Hey there, @Egotheist! Your eleventh reader is speaking! :D I checked for your post on Tuesday but when I saw that it is missing I assumed you took (a happy) break. I am so sorry that it has been rough for you recently!
I think it is of a great value that you are open and honest about what you are going through. We, modern people, brag about being well-educated, pretend to know it all, use psychological terms in our everyday speech: "Oh, I am so depressed!", "Oh, I am autistic!", "Look at him, he is maniac again" and so on, but we never actually let ourselves realize what it is really like to be buried in depression, or to be autistic, or to struggle with a certain condition. So when we face one of these for real, we are lost and lonely. Thus your sharing could be of a great help to many people who are suffering from extreme emotional distress and could actually save lives!
P.S. I am glad you passed by those bridges and decided to stick around. I am pretty sure you have much to give and say yet!
See you!
Don't be sorry. It's alright, really. At least, it enabled me to write this post :)
Yeah, I agree. Most people can't really understand what it is like to live with these conditions. Which is good for them, I guess. This can lead to extremes and people say stuff like "Well, if you are depressed, eat a grapefruit and be happy again". Yeah...how about no?
For me, it was always important to provide a realistic perspective of how these conditions can affect your own life - and that it is still possible to find ways of dealing with them without giving up.