I’m not sure I can get at this properly. I feel different—like I’ve emerged from hell, and I’m not going back. Even better, I believe in myself more. I can actually say good things about myself without struggling with it. This change came very suddenly, and I’m not sure it will last, but it feels really different. But I want to remember where I was, so I can make sure never to go back there, and because it is a part of me. I’m not really worried I might forget, but I’m worried I might change my allegiance somehow…

If you were depressed for a long time, but somehow emerged from it, even becoming positive, were you able to identify with fellow depressed people as well as you used to? Do you remember the feelings like yesterday? Or do you feel like you are in a different crowd now?

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