ClownMe
Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead
- Apr 7, 2021
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It's hard to believe that in 2021, with all the studies, science and "awareness about mental health" there is out there that a good chunk of people still don't think mental illness is a real thing.
Sadly for me, my mum is one of these. Whenever i try to tell her about my chronic depression she firstly suggests that I just "go and get help" (ive been to get help before and have tried all different types of medication and therapy, none of which have worked). once i tell her this, she will just get mad and act like it's an easy fix, "just get a hobbie", "find meaning in your life", "you know how to fix this, you just choose to be miserable". It always amazes me that she knows so little about mental illness, if it were that easy then suicide wouldn't be a thing because nobody would be depressed!
People don't seem to realise that when you've been depressed for such a long time, you can't find a hobby or a purpose in life because to a chronically depressed person, everything feels like shit. You can't flick a switch and be magically happy, you're brain doesn't allow it, every suicidal person wishes they could be happy in life, but they can't!
I don't wish chronic depression and suicidal thoughts on anyone because i've been dealing with it for over 8 years now, however sometimes I wish people who've never experienced it could feel how we feel for a few months, the world would be a much more understanding place.
I hope that one day, long after im gone, everyone finally comes to realise how mentally debilitating it is to live with a mental illness, but i doubt that we will ever see that day.
Sadly for me, my mum is one of these. Whenever i try to tell her about my chronic depression she firstly suggests that I just "go and get help" (ive been to get help before and have tried all different types of medication and therapy, none of which have worked). once i tell her this, she will just get mad and act like it's an easy fix, "just get a hobbie", "find meaning in your life", "you know how to fix this, you just choose to be miserable". It always amazes me that she knows so little about mental illness, if it were that easy then suicide wouldn't be a thing because nobody would be depressed!
People don't seem to realise that when you've been depressed for such a long time, you can't find a hobby or a purpose in life because to a chronically depressed person, everything feels like shit. You can't flick a switch and be magically happy, you're brain doesn't allow it, every suicidal person wishes they could be happy in life, but they can't!
I don't wish chronic depression and suicidal thoughts on anyone because i've been dealing with it for over 8 years now, however sometimes I wish people who've never experienced it could feel how we feel for a few months, the world would be a much more understanding place.
I hope that one day, long after im gone, everyone finally comes to realise how mentally debilitating it is to live with a mental illness, but i doubt that we will ever see that day.