black humour for me is a really useful yardstick for where I'm at, not least because it often feels like the only safe means of expression
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what you're often trying to do in this situation is wave a kind of semaphore flag: "hey, could use some reasons why stuff doesn't suck!"
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because, counter-intuitively from an outside perspective, sitting down & talking out the Bad Deets with friends makes you feel contagious
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as though you're spreading all your worst thoughts around and thereby making life worse for *other people*, which makes YOU feel worse -
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- when what you really want is for people to reach out in any other capacity, so that you're not defined by illness & so you can escape it.
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the idea tht people are only making an effort because you're sick & not because they actually like you otherwise is really fucking insidious
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like I think what a lot of people don't understand about depression is that it literally exists to play devil's advocate to every good thing
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