Is anyone else "ok" with their depression?

[Letmego. Please]

I'm ok with it in the sense that i accept that it will always be part of my life, mostly because fighting it's presence is self defeating.
That's not to say that i define myself by it, the opposite is what i aim for, sadly somethings done while in a severe depressive episode have come to define me by society, but i couldn't give a rats arse what 'they' think.

The one thing that i am not ok with is the destruction it has caused to my life, the interruption while i am trying to live a happy life, and the stark contrast between me when i am 'well' and me when i am not so 'well', that sucks hairy balls.

 

[SelfHatingAspie]

I've accepted that depression is something that can't be cured. At best, it may go into remission for the rest of one's natural life.

Over the last 10 years, I've only had about 18 months of being in remission. Even then, I'd still have the occasional few days here and there that reminded me that I was only in remission and that the depression was still there.

Even my desire to ctb has just become background noise, to the point where I can't imagine living without wanting to ctb.

 

[burnedCookie]

Maybe not ok but let's say that I accept it now, I'm not trying to heal at all cost anymore and hurt myself with unnecessary medication. I fought against depression for a long time and I feel like it's done more harm than good
Over the years I understood that I have no choice but to accept and manage it the best I can

 

[Nanimoaru]

Honestly I'm okay with what my psychiatrist called "depression" too. I just accepted it in my case as the way that my brain works, and I don't see any problem with it. It's been months since I stopped bothering with my medications. I simply don't want to be treated for having perfectly natural emotions and for hating this world. Hell, I don't even think depression actually is a disease. For me it's more of a particular way of seeing the world. It's more rational than being optimistic all the time.

As diseases change the way the brain and body work
Depression is a disease
When depressed the brain shuts down by like 30 percent

 

[Wayfaerer]

Is anyone else "okay" with their depression?

I am now dysfunctional, so no. At the same time, I refuse to be "treated" for it again.

 

[Baskol1]

I am now dysfunctional, so no.

I was always quite dysfunctional, always a broken person because i was born autistic. I feel so worthless.

 

[Oblivion Lover]

As diseases change the way the brain and body work
Depression is a disease
When depressed the brain shuts down by like 30 percent

Maybe, but not in my case, or in the case of 95% of people diagnosed with depression. I'm not affected by a real mood disorder and most people diagnosed with depression aren't. Hating the world and life is just how I see the world and is a perfectly justified point of view. It doesn't mean that I'm ill. Calling any behavior not accepted by society a disease is just an evil tactic to control people and force them to seek treatment even if they don't want to for something that's normal, and to make things worse, this "treatment" comes in form of shaming people for having a mindset different from the rest of the sheep and handing out chemical lobotomy pills to them instead of adressing the problem causing those people to be depressed or acting the way they act. Plus, there's no actual proof that depression is caused by chemical imbalances as it is advertised, so there's no way to know if having a persistent low mood is actually a disorder. Sure, it is debilitating to be sad all the time, but it is a perfectly natural reaction to constant suffering, not a disease. You shouldn't treat it with medications, and you definitely shouldn't be forced to seek therapy if you don't feel like it.

 

[Mr2005]

If you're ok with depression maybe you're not really depressed

 

[rp17]

More numb now, I simply don't feel anything most of the time. Learned helplessness comes to mind.