I had a brief conversation today with my trauma counselor about the depression, and her impression is that the problem isn't so much the depression itself...rather, the problem is my self-judgments about the depression.
We typically end up defending ourselves against the judgments made about us by other people, but what do we do with the harmful judgments that we make about ourselves?
She also suggested that I make friends with the bear...rather than try to control the situation by expending all of that energy running around shutting all of the doors and windows...but, how do I make friends with the bear that holds the power to kill?
