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Why recovery from depression can feel threatening to identity

I can feel that my depression is lifting after years of therapy and spiritual practice but I am terrified of being happy because I do not know who I am without my suffering.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Long-term emotional patterns become integrated into self-concept, making healing feel like losing fundamental aspects of identity.

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