"My depression, I realized after months in therapy, was not simply a chemical imbalance, but something I was using to help protect me; if I was sad, I was safe. If I was dissociated, I could not be harmed, because I was not real."
"My depression, I realized after months in therapy, was not simply a chemical imbalance, but something I was using to help protect me; if I was sad, I was safe. If I was dissociated, I could not be harmed, because I was not real."