The daemons of depression love to make us feel guilty for feeling good. Do NOT give them that power! We, as people, deserve to feel good!

And if it helps, by the powers granted to me by me, I declare you to be worthy of having good days!

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I don't understand the specifics, but I actually went to a licensed therapist who was awful. Unfortunately I have to go back to the practice, but thankfully to see one of here assistants. The "Dr." had no real understanding and seemed to think that people didn't really "Have" depression, they just felt sad. I don't think she got it, but sadness is different than depression. Sadness is a temporary thing that may be a small portion of the bigger Depression. Sort of like what you experienced today, everything going great, much like my day. Then at night, or as the evening comes on... guilt or something that I shouldn't be be happy. A cloud dimming the brightness of the day. But remember - it was a GOOD day. Take the good days when you can. There are too many bad days when you have depression. I have to take mine as moments, take the good and try to stop the bad. Capture the Bad Thoughts and toss them away. Keep Only Good.

Depression takes all the enjoyment out of life. Enjoy whatever happiness comes your way. Have you considered seeing a professional doctor such as a psychiatrist? You may want to schedule an appointment to be evaluated. The doctor will make a diagnosis and may or may not recommend medication. They will probably recommend talk therapy or counseling. Depression is something that is not going to go away without professional help.

Hi there, understand how you feel. It almost feel like you don't deserve to be happy or you are too scared to enjoy the happiness cos there is always a looming feeling that the great sadness is near. I used to have that feelings too. Trying to get out of it takes practices. It's a daily exercise to remind yourself that you are loved and you are worth it and you can have that joy and happiness in your life. Remind yourself also even if bad things happen, you can rely on these happy moments to get you through. Take care and be well. God bless!

Yes, it is a tedious task to remind yourself daily that it's ok to have good days and that you deserve them as much as everyone else. I am suffering from anxiety and depression and I am just in an out of control rut and I don't know what to do with myself half of the time lol But today I finally broke down and used my new essential oil kit and diffused Copaiba and all I can say is what an eye opener. My problems are not done or it didn't fix me or anything but I instantly felt a little bit of my old self and finally remembered that awesome feeling when I was a strong, capable of multi-tasking, funny, social, and hard-working woman. Over two years of suffering with this happiness eating monster that just wouldn't go away, but today finally I caught a glimpse of sunshine. It wasn't a lot, but enough so I could focus on the brief moment I had with the old me.

Eventually most of us will get there, with medication, professional therapist, natures most valuable resources, diet and exercise, support groups, but we must not give up hope even though on good days it might be hard to hold on to. Just keep holding on and I sincerely hope you find your path to help you realize you deserve to be happy, you deserve to be an amazing person just like everyone! God bless!!

Because human beings are strange creatures and we abhor change - if your sadness and doom and gloom feeling starts subsiding, often that might be met with resistance because there is something familiar and safe in a familiar feeling, even if it's not pleasant. Maybe we feel like well what if I feel good, really allow myself to enjoy myself and then something happens and I'm launched back into gloominess. I'm just exaggerating here, but we really do think this way. We really do hold ourselves back from sparkling brightly.

I heard a Buddhist once say, the second the fun stops is when we start talking about how much fun we're having. It's so very true. It's the spontaneity of life that is fun, no analysis, no explanation, just joy and spontaneity.