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266 "I'm actually not so bad today."

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Published November 28, 2015 33 Comments

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PANEL 1:
— So, how are you today?
PANEL 2:
… What do I SAY? I’m actually not so bad today.
… But what if I say something POSITIVE instead of NEGATIVE?
… She’ll think that I’m wasting her time.
… She’ll cut off the medication and support. She’ll think I’m only faking this and cancel me as a patient.
… … so “not bad” is NOT a good answer.
PANEL 3:
… So I have to think of an answer that is both honest but also lacking in any kind of positivity whatsoever.
… Something that will make her think that I still need therapy even when I come to see her on a rare day I am actually fine. What do I say?
PANEL 4:
— You know. “Could be better.”
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  1. Stefan Markus RöhlStefan Markus Röhl says

    November 28, 2015 at 7:18 am

    Scary how accurate this is.

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  2. @noirona says

    November 28, 2015 at 7:20 am

    Ik volg al een tijdje Depression Comix zij maakt erg mooie depressie gerelateerde strips.
    https://t.co/cjZTtJukNB via @depressioncomix

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    • Ben says

      January 2, 2016 at 9:02 am

      ‘T is een hij Iul

      Reply
  3. Mic says

    November 28, 2015 at 7:20 am

    Yep! Just like this. I’m sometimes feeling guilty for feeling good. Fortunately that passes fast and I feel down because of the thoughts I had. Really awesome, this depression, isn’t it? :-/

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  4. Saila HahleSaila Hahle says

    November 28, 2015 at 7:22 am

    All too familiar : /

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  5. Heather BufkinHeather Bufkin says

    November 28, 2015 at 7:36 am

    🙁 I told my therapist I still needed her, since I was going to have to reconstruct my life and myself as a healthy person and I didn’t want to do that alone, but she still actively weaned me away from her once I wasn’t desperate anymore. It still stings.

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    • Yenni DesrochesYenni Desroches says

      November 28, 2015 at 9:59 am

      any therapist that does this shouldn’t be a therapist….

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  6. Andrew McGleishAndrew McGleish says

    November 28, 2015 at 8:38 am

    oh boy…

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  7. Ryke says

    November 28, 2015 at 8:50 am

    This hit me. “Could be better” is my go-to statement whenever I’m feeling down but not too down. “Could be worse” is when I’m feeling awful and don’t want to burden other people.

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  8. Cris GaryCris Gary says

    November 28, 2015 at 9:06 am

    Hate that feeling

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  9. Esmerelda BohèmeEsmerelda Bohème says

    November 28, 2015 at 11:36 am

    Yikes… can’t even be allowed to feel good. The problems of the medical system and its patients.

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  10. Jake says

    November 28, 2015 at 11:59 am

    So. Much. This.

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  11. Patricia BonhamPatricia Bonham says

    November 28, 2015 at 12:32 pm

    I feel guilty when I bitch & moan too much, like she probably thinks, geez I give this girl so much motivation & encouragement, can’t she throw me a bone & come in here with something positive…just once?

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  12. Maria KaarnakariMaria Kaarnakari says

    November 28, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    This.

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  13. Johanna ManninenJohanna Manninen says

    November 28, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    All too accurate ?

    Reply
  14. Jonathan HamrickJonathan Hamrick says

    November 28, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    Then you look back, and realize “terrifyingly well” is the best description.

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  15. Aida RosaliaAida Rosalia says

    November 28, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    Write down what you want to talk about on the bad days when you’re not seeing them, that way when you go in you can tell them how you were feeling, even though you may be okay right then.

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    • Alan M says

      November 30, 2015 at 11:05 am

      Cool, a reply that is logical and sensible.

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    • Agarax says

      December 1, 2015 at 1:21 am

      I found that just writing down what I was thinking and feeling helped me examine my depression more objectively. I began to realize how irrational some of my thoughts were, and how they were a product of the illness. Feeling something very strongly (for example that no one cares about you) does not make it true, and knowing that helps you reject both the irrational thought and the feeling that inspired it.

      Depression involves a pattern of self-reinforcing negative thoughts and emotions. To overcome it you must break the pattern, and that takes a great deal of time and effort. Most people also require help, especially early on when all efforts seem futile.

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  16. @ClayComix says

    December 3, 2015 at 5:55 pm

    ? depression comix #266 https://t.co/irPOmaAhGr Depression has up swings and down… https://t.co/vS9cQRsmkg

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  17. @amuletts says

    December 9, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    266 #Depression Comix “I’m actually not so bad today.” https://t.co/ENL9KEYkbT via @depressioncomix #mentalhealth

    Reply
  18. Dev says

    December 12, 2015 at 7:31 am

    So true, it struck a nerve.

    Reply
  19. CurmudgeonZ (@CurmudgeonZ) says

    December 12, 2015 at 8:32 am

    Who can relate to this? https://t.co/erRpZfUZiZ via @depressioncomix #mentalillness https://t.co/9SGXpgVylf

    Reply
  20. campionbrown says

    December 19, 2015 at 5:08 am

    Being cut-off from a doctor and drugs you don’t even like, seems like a good problem to have. But it isn’t. When you know you (will) need support, you can’t be honest with the people you really should be honest with.

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    • clay says

      December 19, 2015 at 7:21 am

      Good point. We really do want to get better, but there comes a point that we learn that the high points often come before a crash and we prepare ourselves, even if it means hiding the high points is necessary to do it.

      Reply
  21. AndyO! says

    December 19, 2015 at 2:02 pm

    “I’m above ground,” is my usual reply.

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  22. cody says

    December 30, 2015 at 12:10 pm

    Wow…. so true. My family therepist wants to wean me off of it since I haven’t been to a psych hospital in a year and I’m not horrribly suicidal. ?

    Reply
  23. Jewel MontgomeryJewel Montgomery says

    April 2, 2016 at 12:54 pm

    EXACTLY

    Reply
  24. MaahHeim says

    November 8, 2016 at 2:04 am

    Yes I get so fucking scared to look okay. My mom made me stop taking the meds because she said I was “happy enough already”. Hah.

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  25. Sometimes the bear says

    March 27, 2017 at 2:11 am

    Just had an appointment much like this yesterday. I schedule a recurring monthly therapist appointment to make sure I’m maintaining, which was my idea and the therapist agreed. The worst thing about recurring depression is that even with experience, you don’t always know when it’s starting again. You get too deep in to acknowledge that the world didn’t go dark, it’s all you. The warning signs were so different on the most recent recurrence that I wasted time chasing down physiological problems when it was just the old black cloud in new guise.

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  26. Phoebe says

    August 23, 2018 at 2:46 pm

    Had a therapy appointment today and I wanted to tell her how much I’ve wanted to kill myself these past 2 weeks. Didn’t say anything. 🙁 I’ll never be happy again

    Reply

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