Before being diagnosed I use to feel I was depressed, but now know its not the case, its just the way I am, thats why learning to understand ourselves, our needs is vital to accepting who we are. Since being diagnosed I no longer feel depressed, and have stopped feeling guilty about needing time out, its all too easy to try and please everyone else, and become overloaded, maybe one day others will be more accepting of our needs and we will all be allowed to just be....[/quote]
So when I'm feeling down and don't want to do anything, that is not neccessarily depression? Can you expand on that? Because I constantly feel stuck in this rut where I'm just laying around till the last minute and then rushing to catch up. It's like I'm avoiding my own life until its no longer avoidable, and then I do just what it takes to get by for another day. Im existing, not much else.
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We are not so different from potted plants in that, if given everything we need to be properly nourished, the outcome can be incredibly contrary to when we are not. A flower won't grow in flour, and neither can we.