It's Like the Weather

Interviewer: Give us your best tip for overcoming depression.

Stephen Fry: To regard it as being like the weather. It's not your responsibility that it's raining, but it is real when it rains, and the fact that it's raining does not mean that the rain is never going to stop. The only thing to do is to believe that, one day, it won't be raining and accept it so you can find a mental umbrella to shield yourself from the worst. The sun will eventually come up.

--------------------------------


The sad part? I don't believe that. I do believe it's all my fault. I know that's irrational, but welcome to the way my head works.


Struggling a lot right now. The depression is taking over me again. Feeling like God can't love me like this. Feeling like I'm not good enough. Feeling like I am never going to amount to anything. Feeling like I'm going to fail at this whole missionary thing. Feeling like giving up.