You're fighting it and making progress yes there will be setbacks along the way but as you say your mood is less negative than a week ago which is a big plus, I've found from personal experience it is a long hard journey but you'll reach a point when good days outnumber bad ones and the time between bad days increases. There is no magic wand but you're getting there.
77 and counting, less of the "Old" call me "Mike"
I had the house to myself for most of the day and I decided it was going to be a ‘me day’. I’ve been watching the cricket and Tour de France while reading the news and twitter. I’ve eaten when I wanted and what I wanted and my appetite was the better for it.
One of the articles I read was https://themighty.com/2017/06/depres...-wasting-time/ and it struck a chord with me - at times I do feel guilty about being depressed. Luckily I find getting out of bed and distracting myself helps me stop thinking negatively but I can sympathise with the thought ‘Nobody should be made to feel bad about having a mental illness, but I bring this guilt upon myself’. I guess knowing the enemy is a major part of fighting the everyday battle and eventually the war.
I have found out a great deal about myself in the past few weeks. It’s not all good but it’s not all bad either, I t’s work in progress.
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