Category Archives: Mental Health

Loneliness

Loneliness
If you are feeling lonely, you are not alone!  Here are some stories of other people’s loneliness that you perhaps can sympathize with.  
This is a ted talk about how loneliness can cause you to act in ways which trap you in a cycle of loneliness: The Case for Emotional Hygiene
I tried to solve it by placing myself into as many lives as possible, but eventually I realized that I feel empty and alone not because I’m not in other people’s lives, but because they aren’t in mine.  My life is empty of people not because they don’t let me in, but because I don’t let them in.
Orson Welles said: ‘We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone’
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I thought I liked being depressed

Depression

I’ve spent most of my life feeling depressed, and so I’ve learned to savor and experience the “sweetness” of sorrow.  But the fact that I focus on the “sweetness” aspect of the depression means that I want to be positive and happy–otherwise I would be focusing on the pain of sorrow.  Learning to love the sweetness of sorrow is actually an example of making the most out of what you have–I had depression, so I tried to make the best of it.  Therefore, I was wrong to say that I liked being depressed–this subtle distinction was difficult for me to make, but I’m glad I figured it out!