It seems my advice wasn't well-received. I get that selfishness has negative connotations... It's hard to state it in a way that doesn't irk people who suffer these afflictions. Again, I stress that I wasn't trying to be inconsiderate. I personally have suffered from depression and anxiety since age 14, and I'm 30 now. Much like the first to reply to me (Jojoya,) I haven't defeated depression. As much as I try to love myself, and lie about it to myself in the worst of times, people just see through it anyway.

But anxiety? I have reduced it by about 75% just by following my own advice. When I feel myself entering a spiral, I just think. Why am I THIS important? It tends to calm me down. The other 25% comes from tense situations where I just can't think about things clearly, make snap reactions, and stew in the consequences for hours after, hating myself.

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I'll back off when people like Isaac stop calling anxious people selfish.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone. Again. This is purely my experience, and maybe I should have gone into more detail about why I have the opinion that I do.