Understanding Depression and how to overcome it
When I was young and shy, I was unable to meet the people I wanted to meet and make the friends I wanted to make. I just couldn’t bear the fear of trying and the near certainty of rejection. I was completely alone; too horrified to talk to strangers, too weak to stand up to others; too stubborn to change the things about myself that would make life better and myself happier. Each day I awoke, the first thoughts in my mind were of the troubles that afflicted me and the problems that followed me. Each day I re-lived them. Each day I re-experienced what had hurt me and who had left me . I refused to escape them. I refused to stop hurting, because to do so meant to actually move on, and I didn’t want to move on. I didn’t want to let go. I had received what I believed. And what I believed was that I was worth nothing; that no one would like me and no one could love me; that I’d forever and always be alone . Read also How to overcome Feeling of regret When we ar