Posted: Nov 09, 2016 12:33 am
chairman bill wrote:igorfrankensteen wrote: My own greatest successful battle against depression, was the day I finally recognized that I actually WANTED to be depressed, because it was the source of a certain amount of safety for me. Rewards or the lack of them had nothing at all to do with it.
That feeling of safety - there's your reward, right there.
I'm guessing you read the opening few posts differently than I did. What I read, indicated that this person thought that the LACK of rewards, was what CAUSED the depression.
What I said, was that I was rewarded BY MY DEPRESSION.
Do you see the difference?