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I was in counselor-mode recently, listening to someone tell me about their significant other and problems that are coming to a crisis point. They want their SO to go to therapy, and the SO knows it should happen, but part of the problem is the inability to get things done, so it hasn't happened yet. As the person was describing some of the behaviours and conversations and revelations that have gone on recently, I was staying focused on what they were saying, but I was also thinking "I do that. I do that too. Yeah, that sometimes." Then they got to the part where their SO has recurrent thoughts of 'would my family miss me if I just stopped existing?' and I said to myself 'okay, that's not me.' I know I'm not depressed or dysthymic. I might procrastinate, be lazy, be unproductive too much of the time, not pursue my long-term goals with total zeal and great determination, but I'm not clinically diagnosible.

I hope the SO gets help, both for the sake of the individual and for the sake of the couple.

Also, I was told I was valued for being on the same intellectual level as the person to whom I was listening, that they can talk with me and even if it's not my chosen field of study, I can ask questions and engage in a give-and-take conversation, and similarly can talk about my issues and communicate well and interestingly there too. This meant a lot to me, because often I feel not exactly inferior to, but just not as knowledgable or interesting as this person. It's good to hear that kind of compliment.