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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Hanging out with positive people



Hanging out with postive people

Choosing to hang out with positive people helped me to get out of Depression. Putting myself around people who make me laugh and feel good about myself was an antidote to thinking about my ex all the time.

Just one person rejecting me doesn’t make me any less of a person

My relationship break-up had a big impact on my self-esteem and my sense of self-worth. It was pretty overwhelming. It was hard to deal with the sense of rejection and I felt like I was not really worthy of affection. I also noticed that my ‘self-deprecation’ thinking became worse.

Over a 5-month period I have gradually gained an upper hand over Depression. My self-confidence kicked in again. The turning point for me was when I realised that ‘just one person rejecting me doesn’t make me any less of a person’. Looking back, I think I have taken a number of steps to regain my self-esteem. These include:

• Stopping contacting my ‘ex’
• Finding something enjoyable to do to make me feel better
• Making constant effort to look at the positive side of everything
• Trying to laugh about things.
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