I’m pretty sure I am one. Anxious, depressed, but optimistic that is. Not sure why it seems like a paradox actually? Being optimistic while also acknowledging one is depressed and will likely always be often just looks like choosing to get up the next day and go on living with depression because it’s “still probably worth it somehow.” Much like being brave when you have anxiety may look like attending a party even though you know you won’t be able to bring yourself to talk to people much and you’ll probably be the first to leave because it you might get something out of the interaction anyway. It’s something almost nobody will have respect for because it just looks like sucking at life from the outside, or something it’s hard to even acknowledge because it’s completely invisible to anyone else as a choice. But it’s a big difference at the lived experience level actually.
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