Depression and Decisions, why is it so hard?
Decision making difficulty and Depression.. this is the road I am walking right now. Impulsive, that is how I would have described myself in a previous life. I didn’t struggle with making a decision. I trusted my gut and often it turned out to be in my best interest. I jumped in feet first and trusted that I would land safely. I also really enjoyed life, it was full of adventure and laughter. 33 months ago, my life changed. I didn’t know it was changing back then but what followed were months of deep depression, the kind that keeps you in bed and a Zombie-like state when you aren’t in bed. Then I got medicated. I regained some of my life back and I pretended I was getting back to normal. That isn’t how MDD works though. Looking back, I made some really bad decisions during that time. They aren’t necessarily decisions I regret but they weren’t good decisions for me, or my family. I made decisions while learning how to survive the storm I was in. Those decisions caused me a lot of p...
