I soooo agree with this and tried to explain this in the other thread on mental illness in that other forum. I know what the trained therapists on there are saying...but I don't buy this notion that they cannot "help" it. I've also dealt with depression and until I was willing to give up my own selfish feelings and outlook, I was not healing (minor depression).
I understand what you're saying but I don't know. I'm not going to say to someone oh you have cancer well it's clearly that you could help it. You're just not trying hard enough.
It's so easy to say well if you don't think negative then you wouldn't be depressed. But that is definetly not something i experienced.
I'm not sure how to put it in words but that type of thinking definetly worsened my depression last year. I mean I'm a Christian, we're more than conquerors right? The Bible said we were supposed to be joyous. How could I let my mind stay on such dark thoughts.
I thought that I was such a horrible Christian. I mean how dare I feel like that. I wish I could put into words my thoughts and the guilt, disgust and hatred that i was directing at myself.
I know I'm not making much sense but it's because I don't know how to process it all. I don't think we should blame others but making depression to be something that is easy to overcome, is just asking for self loathing imo.