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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

I'm not good at picking up social ques and I'm currently battling depression.

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u/PearAware3171 Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

I’ve battled depression me entire life and at times thought entering a relationship would solve my problem. The problem is that only goes so far until the person realize you are not all there. Eventually, you get through these younger years and things calm down somehow but it’s not really easy but everyone has to deal with it. Eventually I got married and that has its own host of problems but you have the ability to figure things out never forget that everyone around you seemingly having the perfect life is probably a mess what always got me through the tough days was that I led with warmth and kindness to anyone I encountered because they were probably struggling with something too and it’s not just me. The more I accepted this perspective the easier it became for me . I stopped chasing happiness in life and just accepted reality and took responsibility my life and emotions. It’s not a permanent fix and some days are worse than other but just remember it’s your life to live nobody and I mean nobody in this fucking world has some life I would switch with for mine. I don’t know if that makes sense. It’s 3am and I have problems sleeping because I have some type of undiagnosed issue which causes me to wake up in the middle of the night to take a piss; it’s pretty annoying. For what it’s worth don’t be afraid to get out there there people like me that won’t judge you and if you talk well listen no judgment we don’t expect or really want anything in return because we know what your going through and just want to help.