Sometimes the first step is to be okay with being depressed, to accept that there's nothing awful and evil about feeling this bad; to give yourself permission to hurt and doubt and struggle without thinking you "should" feel better.
That's a really good point. It's kind of analogous to being okay with feeling cold - you feel cold, so what's the use in thinking you shouldn't feel cold? Just put on a sweater or turn up the heat or whatever - just deal with it as it is, instead of feeling guilty / bad / etc for feeling cold. We never think about it when it's cold, pain, etc, so why should we fight feeling low? Just accept we do, and learn to cope with it.
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Sometimes the first step is to be okay with being depressed, to accept that there's nothing awful and evil about feeling this bad; to give yourself permission to hurt and doubt and struggle without thinking you "should" feel better.
That's a really good point. It's kind of analogous to being okay with feeling cold - you feel cold, so what's the use in thinking you shouldn't feel cold? Just put on a sweater or turn up the heat or whatever - just deal with it as it is, instead of feeling guilty / bad / etc for feeling cold. We never think about it when it's cold, pain, etc, so why should we fight feeling low? Just accept we do, and learn to cope with it.