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Originally Posted by Coys1882
It's tough to grasp I know but not talking about your depression with the people you love is like not telling them you have cancer or heart disease. Getting the support and encouragement to seek the help you need is just as important as getting the help. It might help validate your importance and motivate you to make sure you get yourself back on track.
Depression is a nasty nasty thing if left to fester - it tore my mother to shreds before she finally got it under control. Now she's more like the person I remember growing up instead of always being moody, tired or pessimistic.
Get help dude - stigma be damned, the only people who need to know are the ones who care about you and they won't be bothered by it, they'll just want you to be well.
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This is a great post. I haven't ever had depression, but know friends that have. One got help, and is where she wants to be. The other didn't get help, and it got very bad.
Mental illness is hard for people to grasp because it is not tangible. You see someone with a physical injury, and you can grasp why they can't get out of bed in the morning. With mental, people can't see that obvious injury and assume you are a healthy person with no reason to act/feel the way you are.
This is just plain wrong, and a limitation of our society as a whole. We are conditioned around things we can see/feel/taste, it really comes from our primate background. So it is understandable why people have a hard time coming to identify what is going on with them, or their friends.
So the only advice I can give you is screw the stigmas, and get help. Just like a physical illness you have to treat it, or at least try to. Just know that you can get treatment and there is hope.