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This is EXACTLY me, especially recently. I know it is which helps a lot but my boyfriend has to constantly remind me that it is my brain and things are not actually like that.
I wanted to bookmark this one. I know my perceptions are colored by my depression. I just don’t know how to see things any differently. It’s like I have become the depression. What still puzzles me is how people see things so differently.
A big part of my recovery was realizing that my perceptions, thoughts, and emotions *were* distorted. I *knew* that I was worthless, pathetic, and alone, that no one cared about me, that existence was pointless, and that I would be better off dead. All of these ideas were false. Part of getting better is to recognize that these thoughts are irrational, and to consciously reject them.
That’s a lot easier to do if you’re also taking an antidepressant to deal with the other symptoms.