I'm Still Human: Understanding Depression With Kindness (Expanded Edition - 2021)

I’m frustrated and don’t know how to deal with you. I’m so helpless;
I can only hide in the room and let you torture me. Don’t you think
you’re very cruel? You can’t do this to me – it’s unacceptable!
But do I have a choice?
In order not to let you to hurt me further, I have thought of a way –
TO BE A FRIEND to you. If I can’t beat you, at least allow me to
make peace with you. Are you OK with that?
I’m sorry that I didn’t take care of you since the first day we knew
each other. Sorry for being rude to you as I always chased you out
from the door of my heart. From today onwards, I promise that I
will try to welcome you and your ‘friends.’ Kindly introduce them to
me; I wish to know them better. I want to befriend them.
Thank you for coming into my life. You mean a lot to me; you make
me stronger and wiser. Because of you, I learn to love myself more
and be stronger. I can also share ‘our story’ and ‘relationship’ with
others. It’s so nice that we can work together to benefit others.
I’ll not be down and sad when you visit me again, I promise. I
believe that everything happens with some good purpose. I might
not understand it now, but I have faith that it’s just a matter of time
that the understanding will unfold itself.
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