What are you proud of?
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:41 am
Depression is a terrible thing that makes everything seem so much worse. But it's not all bad, there are things we're all proud of, little splinters of light at the end of the tunnel. What are the things about yourself and your life that make it bearable?
Here's mine...
1) I'm a vegetarian. I know that to a lot of people, that's nothing to be proud of but it means a lot to me. I'm against animal cruelty and won't kill anything for my own convenience. I'm not a vegan, I do eat eggs but I make sure they're freerange. It's a healthier lifestyle and I'm pretty proud of sticking with it for a decade now.
2) I don't medicate. I don't take any kind of prescription drugs, and never have. I exercise every day, which helps to control the depression, and I get by.... just.
3) I'm not my dad. My biggest fear in life is ending up like him. He has a genius-level IQ and did absolutely nothing with it. He never did anything, just rotted away in front of a television. My family can trace their roots back a thousand years in the same spot he still lives in now.
4) I'm a good teacher! We had a proper 25-year veteran teacher work with us last month. He said i was one of the best teachers he'd ever worked with. I work hard for my kids and they love me. I had a student once who had tried to take his own life. I lectured him about following his dreams once in front of the whole class after he said he wanted to be a professional video-gamer but his parents laughed at him. He mailed me two years later and told me there are only 2 people qualified in the whole country to play in online tournaments and he's now one of them and it was because of what I had said to him.
There's probably more... But let's hear from others.
Here's mine...
1) I'm a vegetarian. I know that to a lot of people, that's nothing to be proud of but it means a lot to me. I'm against animal cruelty and won't kill anything for my own convenience. I'm not a vegan, I do eat eggs but I make sure they're freerange. It's a healthier lifestyle and I'm pretty proud of sticking with it for a decade now.
2) I don't medicate. I don't take any kind of prescription drugs, and never have. I exercise every day, which helps to control the depression, and I get by.... just.
3) I'm not my dad. My biggest fear in life is ending up like him. He has a genius-level IQ and did absolutely nothing with it. He never did anything, just rotted away in front of a television. My family can trace their roots back a thousand years in the same spot he still lives in now.
4) I'm a good teacher! We had a proper 25-year veteran teacher work with us last month. He said i was one of the best teachers he'd ever worked with. I work hard for my kids and they love me. I had a student once who had tried to take his own life. I lectured him about following his dreams once in front of the whole class after he said he wanted to be a professional video-gamer but his parents laughed at him. He mailed me two years later and told me there are only 2 people qualified in the whole country to play in online tournaments and he's now one of them and it was because of what I had said to him.
There's probably more... But let's hear from others.