Posted by JahL on March 30, 2001, at 20:08:05
In reply to Re: Meds are only a TOOL YES JahL!!!, posted by Dubya on March 30, 2001, at 18:21:50
> > I think I can relate! I (or we) get so used to living w/depression, we don't really know what 'normal' or life is like.
Hi Dubya (go *girl*!).
Had I listened to psychotherapists ("maybe it's just the real you" or "learn to love yourself as you are" etc), & not persisted with meds I would not be aware of what it is to be euthymic; what it is to be *human*. Psychotherapy contrived to deny me this knowledge. With nothing to compare, I could be persuaded that my level of functioning is somehow normal; acceptable (as if).
> > Very sad to look back at 'missed' opportunities or regret just about everything I (or we) do. I think I can also agree on the psychotherapy talk, it makes us either accept a lower state of life or it tries to make us think differently and assume that we can overcome obstacles. The chemicals in the brain can be replenished possibly through extremely happy changes in life.
Yeah. All the 'happy', 'rewarding' experiences in the world don't mean sh*t if you suffer from anhedonia & therefore are *physically unable* to experience pleasure.
Has your doc raised your puny dose of Clomip. yet?:)
Jah.
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