Depression

[Kreekakon]

I'm really sympathetic with the fact that you went through all this and anyone who does go through this. I think people started calling it a "phase" since it became so common, and it was a way of excusing parents from fucking up their kids' lives. It's referred to like its just some irrational feeling or anxiety you get when you're a teenager, but the reality is that we go through this for a reason.

This view of mine on life is kind of a bit besides the point of what I was saying earlier, but I feel like offering a bit more of clarification on my end about it.

Actually it's not as pessimistic a view on life as you may it sound for me anyways. It's actually an optimistic twist on the view. I generally view that bad things will always happen at some point in life, and instead of complaining about it you should try to do things that make your life happier in comparison! Also, if the thing is just a passby thing which just "happens", and can't really be solved...well then treat it just as a passby thing! It's over when it's over, and no point in making yourself sadder by moaning about it!

As non-sense making as this may sound, I actually think of this as a positive form of moderately "not giving a damn" about some things. It's not me being bitter about things, and not caring. It's more leaning towards being optimistic about bad circumstances, and learning to deal with it...one of many which ways which is to learn when not to be too bothered by some things. Again I stress I do this in a cheerful light rather than a bitter one.

In a nutshell, I think a proper phrase for it would be...."a cheerful form of stoicism"?

EDIT:

It's referred to like its just some irrational feeling or anxiety you get when you're a teenager, but the reality is that we go through this for a reason.

To me at least looking back now...that's exactly what I remember it as: Me just not thinking straight, and thinking nonsense at the time.