Posted by Searchlight on October 8, 2003, at 22:31:51
In reply to I guess I'm not fixed and normal yet., posted by Susan J on October 8, 2003, at 14:54:16
Susan, what you are going through is very, very normal for depressed and non-depressed people.
I go through it every other day at least (I'm 37 now you can imagine what I was like at 21!). I was on an internet dating site just once in my life- last year for 3 months. I met some neat men and some awful men. While I don't date anyone at the moment, I am pretty good friends with 2 of them still. I am sure you are an attractive person, your mind (your mental ilness) is playing tricks on you- don't believe it! BTW, I got off the dating site because it was really exaserbating my bad episode with depression at that time. Internet dating can be difficult. If you do go out with someone, be careful, try to go to public places for the dates, and remember- you are great and probably have more resources than you think after years of dealing with depression.
Searchlight (Susan)
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