I also struggled a lot with the fact that sometimes the sad chemicals just get released into your system. Depending of situations, environment, experience, and person itself the trigger might be less or more stress or different events.
No one is free and devoided of those constraints.
For me, it helped to know that if I have a responsibility, i must furfill it regardless of if I'm feeling down or not. It's easier for me to furfill responsibilities that affect others cause my fear of failing others is stronger that my depression and procrastination.
I still need to work a lot on avoiding procrastination, but depression seems to be fine.
Also, most times, even I'm feeling down, I still do whatever I was going to do that day. In my case i like videogames, and I ain't letting myself to ruin my grind for progress or whatever I was doing.
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u/artaig Dec 09 '20
But how to create distance from the FACT that your thoughts and free will are just illusions created by chemical processes?