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To add to that - when I’m feeling super depressed the thing I hated most to hear was that I chose to be that way. Bullcrap. It’s chemicals and stuff.
But, chemicals are affected by what you think and do, so while “it’s a choice” doesn’t mean you can flip happiness on like a light switch, what it does mean is that you can choose to start climbing a mountain, and somewhere along the way you’ll start to appreciate the view if you fight for it.
In other words, it’s hella tough, but you do have
some degree of control. If you give in, it’ll only get worse. If you decide to be intelligent and self aware about it, then you can start on a road to somewhere better.
A drowning man can’t save himself, but he can try to cry out for help, or refuse to grab the life preserver thrown to him.
And who knows. Sometimes people learn to swim when it’s sink or swim. Lots of people have recovered from suicidal depression. It’s not impossible. There’s no magic cure, but it is possible.