Depression Clounding What's Good in Life

Does your depression cloud your view of what's good in your life? Mine does. It pushes me to focus on the things I haven't done and on the years I have 'wasted'. What I don't see is that I am a success in my own way, but even that realization doesn't stop me from focusing on the negative. 

What positive in your life has your depression clouded? 

Mine does for sure. I'm on medication now so I'm usually ok most of the time, but when I have my moments all my thoughts get blown way into the negative and it seems that one thought leads right into another negative thought and then before you know it I'm sad or mad at 100 different things. I have lots of successes too at my job, financially, family wise.... but like you the negative always seems to push it away.

Absolutely.  If I really think about it, there's basically nothing wrong for me except that I am a fallible human being (like everyone else).  Yet my whole life is shrouded in self-doubt.  In my mind, I know that everyone else is just as insecure as I am, but I can never get my emotions in sync with my mind.  While cognitively, I know that I am a normal, successful person, emotionally I am a basket case. 

--J

Sure does cecily, that's the nature of the beast I suppose .