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I feel depressed but I don't want to tell anyone I don't want to be seen as just wanting attention. I bundle up all my feelings and not speak of my feelings. I don't want to get up to go to school because I don't want to face the people of my everyday life all over again I want to sleep and dream of things that will never happen.
Think about this.
In the United States, there are 232 million prescriptions written for anti-depressants per year for the past few years now. 232 MILLION PRESCRIPTIONS. There are 300 million people in the United States of America. That's a lot of depression being treated.
The economy is down the toilet, it has become almost a social rule to speak ill of the future for further generations to come, and a more prevalent system of media is bringing people closer and closer to all of the evil, horrible things that are happening around the world giving us a greater understanding of how much the world really sucks and how powerless we can be to change it, assuming that you do not want to go get a degree in medicine and live in Africa for 5 years in a war zone, constantly risking getting your ass shot off and being a human fucking wonder, treating 100 kids a day and the next day 200 kids come in as they multiply like rabbits...
We live in a society that tells everyone that they need to be the GREATEST! Compete with the global competition! Be more like the perfect Japanese or Chinese and study all day! But don't sit around all day, exercise and be healthy! While you're at it, make a lot of money! But while you're at that, volunteer your time to altruistic endeavors! Don't be afraid to be yourself! But also, be more like these driven athletes that win gold medals, or geniuses like Steve Jobs that revolutionize technology!
There's no more, just do your best and feed your family. It's all about being the BEST. And for those of us that miss the mark of what society considers to be the best, we become discouraged and depressed... no pretty words of mine will dig you out of this one. You have heard all of the motivation speech in the world, I bet. Just know this, you're not alone. It's ok. But just smile. Because it's all going to be ok. Seriously. It will be. We're not all cut out to be Superman or Wonderwoman. Sometimes, you just have to let yourself be yourself.
Do you have any particular reason to be depressed? It's always better to talk about it though, bottling it up just makes it worse
Visualize a sun parting the storm in your mind, thats what I do when I start feeling the depression pulling me down, works everytime!
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