Only we can fix ourselves, no one else can. They can offer platitudes, which we know are useless, we can seek connection with loved ones, but that leads to platitudes or we could seek therapy which helps us reframe our depression in which case we would have to fix it ourselves again. I isolate when I'm depressed to gain bearing and reflect on what got me into this funk in the first place. I do a lot of my own internal reframing to set a new baseline for my life in the present. The baselines consist of things to get me less depressed and functioning more that would lead me out of the cycle and hopefully stave off the next cycle for a few weeks.
If I involved another person into my cycle, I understand how draining it can be for a normal person trying to help a depressed person. I don't want to feel guilty or ashamed for involving people into it. I already have enough guilt and shame on my own end from before. Sometimes they can offer a different perspective and I thank them for it, but in totality, solving our issues is a one-person effort.
If I involved another person into my cycle, I understand how draining it can be for a normal person trying to help a depressed person. I don't want to feel guilty or ashamed for involving people into it. I already have enough guilt and shame on my own end from before. Sometimes they can offer a different perspective and I thank them for it, but in totality, solving our issues is a one-person effort.
