@PiquantParvenu good! the concept of "being my own friend" has been transformative for me in going from very depressed to generally ok
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Reply · Dec 7, 2022@BasedMaterialsm @goodcharls @QuetzalPhoenix @MAWKVLT @giantgio What worked better for me was the idea of “being my own best friend”- being kind &…Reply · Oct 7, 2023@Malcolm_Ocean @HephaistosF 🫶 thanks... was worn down from several friends having simultaneous drama & depression, hoping to elicit other insights &…Reply · Aug 13, 2024@QiaochuYuan when i was in the psych ward for depression, i realized to an extent i *could* just "quit and start over" by dropping my prior…Personal reflectionReply · Mar 10, 2023@knowclarified hah! the weird thing is I tried therapy as a patient and it was never particularly helpful! so I much prefer just being a friend 🫶