It’s the lack of motivation that just makes you want to waste away in your bed all day.
It goes beyond what you have and own, it has to do with a chemical imbalance in your brain.ĭepression is that voice in your head telling you you’re not good enough. It doesn’t matter what you appear to have because you can have it all and still feel worthless because depression is a mental health issue. People are so quick to judge, so quick to say “but I don’t have any of that and I’m still not depressed.” And you might not be, but just because they seem like they have it all together on the outside doesn’t mean their world isn’t a dark, chaotic mess on the inside.ĭepression doesn’t skip over people who seem like they’ve got it all together. You can be depressed and have the best life imaginable because the outside factors mean so little. It’s the person who decided it’s best to attempt to deal with their battles alone because no one wants to take the time to listen what they’re going through, instead people just want to tell them it’ll be fine. It’s the person who tries to open up but constantly gets shuts down. It’s the people who tell her she’s got a good life, she has nothing to worry about, that it will all be okay when it never feels like it’s going to be okay.ĭepression isn’t necessarily the saddest person in the room, it can be the person who is forcing a smile, trying to convince you they’re happy just like they’re trying to convince themselves. It’s the girl who feels trapped, who tries to put on a smile but who is constantly feeling crushed. It’s the same girl who spends her nights crying herself to sleep, the same one who always feels alone no matter who is around, the same girl who feels like she doesn’t have any friends truly there for her. She seems like she has it all but she doesn’t. She has a dog and a good family who loves her. It’s the girl who has good grades, who goes out on the weekend and has a job to support herself. It’s the same guy who can’t talk to anyone because everyone thinks he’s being dramatic because his life is fine. It’s the same guy who can’t take it anymore because everyone tells him he has nothing to complain about. But that same guy is lying in bed every night wishing he was dead, wishing this wasn’t his life, not wanting to be live through another day of this. The one who has the beautiful girlfriend, the good family, the “cool” friends, the one who seems like he’s got everything going for him on the outside because he probably does. It’s the guy in college who is the captain of his hockey team.