Is it normal to not want to get better?
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Moderated by Smita Joshi, BA Psychology / MA / Advanced EFT Practitioner
Updated: Feb 19, 2023
LittleLemon96
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Sep 3, 2016
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We can't say that it is normal, but there is a type of people called masochist, they feel that there is something beautiful or plesering about being hurt, sometimes it makes you feel less pain if you are one of them but sometimes it makes you stick to the pain which is not a good thing..
Anonymous
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Sep 4, 2016
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Sometimes it may feel like its better not to want to be better because you are afraid of change. if you can conquer that youll be fine.
LeonMcLion
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Sep 4, 2016
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Not wanting to get better is just another stage of having depression. It is pretty normal to go through this but it may affect you in your daily life.
Anonymous
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Sep 10, 2016
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Yes, it's completely normal. When we have been depressed for a long time, we become tired and hopeless. Depression is what we know, a place that's there for us. If we gave up on it, we would have to become totally different people. Feeling down can function as an emotional security blanket. Not feeling depressed means that you will have to feel something different. It is normal to fear the unknown. All people do. It's our nature.
Anonymous
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Sep 11, 2016
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Yes and no. it depends on how you see yourself. if you see you are too good to be better or you feel no one is better than you, it is called egotism. And if you feel depressed and tried everything then gave up on trying to be better, then like most people, yes, it is a phase of depression.
Immortalwolfieslyrics
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Sep 11, 2016
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Yes. In my past experiences I have had the fear that if I get better then I will have nothing to do and I was scared to get better because if I did, everything I knew would be gone and I didn't know how to react or cope with that. But then I thought to myself, what if....
deYoung
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Sep 19, 2016
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Maybe. Not everyone feels a constant drive to improve, but having at least some kind of motivation every now and then is healthy. After all, life in which one would never become better at anything and not take up anything new would be quite the boring life to lead, wouldn't it be?
sophj19
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Sep 22, 2016
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Sometimes the thought of 'getting better' can be scary.. Plus everyone is different. You decide what normal is.
2cupsofteaa
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Sep 24, 2016
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I think normal because when you don't get better, you obtain care and concern most times and so it makes you feel loved. However, it wouldn't be normal if you go to the extreme sense to not get better.
Love2Help07
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Sep 24, 2016
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yes only if you yourself is satisfied with the place and situation you are surrounded with. its fine than.
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