"I'm suffering from depression."
"Why are you depressed? Everything is so good in your life. I don't know why you're always this sad. Sometimes I think you're just being dramatic or you want everyone's attention, that's it."
Everyone tells you this when you tell them you're "suffering" from depression, don't they? People who have never dealt with depression think it's just being sad or being in a bad mood. That's not what depression is for me; it's falling into a state of numbness and grayness. It's so difficult to describe depression. It's not sadness. I know sadness, it's about crying and feeling. But depression is just the opposite. It's the cold absence of feeling. It's about trying to feel but failing miserably.
Having anxiety and depression is like being scared and tired at the same time. It's the fear of failure but no urge to be productive. It's wanting friends but hate socializing. It's wanting to be alone but not wanting to be lonely. It's caring about everything then caring about nothing. It's feeling everything at once then feeling paralysingly numb.
If the silence doesn't kill you, the way people assume all is well without asking to find out would. Depression is not about having no friends, it's about having friends that don't care.
And the hardest part of coming out of depression fog is coming back into reality. While you feel better, you're instantly faced with the people and tasks you've neglected. No one talks about the guilt that comes along with that.
They'll tell you that you'll get over it and it's just in your head. They don't understand. It's not in my head, it's in me. Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight everyday. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.
So, I think it's better to give up on "them." Stop sharing your thoughts, because if they can't make it better, they have no right to make it worse either. Instead of making people understand you, try to be open, accepting, and loving toward yourself and what you’re going through. If you’re having a down day, have it. Let yourself feel the emotions — but don’t stay there. Today’s mood, emotions, or thoughts don’t belong to tomorrow. Do everything that used to make you happy.
And then one day you'll realize how beautiful it is to be alone but not lonely. No judgements and no talks. And when this day comes, you'll find your happiness all over again.
☆ This video is just about how parents assume we have everything and even then we're "stressed" and we're doing everything for attention or being dramatic just because we're teenagers. They neglect their own child's thoughts and judge them on the basis of what others say about them. They generally care when it's too late. They don't understand that if we wanted attention, we'd never have hidden it.