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Feel guilty

bbarton6161
bbarton6161
When I feel okay for a few days I sometimes feel like I am cheating what I am supposed to be feeling. I guess I think I don't deserve to feel good. I feel like I am stealing something that isn't mine.
Does anyone else feel like this?
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AnotherYou
AnotherYou
I've just recently started to recover from awful problems with my digestion / stomach... weirdly I realized I was almost afraid of feeling healthy because I'd not been that way for so long. I looked at confectionery in the shop almost thinking 'it'd be easier to be sick again'... I caught that thought though and just let it go...so I guess this is similar.

In my more depressed days I used to think I simply couldn't maintain happiness for a meaningful length of time so it was fruitless, yes. But now I am finally starting to care enough about myself to make happiness the norm and depression the anomaly. We all deserve that. You too.
SunflowerDelight
SunflowerDelight
You shouldn't feel guilty about feeling good. Just hold on to that goodness for as long as you can. The good times in between is what makes us stronger with enduring the bad times.