People don't get mental illness. I have the sort of depression that is really not environmental, it's due to brain chemistry and I've had it all my life, and I cannot count the number of times I've been told to just look on the bright side or cheer up or get more exercise and eat fresh fruit and blah blah blah blah blah. Even when I'm in a really really low phase, my reasoning seems completely rational to me, and that's knowing what's wrong with me, knowing that it's illogical - but part of me doesn't believe that it's illogical.
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Date: 2009-11-06 07:16 pm (UTC)