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Originally Posted by Angela  Like with alcoholism, there are plenty of people who want you to buy into the "disease" of depression so that they can "treat" you and let drugs make your choices for you. I just don't buy it anymore. (I used to!). |
I wanted to reply to this separately - it may need a separate thread - but I attended a 12-step group for over 16 years. In the last year and a half or so, I stopped going to meetings - it really seemed like very few people there were joyful people! And I'm questioning the whole 'disease' mentality/belief. Those meetings saved my life, of that I have no doubt, and the process of working or writing on the 12 steps brought a LOT of self-knowledge... but I dunno.
The disease model works up to a point -- but it's putting the responsibility on something outside of me. And didn't I create this whole thing? Questions, questions...