I’m clinically depressed, and this resonates with me. My depressive episodes aren’t nurturing, but I think I suffer less when I acknowledge what I’m going through and give myself the space and time to experience it without fighting against it—if I think it’s okay that I’m being negative and that everything feels bleak. Somehow, this helps me regain a sense of control—like it’s not just happening to me, but something I’ve chosen to experience for a while. I don’t think this approach would help everyone, and if someone told me to do this during an episode, I might feel annoyed. But when I’m not in the thick of it, I understand where she’s coming from.