jenifir-juniper replied to your post:
Love yourself, it will allow others to love you as you deserve. It is well worth the risk of getting hurt to find happiness in love and friendship. Be strong and carry on! <3
This is of course, all true. I have been making positive changes in my life to slowly drag myself out of depression. At one point I realized how much of a burden it was to those around me to be constantly stuck in a pit of despair, but at the same time I felt that I needed others to feel any sort of happiness. I was stuck in a vicious cycle and really, the only way out was to change the way I thought about things. I'm not perfect and I have many flaws, but now I realize that's okay. Some of those flaws can be changed. The others? Well, those are what make me who I am.