Happiness Is A Skill - Issue #49 - "Depression isn't a choice," and other lies I believed.
During my decade and a half of deep depression, my mother often said to me, “Honey, you can choose not to be depressed.”
To which I responded, seething, “Depression isn’t a choice. Why would I choose this? I can’t just turn it on and off.”
And then I’d huff out of the room and stew in twisted satisfaction, my depression a badge of honor. I didn’t believe …
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