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Mental Health Support

Denninmi

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5. That's been the theme my therapist has been pushing for a couple of weeks.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 02:30 PM

Jan 2013

That I am making myself miserable, and I can choose to go the other way.

I agree with you about depression and other MI not being a choice, it's as bad as saying you have a choice whether or not to have cancer. I certainly never chose this. But I guess at this point, I can make the best of it or let it consume me. Not a hard choice in my mind.

What I think she is saying is that I can wallow in it, or I can do the things that make me feel good about myself. Which is something I really need to do, and she is encouraging me to do.

And so far, it really does work for me.

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So, I was driving through the ice storm at 5 am this morning, crying to a Rihanna song. [View all] Denninmi Jan 2013 OP

Yay! annabanana Jan 2013 #1

Well, the crying on icy roads was a little dubious. Denninmi Jan 2013 #2

Damn right you owe it to yourself, Den! elleng Jan 2013 #3

crying is the best therapy. mopinko Jan 2013 #4

That's been the theme my therapist has been pushing for a couple of weeks. Denninmi Jan 2013 #5

Makes you think tama Jan 2013 #6