"Depression is a physical illness which could be treated with anti-inflammatory drugs

[Allurelle]

I feel they have a good point if they are treating someone with chronic pain. I have fibromyalgia and there is depression associated with it. However, my take on that is that I have pain every day of my life and will continue his pattern as long as I'm alive. Therefore, I think there would be something wrong with me if I wasn't depressed from time to time. In the beginning I was depressed all the time because I didn't know what it was or that it was permanent. Now I do and I've come to accept it as my existence, so it doesn't depress me like it used to.

[lior]

Now I do and I've come to accept it as my existence, so it doesn't depress me like it used to.

Sorry you're in pain. :( I have ME. Are you on Phoenix Rising?

I accept that I will go through periods of depression and anxiety, as part of my existence. People challenge that but it is actually helpful to just accept this because it's so likely. Yes there's hope for recovery or drugs, the same as you, but the likelihood is that it is permanently part of me.

The affect is that I focus on the good in my life, while it's here