Discussion - what does depression boil down to?

[LoveforAll41]

In my quest for simplicity I am wondering what one concept or principle you all would like to feel or believe to feel better. For me finally not tying my self worth to accomplishments has made me feel incredibly free. I don't judge myself for sleeping in and not exercising, eating sugar, not being a productive robot at work, not owning a home for my family, not having a degree, the list goes on for what I would beat myself up about.

I think that a very common thread in depression is low feelings of self-worth or self-esteem. If you feel you are worthless you often have some crazy ideas of how to obtain worth and then you can easily get that awful depression that comes with hopelessness. Thoughts anyone?☮️

[Hidden]

hey love

First of all man I really want to congratulate you on finding that relief you describe in your bio. How cool is that!

At an early age I was experiencing the onset of low self-esteem. In fact very low. I’ve spent a lifetime feeding that monster . trying to be good at this, trying to be good at that, and in many circumstances, since I was diagnosed as mildly bipolar I’ve of achieved much of that, but it was never enough.

I recently found huge relief from my symptoms, which progressively got unbearable, but huge relief as you have from the constant feeding of that monster . I no longer feel it necessary to say look at me or I’m good at this or I own that or whatever

I’ve built two lives and I’ve lost it all . Every bit of it but I could not be any more happy than I am now .

It’ F……..ing amazing!

But love

Craig

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Don’t know if that’s hits to your discussion of depression, but I just felt the need to affirm with you what I said, since I feel that you and I can relate on that to some level

[LoveforAll41 in reply to Hidden]

I am so happy to see you posting places seeming so happy Craig! Thanks for the response, how are you doing?

[Hidden in reply to LoveforAll41]

Excellent

You?

[Mpollo77]

Hi again LoveforAll41. Your post really struck a cord with me. So often, I judge myself for sleeping in too late, not having enough energy to get things done, not working as hard as I should at work, not going to the gym, etc, etc. I'm still not at a place where I can accept most of those things about myself. I'm working on it and it's great to hear that you've been able to detach from the judgement that can come from issues and ideas about self-worth. You mentioned quest for simplicity too and I'm finding myself wanting to simplify my life. I'm considering selling my house, lightening my financial stress and perhaps even freeing me up from my overly stressful job. I feel like I'm working towards something but I don't exactly know where I'm headed. I just want simplicity and it was funny that you mentioned the same. I hope you're well!

[LoveforAll41 in reply to Mpollo77]

Howdy Mpollo, thanks for the response! I think that judging our worth is a futile task. We can't change our worth. I found that so f****** freeing. (I like to use jarring language sometimes cuz Tony Robbins says it might be good to jar stuff loose :P) I wish you peace and strength on your journey

[Adlon57]

I find myself going into myself all the time, trying to cut myself off as much as possible, I'm losing all trust in general society, making things as simple as possible, cutting myself off from AI and all it's greasy tentacles, now fully retired, searching for that desert Island! Getting away from being put into square boxes, categorised then forgotten about, I'm me, a survivor and proud of it, an individual!👌 but my health is declining, being reeled in, age and dementia, fighting harder every day against it🤞

[Pitbullgirl]

Your post is inspiring. Thank you!