Some people just piss me off so much...
Just a minute ago I read a journal that completely offended me. I don't want to start anything with any one, all I'm just trying to do is state my opinion.
The person who wrote the journal I just read was complaining about how much it annoys her when people are "depressed". I agree with them to some extent, but most of it is bull shit.
There are some people who are just whiney little brats, who spaz out because they didn't get that new pair of shoes that everyone else has, and now their life officially sucks. People who kill themselves because they don't have any friends or the kid in your History class called you fat.
But also, there are some people who can't help it. When someone who is genuinely depressed tries to look on the bright side of things, the only thing they will feel is guilt, because they're lying. It feels fake, and it makes things worse because people think that their life will never get any better because of how it made them feel when they tried to think positive.
People are born with depression. It's a disease, and people should treat it like any other disease. I was born with depression. My mom and my dad have it, and it's not our fault that sometimes we can't control our emotions. When people tell me that all I am trying to do is get attention, or that I'm pathetic because I feel depressed, I feel exteremely insulted.
I don't like to tell people that I have cancer, because I'm afraid that they'll think that's the reason I'm depressed. I was born with it, and I can't help feling the way I do.
The person who wrote the journal I just read was complaining about how much it annoys her when people are "depressed". I agree with them to some extent, but most of it is bull shit.
There are some people who are just whiney little brats, who spaz out because they didn't get that new pair of shoes that everyone else has, and now their life officially sucks. People who kill themselves because they don't have any friends or the kid in your History class called you fat.
But also, there are some people who can't help it. When someone who is genuinely depressed tries to look on the bright side of things, the only thing they will feel is guilt, because they're lying. It feels fake, and it makes things worse because people think that their life will never get any better because of how it made them feel when they tried to think positive.
People are born with depression. It's a disease, and people should treat it like any other disease. I was born with depression. My mom and my dad have it, and it's not our fault that sometimes we can't control our emotions. When people tell me that all I am trying to do is get attention, or that I'm pathetic because I feel depressed, I feel exteremely insulted.
I don't like to tell people that I have cancer, because I'm afraid that they'll think that's the reason I'm depressed. I was born with it, and I can't help feling the way I do.
Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 03:08am
I hope this has nothing to do with the journal I posted, because as I said, I wasn't out to offend anyone, and I never said depressed people annoyed me.
But, I have to disagree. Depression isn't a disease in most cases. It is in some; an actual medical condition that can be treated with drugs, or sometimes there simply is nothing anyone can do.
Most of the time though, depression is just pessimism taken too far. The way people think is something that interests me a lot, and is something I've studied quite a bit. People who fake happiness aren't obviously going to be happy. But people can try to change their way of thinking. If your immediate thought is, "I'm pretending to be happy but I'm not," then you're never going to be, because you have that constant barrier, that constant, "I am not happy" in your head. Happiness is something people feel because they want to. And I don't mean faking it, because that defeats the whole purpose.
skank., May 27th, 2008 at 06:35:33am
i agree with you completely.
both my parent are depressed, and acually i'm pretty sure i just lost a friend because she doesnt want to deal with me being depressed. I hate it and can't help it, and when people accuse you of just wanting attention and things like that i get offended as well. i think some people just don't really think before they assume those things, and i think a lot of it's just people asuming you jsut want attention, not taking into consideration that you could be genuinly depressed.
Worth.More.Dead, May 27th, 2008 at 03:24:39am