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Originally Posted by Stacy2012
I have days when I feel hopeless. Overwhelmed by the thought of living the rest of my life out like this, I'm 47. I have moments of overwhelming self pity.
I have more days of being thankful.
Thankful I am not worse than I already am. Thankful I can deal with it. Thankful I don't have any other number of awful things wrong with me. Thankful for so much.
I think that is how depression sets in...dwelling on self pity instead of finding something to be thankful for. I strive to stay thankful but you know, everyone has their days when it seems impossible.
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Hi Stacy,
You are so spot on. The little pity parties we have do lead to depression or maybe the depression leads us to a pity party.
Whenever I start having my own little pity party, all I have to do is sign in on NT and it snaps me right out of it. There are so many people here in so much pain and suffering and so much worse that it makes you take stock and be very very grateful for own our situation and that is is better than many. You can always find people better off and those worse off. If you dwell on those better off than you, it moves you into depression. If you dwell on those worse off, you are so very thankful for what you don't have in the way of illness.
Reading post by others always snaps me out of feeling sorry for myself. It is those times when we yearn for our former lives back that we move toward the self pity.
Thanks so much for your post. You expressed it so very well. I am thankful each day that I wake up and find that I am still among the liviing.