What If You Approach Depression as a Combative Opponent?

Treating depression like a separate entity can be empowering.

Murray "MJ" Blehart
6 min readNov 2, 2023

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we can treat depression as separate from our self-aware identities
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When you suffer from depression, you often deal with a ton of conflicting feelings and emotions that seem completely illogical and can leave you feeling worthless, lost, and even unloved.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE. If you cope with depression, this may seem untrue, but it’s important for me to tell you that. Even when it is at its worst, you are not alone.

I’ve struggled with depression for most of my life. I’ve used multiple methods to work with it, including therapy, psychopharmacology, self-help books and audiobooks, meditation, and numerous other methods.

Those who don’t battle depression don’t understand a few things about it. For starters, it’s almost impossible to be completely rid of depression. Like cancer, it can go into a form of remission, where you aren’t suffering from it, seemingly permanently… but then, it might just come back and rear its ugly head.

Depression impacts everyone differently. Some people get angry, some get weepy. I know people who utterly and completely withdraw when feeling depressed. Some people eat their feelings. I know a few people who just want to sleep all the time when depressed. Some people do combinations of all…

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Murray "MJ" Blehart

I explore mindfulness, positivity, philosophy, & conscious reality creation. I love to help & inspire. And I also write sci-fi/fantasy. http://www.mjblehart.com