• folkrav
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, this. I have a history of depression, and the first two are, no kidding, legitimately how I know I’m spiralling down.

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      3 months ago

      Good that you recognize it. Our brains are sneaky little assholes, so shining the spotlight on their bullshit when it starts to pop up is a HUGE first step.

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        3 months ago

        Took me half a lifetime to get there, and I still don’t have any real coping mechanisms, but yeah, at least I can tell the wife that things aren’t doing so well.