Dont tell me Depression isn't a Choice!

Trauma Recovery Anonymous · Oct 30, 2026 · 5m

Don't tell me depression isn't a choice.

When I first went to see a therapist, I didn't give a full picture of me or my life; I didn't share all the good in my life, the joy and happiness; I painted a picture of how bad I could feel: full of despair, despondency, anger, resentment, victimhood, and martyrdom; and my self-destructive thinking and feelings.

My therapist, armed with only one side of the story, suggested I might have depression; and once he shared that opinion with me, I grabbed it with both hands. It didn't matter that I was striving to find some sort of solution to how I was…