Having Depression for years is so wild because you just kinda become?? Desensitized to your own suffering?? Like yeah I want to kill myself every day. Oh, oh yeah normal people don’t have that????? Oh shit I forgot
It’s always fun to top this with chronic pain. You get desensitized to so many injuries. I smashed my hand between some metal equipment and my co-worker was all worried and I just looked at it and said, “Welp. It’s not bleeding and I can still move it. It will be fine.”
Both of these are super fun with doctors.
New therapist? “Have you ever had thoughts of killing yourself?” “???? What kind of q is that I mean yknow duh but wouldn’t do it”
ER Doc? “And how’s your pain?” “-with a straight face, conversationally- Oh, it’s pretty much unbearable.” “You seem fine though?” “Ya this is my daily but I recognize I need medical intervention at this juncture get on my level.”