How depression is like being fat

[jeanvieve]

Fat people like me (for over 20 years of experiencing it) don't really understand what it is like to be a skinny person. Fat people live in a world of silence and envy of those chic, lovely gazelles with their perfect perky derrieres and resent how they're just skinny with no effort. I was one of those fat people, living in that world, truly not

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[klwilliams]

No, you're right. I tried to kill myself when I was ten. (And I was skinny. Go figure.) However, even with the problems I've had with my health in the last couple of years, I've not had problems with depression. Part of that is my wonderful husband and the boyz, but most of it is the Wellbutrin, and my attempts to eat right, get enough sleep, and get enough exercise. All of this is based on years of experimentation but it works. My doctor and nurses kept telling me right after I was diagnosed with MS that I might be depressed. I assured them I wouldn't be. Just like learning to eat right and exercise to stay trim, I've learned what to do to stay happy (or at least not depressed). You can, too. It's similar to what you need to do to stay trim. The most important part, though, is to not isolate yourself. Call your friends.

[learnteach]

It is glorious to be your friend. You have words for things I do not, and going dancing with you is joyous!

Let us keep practicing happyness together. Thank you for your patience and your love.

[brat_grrl]

Well written my dear! Also, if you ever need someone to chat with, please don't hesitate to give me a call or text -- We can read stories to each other to boost each other's self-happiness. Besos y abrazos.

[im_geva]

Nope, you're right. We all have battles to fight, every day.

[silme]

No, you're right. The problem is that I'm in such a deep blue funk right now that although I know that changing my own attitude will improve things, I can't quite see a way to do it. I'm trying to force myself to mellow out, but it ain't working. Not yet. Somehow, I have to do it, though.

But I love you to pieces for pointing it out to me. Isn't realising the problem a big part of resolving it? I'm hoping that's true!

[jeanvieve]

If you want to try something new for a physical response, peruse this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc