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Dr. Eric
Most people think that all other people have "things" better than they do. Of course this is not true.
When you think the absurd thought that everyone has it better...remember, they don't.
Even the people you think have it better do NOT have it better.
Better is relative!
When we face difficult situations, we tend to idolize the past. We think how great the past was and how perfect everything was.
Of course, this makes us feel worse than we did before. The past was NOT perfect. The past proved it was not perfect because look where you are now!
The past was the past with all its problems and warts and NOW is all we really have.
When depression hits and life gets tough, the initial reaction is to freeze and do nothing. This is the fight or flight syndrome that all humans face.
When trouble hits, we either run from it or we play dead. Most of us play dead because we can't run from our problems. This playing dead is depression.
One way out is to do something, anything, that is forward. Dr. Eric eggs you to do something forward!