IT'S SHARE TIME!!!
This past year and half to two years I have been working my way through clinical depression. And to say this now I have been actually diagnosed by a doctor and a psychologist. Although when I was first diagnosed I was hesitant to actually believe that I was really depressed. It wasn't until I started to seriously consider killing myself that I took a look at myself and decided that this is real.
Although it has unfortunately been my experience these several months that the general population likes to diagnose themselves and then don't want to get the help that they supposedly are suffering from. And that is exactly what you need to do if you are depressed is see a doctor and find a psychologist, no matter if you find it hokie to talk to someone about your feelings, it is not just about that. They help you find coping techniques for your condition and help you truly understand what you are going through.
Now to get onto what I am truly upset about; I have had several experiences with a member of my family, while staying at our house as a guest, they started spouting off about how selfish people who are depressed and that those who commit suicide are the most selfish. Now they were totally entitled to this opinion, but you also need to know that you can't just freely yell out controversial opinions like this without knowing your audience and without having any first-hand knowledge of how this mental illness affects the mind.
If you don't have any knowledge, this is what you need to know. The way depression affects you in an emotional way, common symptoms that I experience where withdrawing from all of the people I loved and that were wanting to help me. My reason for doing this was because when I was around them it was too hard and exhausting to pretend to be normal. Another common symptom is what they call being "flat" this is when you shut off your emotions and don't feel anything. There are so many more symptoms and different way that it presents itself in every person. The reason that it is so important to know that when you are depressed you aren't just "sad"; it feels like you are downing in this black void but you are still alive and fighting even if it appears that you aren't doing anything because every minute of every day you are fighting the pain, what ever your pain comes from, you are fighting it. All of these things are important to know when you look at someone who is fighting against this illness it may appear that they are just sitting there doing nothing but they are in a pain that is so hard to describe. So please the next time that you think about saying "wow I got an C on my history exam, I am so depressed" think twice and if you are one of those people that are like the family member that I mentioned earlier that has the view point that when someone commits suicide that they are doing it for attention, or they they were being selfish, I ask you to consider that you don't know what that person went through in their lifetime and you shouldn't pass judgement without knowing personally what it feels like to feel their pain.
Although it has unfortunately been my experience these several months that the general population likes to diagnose themselves and then don't want to get the help that they supposedly are suffering from. And that is exactly what you need to do if you are depressed is see a doctor and find a psychologist, no matter if you find it hokie to talk to someone about your feelings, it is not just about that. They help you find coping techniques for your condition and help you truly understand what you are going through.
If you don't have any knowledge, this is what you need to know. The way depression affects you in an emotional way, common symptoms that I experience where withdrawing from all of the people I loved and that were wanting to help me. My reason for doing this was because when I was around them it was too hard and exhausting to pretend to be normal. Another common symptom is what they call being "flat" this is when you shut off your emotions and don't feel anything. There are so many more symptoms and different way that it presents itself in every person. The reason that it is so important to know that when you are depressed you aren't just "sad"; it feels like you are downing in this black void but you are still alive and fighting even if it appears that you aren't doing anything because every minute of every day you are fighting the pain, what ever your pain comes from, you are fighting it. All of these things are important to know when you look at someone who is fighting against this illness it may appear that they are just sitting there doing nothing but they are in a pain that is so hard to describe. So please the next time that you think about saying "wow I got an C on my history exam, I am so depressed" think twice and if you are one of those people that are like the family member that I mentioned earlier that has the view point that when someone commits suicide that they are doing it for attention, or they they were being selfish, I ask you to consider that you don't know what that person went through in their lifetime and you shouldn't pass judgement without knowing personally what it feels like to feel their pain.
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