Hey, Stephanie

Thank you for responding to my post.  I struggle with a variety of psychological issues that I am trying to address with therapy. I have an appointment set up for this Thursday.

To answer your question, I believe that I am unworthy of happiness because I myself am so fundamentally flawed and useless that I feel that I don’t deserve it. It’s hard to explain exactly in words, but I feel deep down that the main problem with me is that I am me. I feel as if I am some sort of defect that probably shouldn’t even exist at all. I’ve felt this way for most of my life, even this weekend when I went up to visit a friend who is struggling with depression, I still feel this way, as if I am trying to fool myself into believing that I’m worthwhile when I know deep down inside that I am not.

My therapist has asked me to consider whether this is the depression talking, and I really don’t think it is.