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I've lived with depression/anxiety/whatever for years, many of them untreated. Five or so years ago, I started therapy and have been in it most weeks since then, except for one lapse after getting booted from one office for insurance reasons. Over the last ~2.5 years, I've done no kind of regular work, and my priority has been on keeping myself balanced and well. Most of that time has required a great deal of leisure, rest, tv, video games, friend time, and support (both material and social). I've also made an effort to exercise more and eat healthier. I've been on an upward trajectory for awhile, but in the last two or three months there's been a seismic shift in my general sense of wellbeing and my ability to do ... things. I credit this to the years of work at improving my mental (and recently physical) health. But meditation was a huge step for me in terms of treatment. I asked my therapist about getting social support for meditation & so we started doing a guided one at the end…