It’s Time to Heal

 

As stigma about mental health is rising, there are still different thoughts about depression which actually made me ask myself “When will people ever take depression seriously?”

Its often said that depression isn’t about feeling sad. It’s part of it, of course, but we can’t  compare the two because the one dealing with depression feels as if the their inside is dying. It’s with the person when they wake up in the morning, telling them there’s nothing or anyone to get up for and there are no dreams to chase. Every single day many people around the world are diagnosed with different various stages of depression. Every single day that passes by we have people who have thoughts of committing suicide. Traumatic experiences, that could stem from any number of places. How one is parented, how one is over worked, how ones emotions are abused which breaks one’s emotional capacity. All these and so much more is happening because of our denial and the fact that we go around making fun of people who are battling depression not knowing the kind of damage its causing.

We all have our ups and downs and sometimes this pain and stress becomes too much for someone who’s dealing with depression to a point where they feel like the world is crumbling onto their shoulders or to a point where they can’t hold their tears because that pain has become unbearable and sadly that pain sticks by and affects their daily lives.

Let’s allow people to open up and let them accept the fact that they aren’t okay. No one should be ashamed of being depressed and sometimes its not easy to spot someone who’s dealing with depression since they may appear to be very happy on the outside and always put on a “happy face” but deep inside they are bleeding and feeling so helpless…

some might not even realize that they are depressed because  their thinking is externally oriented and may not focus on their inner emotional state, some have sought “help” from the wrong  people  and all what they were told is “Just get over it” “think positive” etc etc and since they haven’t got the kind of help they needed they’ve also decided to brush it off and live a “happy life” Because they are scared that they’ll get judged.

So knowing the kind of damage depression can cause in someone’s life I think it is the high time that people get to know and learn about it because the more we ignore the more many people suffer.

Also the simple issues like media and how they can easily demonize certain groups of people and keep pointing suggestions round the clock which can cripple a person in a box, simple things like when children who are exposed on social media at a young age. They are under intense competition with other people to gain followers as a mark of value.

I really hope we can spread more awareness to the public and find new ways to reconstruct our society and make room for those who have been ousted out for their mental health.