well i think the fact you admit it is the first step to accepting.

you just have to know why you fight it, and then tackle that.
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It's never easy to accept depression, it's just so hard to fight it everyday. I think I am just resigned to it. I am clinically depressed and am reasonably ok on large dose of tablets. I have had mental illnesses for 34 3 years, it has never stopped me living my life to the full.
Too full at times, I'm a recovering alcoholic too, 12 year dry, that helped a lot when I gave that up. Nothing much I can do, just live to help others like me.

Tried for a long time to fight it but eventually found that I did not want to fight it any more. I have also went through the guilt thing but have given that up also for the most part. I have learned with meds and therapy to do the best I can and when I start feeling depressed I deal with it the best way I know how at the moment and dont fight it because it takes too much energy to do that. I just try and glide through it and let every one know I am not feeling well and they under stand.

When I was first dx with depression even I had a stigma about it. I didn't want to be labeled as a depressed person. I fought it a lot, didn't want to accept what the psychologist said cos I didn't want to believe I was depressed, didn't want to take meds. But the more I talked with the psychologist the more I started to see that I did suffer from it. Once I had accepted it, it became easier to accept the therapy.

thanks, its nice to read those stories

i had to accept the fact that i was severly depressed before i pulled out of it. i think that it is part of the healing process.

accepting it does not mean that I have to quit trying to get better, it just means, ok, I need medciation, I need to watch my thinking, and I need to be aware of my mood swings. I guess what I mean is, acceptance does not mean I give up, give me some baskets to weave. In truth, it means you decided to do all you can about it, learn about it, and make the best choices for you.

I guess as long as accepting it dosen't mean that we are just gonna live with it. Since depression effects not only us but those around us it is our responibility to get and stay treated. As for me I want the best quality of life as possible, so I stay treated. And treatment for me is meds.