolina]

I wouldn't say my mental disorder is a friend, but it isn't a foe either. It's what made me the person I am. It causes a lot of problems as well (I have problems interacting with "normal" people). But on the other hand I'd say I'm more empathetic. My therapies made me able to understand people much better. and I evolved much more than many people do in their life.
I've gone a long way, and I'm proud of it. I'm proud of what I was able to achieve to become a better person. Sometimes I'm still the shy, under-confident girl I used to be. But I learned to fight for my rights and not to be dominated the way I used to.

I've learned to deal with my disease. Nor do I fight it, neither deny. Least is a problem a lot of persons with mental diseases have, as far as I've experienced. If I act like an asshole I don't put it on my disease. That's something you shouldn't do. Sometimes it may be true, but YOU are responsible for your actions, not your disease. You can decide to work on your character and actions, as I did. Or you just give in, which is the easiest way.