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If you were born with a disease that made you blind, complete loss of hearing by 20, have seizures, require a feeding tube, colostomy bag, wheelchair and have sleep apnea. Would you want to live? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have a mental health issue that no one on here can solve.

I say this because I spent years in the same place, on the edge of ending my own life. I had a pact with myself that I wouldn't let myself live another 10 years. That was 12 years ago.

You are depressed. But you can make progress. All of the things that everyone says are the ways out of depression do work - they just don't work overnight, and they don't all work all the time - sometimes it's medication, sometimes it's quitting booze, sometimes it's sleeping 8 hours. Sometimes it's none for a little while and things are bad. It's a process. But eventually you make progress.

Wishing the best for you.

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Medication, learning to look after myself better, and finding things in life I do enjoy, have really helped my depression. It's still a struggle and I'm still improving.

I've had a really hard week, it's Sunday today and I laid on the couch reading a novel for about 8 hours (with breaks). I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday.

your comment is a breath of fresh air.