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Depression as a separate entity

Diane-M
Diane-M
Lately I have found myself thinking of my depression as a separate entity, For some strange reason, it makes it easier for me to fight it, so to speak.

Just a thought...and a really weird one. LOL
deleted_user
deleted_user
So how do you fight it that way. What's the secret? please explain?
koolman
koolman
Sounds good! Like meandthebeast, another user here. I like it how he separates the two. There's "me"...and then there's "the beast" (depression).

I work out a lot at the gym. It makes it easier for me to look at myself from the outside in...and laugh my ass off.
Diane-M
Diane-M
That's exactly what I mean. There is me and then there is the depression. I have started talking to it as if it were another person instead of a part of me. Saying things like I refuse to give into you today and things like that.
etherize
etherize
I don't think that's weird at all. A lot of people like to think of it that way.

There's even a commercial on TV, a cartoon for an anti-depressant (I think maybe it's for Abilify), that shows a woman and her depression ... it's like the depression is this little black cloud that follows her and I think it gets smaller when she takes this med.

So no, it's not weird -- anything that helps you fight it is a good thing! :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think that it makes sense actually, I often feel like there're two of me and that I'm in a tug of war.
BlueYonderDreams
BlueYonderDreams
To me it is a separate entity. The depression effects who we are, but it is not who we really are if that makes sense. Last night when it was started to creep in when I was going to bed I told it to shut up and the negative thoughts stopped.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Funny you should say so, because I just got the idea on my own to consider my loneliness as depression and therefore to accept it and not hate it so much.
cyndy001
cyndy001
I understand the concept of two. You may want to call the other you the critic. Yet depression comes from within. What if we embrace it and accept it. What would happen if you just closed you eyes, looked at depression and said yes. Would not fighting it so hard be easier. For all of you do what works. That is really the most important thing. I am just throwing out another way to look at things.
Chrissy555
Chrissy555
I really like the idea. Depression can weave its way into so many aspects of our lives, that we can begin to believe it is who we are. Better to keep it separate and not identify with it. I think believing we are our depression is just another depression lie.

Good thought !!!!!
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