I get a lot of requests on insta to write something about depression, so here you go...!
Let's clear the vibe
First of all, let's clear the stereotypical misconception about depression that "it is all in our minds" "you are being thankless" "ungrateful" "dramatic" "it's nothing real". If it's you who think this way then hold on and LISTEN! DEPRESSION IS AS REAL AS ANY PHYSICAL ILLNESS...!! Wonder if you tell someone, you have a severe cough and high fever, the other person laughs and say you are a thankless person you look fine! Be grateful! This is how it feels when you reply like that to a depressed person.
Depression is a state which makes us feel unworthy of love, care and affection. We blame ourselves for the mistakes we didn't even commit. It just makes us hate the world, people and our own exsistance to a level that even death seems an easy option. A lot of people commit suicide and a few don't, those who do, were trying to tell us that they are unable to bear all of the criticism people were throwing at them, they wanted to tell us that they needed love and acceptance which they didn't get, because of that they feel this world is not for them and they took their lives. Their death is a scream, an untold story that we need to listen, so that depression doesn't take the life of our loved one. Give people space and attention to open up, pat their back and tell them they are strong.
If you are depressed and reading this, we all go through some sort of struggles, sometimes it's hard to even breath in such circumstances but by the time, you will be fine, healed and most of all stronger than ever before. STAY STRONG AND DON'T GIVE UP.
What is depression?
The reason why I called Depression, a silent war is because a lot of people suffer in silence, they choose to isolate themselves from the world, not many of us speak about it in public or even with our close friends, we lock ourselves behind the doors and cry, scream under the pillows so that no one can hear us sobbing. Depression is like this, it takes you away from the people you love the most. It's makes you vulnerable and a victim in your own mind, you see yourself as a victim or a culprit nothing in between, you have done all the wrong things or everything is going wrong with you! Well if you think it's just you suffering like this then no, we all are fighting battles in our minds, some have the courage to speak up and others are gathering it to fight back.
Depression is a state which makes us feel unworthy of love, care and affection. We blame ourselves for the mistakes we didn't even commit. It just makes us hate the world, people and our own exsistance to a level that even death seems an easy option. A lot of people commit suicide and a few don't, those who do, were trying to tell us that they are unable to bear all of the criticism people were throwing at them, they wanted to tell us that they needed love and acceptance which they didn't get, because of that they feel this world is not for them and they took their lives. Their death is a scream, an untold story that we need to listen, so that depression doesn't take the life of our loved one. Give people space and attention to open up, pat their back and tell them they are strong.
If you are depressed and reading this, we all go through some sort of struggles, sometimes it's hard to even breath in such circumstances but by the time, you will be fine, healed and most of all stronger than ever before. STAY STRONG AND DON'T GIVE UP.
