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InchlongMan
Legit gonna shed some manly tears.
djknightime
I've tried talking to people and they either say generic platitudes like these or criticize me and tell me I'm selfish.
DancesWithMooses
As someone who fell deep today after fighting anxiety for the last year, thank you for this. I hit rock bottom today and this made it okay.
afloatingshoppinglist
Really needed to see this today.. I'm sure I'm not the only one either. Thank you.
DancesWithMooses
Also @hollowgranit can go eat a rotten banana
potatomajor
I think the first one speaks to me the most...
Tunaccat
I'll literally be fired if I don't hide my emotions...as will most people reading this comment.
GreedyJungle
I hate depression.
SemperFiSteph
My neighbor committed suicide a week ago in his barracks room. It's the only reason I reached out for help. He changed my life.
HydraNova
Folder [Depression]
MagneticLasso
I don't like saying i'm depressed but can't help feel sad most the time. I have no worries as of now, good home, good family, but still sad
NotAMeatPopsicle
Wish I could believe the last 3-4 images. I just don't think they are true, but I'll keep on until maybe they are.
warhammerpics
When your friends tell you to fix your depression they dont mean for you to fake smile all the time but to actually deal try to deal with it
OldRazzIeDazzIe
When they say that they just throw you into a loop, you don't want to do it cause you don't have any innovation thats what friends are for
buce123
Thanks, OP
wolfblitz007
Screw this I needed help today I went to 2 places & left feeling shittier. I can't trust people who say they'll be there to listenthey won't
GeneralZain
HA jokes you on you, i've kept it mostly hidden for 15 years at least! TAKE THAT HAPPINESS
SeekingSomething
#6 is creepy as hell
uowaep
I use to be depressed, and I agree 100% with this article. http://www.tomahaiku.com/youre-not-depressed-youre-selfish/
13DimensionsOfSpace
Part of why I just moved ~1000 miles was to get away from people. The amount of apathy they had for a so-called friend was sickening.
heartnursealsoilikecats
I really needed this. Thank you.
PluckyPianista
I have depression and take meds to help me. They work. Took a while to find the right combo. If you had diabetes, you'd take your meds.
LivingDecomposition
I was feeling severely depressed for a long time, then just felt numb for a longer time. Then I just mentioned it to my doc, and he--
LivingDecomposition
--hooked me up with a no-cost therapist. I got on some light meds, too, but mostly just deciding I didn't care anymore and being willing (2)
LivingDecomposition
Been able to say that for most of my life. Just doing something about it felt good, kind of like I might've been just being dramatic, (4)
LivingDecomposition
It takes a long time. I still deal with it, but it's better. For a lot of reasons, I can say I felt happy this week. I haven't (4)
LivingDecomposition
But if I hadn't started, that 'just being dramatic' would still be me not caring if I woke up the next day. Now, sometimes, I want to.
LivingDecomposition
To just tell a total stranger everything that's on my mind helped immensely. Just laying the words out and having feedback. For some (3)
CristhianIR
You never know how much will help just having someone who listen. So, be the listener, or be the listened. Just be safe.
upvotehypnotoad
Tried talking to a friend who also had probs with depression. She later de-friended me because she "couldnt help me" and didnt want to worry
CristhianIR
Time will pass and you'll be able to see she wasn't a real friend, or maybe just wasn't ready to be the one who helps.
9555095
Well said
knuckleshuffleddrainbaby
A random stranger came up to me at the mall while I was waiting on my wife. Messy hair dirty sweats, he just starts talking to me /1
knuckleshuffleddrainbaby
Pouring out his pain, never wanting to leave the bed, nothing excites him, no more zest for life, nothing to live for, last alive /2
knuckleshuffleddrainbaby
In his family and no friends. I just listened. When he was done, he said thank you and asked if he could have a hug because he was going /3
knuckleshuffleddrainbaby
He was going to end it that day, the only reason he left the house was to see if going out could make him feel something, anything. /4
knuckleshuffleddrainbaby
I gave this disheveled stranger a hug and said find something everyday, no matter how small and it will get better.
chunkblaster
I am the hollow king. and within these empty walls I have built my empire of empty, my kingdom of self contempt. And in here, I fucking rule
chunkblaster
My great chasm, sealed by these impenetrable walls of concrete. The fortress of void I reside in no longer breachable, my crown unreachable.
chunkblaster
This great city protected by the vast sea of regret that surrounds it, none can hope to breach these walls. So send what you can muster..
chunkblaster
It will never be enough.
TheNickLouie
I can't stress enough how important it is to see a doctor if you are feeling depressed. They are there to help so take advantage of it. 1/2
Freakiestsumo
What doctor? I dont know who to even go to
TheNickLouie
I didn't start feeling better until I had the proper support. Get help if you think you need it.
HereticalHippiesHumping
Too poor can't afford to
ElectricDaisy24
Damn hippies
johnzaku
Ok, I really like this post, but I want to say something. I am fucking sick of this demonization of prescription drugs for depression. 1/
veryhungrycaterpillar
Yup. I know that some doctors are over-reliant, but in my worst depressive states medication has been the only thing to start the healing.
laboon
Well your lucky. I've tried several different ones. None have worked.
laboon
*you're
johnzaku
3/ the world is out to get me, I stop crying when I look at a cute dog, I stop sinking into negativity, and I stop hearing all the voices 3/
StraightDownThumps
1/2 I fully agree. I waited so many years to start them because of that demonization, and it damn near killed me.....
StraightDownThumps
2/2 well I mean, >I< nearly killed me, but you get the point. It's done nothing but good things for me!
TrentHatex
Hey man,no one in the right mind would demonize prescription drugs,we understand that it's a depressions is a illness and we need 1/2
TrentHatex
Medication for it. If it makes you feel better,there was a post recently which was basically "who needs anti-depression meds when you 2/3
TrentHatex
Have the outdoors." And it got flamed and shit on big time by us. We understand and care,we believe in you John :)
NotAMeatPopsicle
Some meds just make one not feel. Anything. It takes work for some to find the right one and dosage.
johnzaku
Fair enough. It really did take awhile but we finally found the right one. It sucks because everyone needs a different mix.
NotAMeatPopsicle
Yeah, and the whole understanding thing still has to apply to even that process.
johnzaku
I wish there were a test that made it as easy as finding the right glasses. It's an apt comparison, but we can't just look through a machine
NotAMeatPopsicle
Never thought of that. Speaking of which, I need to book an eye appt...
johnzaku
2/ I take them, and they don't just shift my mood or make me a zombie. I stop fixating, I stop counting steps, I stop convincing myself 2/
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johnzaku
I'm very aware of that. I never took meds until I was 26. But as far back as when I was 7 I can remember feeling "watched". I learned to
johnzaku
hide and cope. Nobody knew what was up. I had a very well made paper bag. But it's not as easy as that, It's more akin to having a bad knee.
uowaep
Don't get me wrong. I've been training myself to be more positive, and motivated, and less negative for 12 years since age 24.
johnzaku
You can exercise and strengthen it, learn to walk like there's no problem, but if you bang it on something it hurts more, if you try to run