Demons

Cutting is a way of covering up your emotional pain with physical pain and it is also a way of punishing yourself when you feel that you are a bad person or something like that. The drinking was a one time thing, but it made me so out of it that I could'nt even think straight enough to be depressed.

Kayty

Does depression necessarily entail feeling that one is a bad person? You don't cut because you want to punish yourself, right?

The drinking was a one time thing, but it made me so out of it that I could'nt even think straight enough to be depressed.

So was not being able to think straight better than being depressed?

I do cut as punishment sometimes, but mostly for the physical pain so that I wont have to think about the emotional.

Yea actually it would have been better if I did'nt get so sick.

Kayty

I do cut as punishment sometimes

When you do that, is it because of something bad you have done or because you "are" bad?

Mostly because when I am depressed I believe that I am bad and that everyone hates me and I deserve to be hated.

Kayty

Have you ever been depressed while feeling that you are a really good person?

No.

Kayty

Okay, so from that I reason that it is likely that depression necessarily entails feeling that one is not a good person.

Thank you for answering my questions. This is why I believe that depression can be cured without medication, because all that is required is for one to learn to believe/feel that they are good.

Kayty, what about you is bad? What makes you bad?

yourwelcome,

I really dont know. I just feel that way when I'm depressed. If I really think about it I know deep down I'm not bad, but that is a hard concept when your in that state of mind. Depression is very hard and I think it depend's on the severity of the case if you need med's or not.

Kayty

Depression is very hard and I think it depend's on the severity of the case if you need med's or not.

Would you say that a person is depressed insofar as they feel they are a bad person? Would you say your really depressed moods were when you felt really bad, etc?