How can depression help me get in touch with myself?

If one considers that there might have been something wrong with a person's previous way of being in the world, then a depression might be thought of as a withdrawal from that life as a way to envision a new life path. In her book Everything Happens for a Reason, Mira Kirshenbaum writes that bad things happen so that individuals will become their best, most authentic self: "Things happen to help you get rid of the parts of yourself that aren't you; to help you be more real and more yourself, not like everyone else; to help you lead a more authentic life; and ultimately to help you discover who you really are. Circumstances often take us away from who we really are.

And the further we drift, the more likely that it's going to take some final loss or difficulty to shove in our faces the fact that we don't even know who we are anymore. This helps us wake up so we can once again rediscover our true selves." Although her book addressed the issue of finding meaning in painful events and losses, her approach is relevant to depression, which can reorient you to your deepest, best, most authentic self.

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