Inside the mind of someone who is suffering depression. This sequence was also original part of longer comic, just like the "cat meme save us all" comic I did earlier.
Daily Deviation
Given 2018-08-06Depression by mclelun take a look into the heart of depression. (
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i was the talles and the oldes among my class, i had to go to school to late, and people would make funn out of me, but i was , so what , but not every one have the power to do this, so we get to help thouse who we think might have it
I was diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety about 19 years ago.
My social life was always difficult. I’ve always been scared of people (even friends) because I don’t want my ailments to bring them down. I take meds too. And for the most part they keep me stable. But every once in a while I have a horrible episode. Granted not as horrible as my lowest point ever, but still enough to make me hate my life sometimes.
It’s difficult to live with. And people who tell you that others have it worse makes the hurt more painful. People tell you to stop crying or to snap out it or that bring your age into question... it hurts like hell. The problem with these people is that they think we’re broken even though we don’t need to be fixed. Nothing can “fix” this. It’s not all in our heads, it’s not something we cling to unnecessarily. It’s something that’s energy-consuming, and takes a while to go back up to relatively normal.
People in many countries decline to talk about mental health when it’s just as important as physical health. In fact since mental health is in some way physical either due to chemical imbalances or a weirdly wired brain, and manifests itself physically, it should be considered physical health too.
I’m preaching to the choir here I realize, but I hope others see my response to your comment in relation to the artist’s depiction of trying to fight what you got.
You can’t really fight something that is a part of you. All you can do is live with it as you say and cope with it the best you can.
My Depression and Anxiety take a lot out of me, but I try my best to grow toward the light again instead of remain buried in my own soil plot.
Hope everyone understands what I mean here.
Have a nice day, submicron.
Thank You very much
This is what I wrote.
Some say that life is just an illusion while others say it's perfect, well I say it's a thing of nightmares waiting in shadows, waiting for it's chance to strike and bring reality down crushing you and your dreams. There is no escape from this nightmare, not even death can faze the beast. It'll always come back to haunt you, no matter what you do. I've been running for 10-11 years, and things won't change. It's always going to find me. You know, it's funny, because people blame others for the nightmares the follow them when it's them themselves who caused the beast to emerge. People say in just looking for attention or that I'm just over reacting. Well I'm not, every day I'm haunted by my nightmares and my past. It's really overwhelming and it's very hard to deal with. I may have a loving and caring girlfriend, friends and family but, they only dull the pain of the nightmare’s bite. Soon this small pain with turn into agony. It will be my ruin, I'm on the verge of falling into its clutches and becoming the monster people say I am. The say that I'm nothing but a monster, they say that a monster like me has no place on Earth. Well if I fall, then I guess they'll be right. Once I fall, there may be no way back, and soon enough the nightmares will consume everyone.
Don't get me wrong, I love my family and I love my friends and girlfriend, but sometimes they just feel distant, like I'm slowly fading out of existence. Sometimes it just makes me want to go hide in a corner and cry until I can't cry anymore. I don't know what it is. Like is it me or is it them or is it my mind playing tricks on me, I may never know. On another note, people say that those who have lost their sanity aren't people anymore, so what if they see things or hear things, they're still people. Like for all I know, I've probably lost my mind and I'm just typing what the voices tell me to. I've been asked before “What's it like to have depression?” Well here's the short story- depression isn't just sadness or being upset, it's more about losing interest in things and really just losing all reason to do anything with anyone. I know, from a personal point of view. People think others with depression are just faking it and only looking for attention, well we're not, we need help and well frankly- a lot of us don't know how to speak up. I personally have trouble talking about my depression, there only a few people who can actually get me to speak about it freely and they try to find solutions for me, they know what I'm going through, they understand me the just want to see me happy and enjoying life at its fullest.
I want everyone out there in the world to be aware of how big of a problem depression really is. I know quite a few people whose depression got so bad that they've tried to take their own lives….and I wasn't there to stop them. Some of them never told me they suffered, they always just smiled and laughed, I thought they were actually happy, but I was wrong. A few years back, I met the person, they were transgender and the went from she to he and I accepted them, to me it doesn't matter what you are, you could be an alien for all I know and I'd still care about you. My girlfriend is Pan for God's sake, and I love her more than anything. Her being pan doesn't change how I feel for her and it never will. But that's besides the point- my point is is that so many people worldwide suffer from depression and feel alone, well this is to all of those people, you are not alone, I'm in this with you, and will always be by your side to help, I don't care of I don't know you, you still need help and I'm willing to do what most just ignore. So please, for the sake of everyone who loves you, keep going. You have a life worth living, just know that, ok? Life will get better, I promise. My name is Cale Audet and I know what it's like to suffer but I know that I'm not alone and that things will get better, for me, for everyone.
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Wonderful! Congrats on the DD!