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This community is for people with depression. Memes and general discussion about depression are encouraged and welcome.

Bi-polar people are also allowed to post here but only sometimes.(joke)

This community is aimed at being inclusive for all people with depression and as such should be free of racism, homophobia, trans-phobia, sexism, patriarch and all other forms of hate-speech.

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Therapy is not for everyone, check out peer counseling instead: https://www.americanmentalwellness.org/intervention/peer-support/

Find health professionals: https://www.psychologytoday.com/

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Why can't I be normal? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world to c/depression_now@lemmy.world

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Everything I do seems to be complete useless, stupid and just agonizingly boring. I usually really like my work. Learning Programming languages, solving Problems, and enjoying the small rush when something finally works like you intended. But now? Everything sucks. I know that it's just a down-phase, but this does not help me at all. And I fucking hate myself so much that I can't just be like "Yeah it's a bad day, but I still manage to get my shit done." Why can't I be "normal"?

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[–] makeitwonderful@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you knew someone else was having the same experience as you, would you feel hate for them when they're not able to get their shit done? If the answer is no then maybe knowing that can help relieve some of the self hate you're feeling over your circumstances.

I suspect you may even feel inclined to provide empathy and support for the person having the same experiences as you. If that's true, then you know people having your experience deserve empathy and support. You're one of the people having those experiences so you're deserving of the same as others!