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    17 days ago

    It tends to get better with younger generations. I’ve gotten a lot of good and bad feedback about some changes I made during the last months but pretty much exclusively from friends and co-workers under 40.

    Was never weird though. Just smile and say something like “Right? I’m trying that out. Thank you :)”

    Accepting compliments can be learned.





  • Yep, that’s how I know by now a depressive episode is coming on.

    Recognizing them earlier helps me to give myself a mixture of slack and forced “that’s good for you so do it fucker” that usually gets me through them quicker and with less collateral damage than just waiting them out.