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[Jackalope]

After about two years of making headway, I found myself feeling somewhat normal. Suddenly I felt lost in my own body and didn't recognize myself. Also, all that comfort from saddness was gone. I felt like I was walking a tight rope without a net under it. I no longer resembled the person I was before, and could this lack of self-identity derail my progress? Fortunately, I didn't give up and discovered the hew me that wasn't depressed. I regained my self-identity, but it was entirely unrecognizable to my identity I had previously when I was depressed.

This describes pretty well what I've felt as well too, I just haven't been able to put words to it. Thanks for sharing this, FNM.

That's the voice of self-judgement, and it is not your friend

That little bastard will always be with those that have depression. It's hard to tell yourself that you're truly ill when it's just your emotions that get to you, and the voice of self-judgement feeds on that.

Yes, that is true. It takes constant vigilance to remind yourself that the little fucker is lying to you, and that listening to him is destructive.