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tychus-findlay t1_ivhlgfv wrote

Reply to comment by rish_talking in [Image] You don't hate yourself. You hate NOT being your SELF. by unsizedType11

I took a different meaning on this. If anyone battles with depression, anxiety, things like that, it's like a black cloud over your true self. In those times, you just want to feel normal, but you don't, and you hate it. You don't hate yourself, you just hate that you don't feel like what you consider the best version of yourself.

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rish_talking t1_ivindsw wrote

Okay! I want to add more it but i do not want to sound arrogant.

Anxiety and depression look like they have their own identity that is persistent. I looked it like that for years myself.

Eventually, i started to see them differently.

Adding on what I said before. We wear identities like clothes based on what is needed in the moment. What if I am not able to? 1) Either I do not have the energy to create an identity (that looks like depression) 2) I do not know what identity to create (instant panic, that looks like anxiety)

Different reasons, but result is the same. Unable to function to our potential.

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