People who are depressed all the time = annoying!

From the sounds of it, its not that you hate people that are depressed all of the time, you hate it when people need self pity all of the time, which can be annoying.
If someone is depressed it is a feeling they can not help. If someone is suffering from depression, they are not looking for self pity, they actually may need help, or even just someone to talk to to help them get through a ruff time...and if that actually is what you cant stand, then that is kind of sick.

This is why really depressed people don't talk to anyone about what they are feeling.

I think people who are depressed should have someone to talk about it to, such as their closest friends. People can't help if they're depressed, and good friends would worry. However, people who post about it on Facebook to everyone are annoying. Attention seeking much? And if that's all they talk about it's annoying also.

I agree with the poster.. People that are genuinely depressed not always advertise it. It's those who want attention and blame the world for their issues are the one that irritate me too. It's kind like "stfu, stop complaining and fix the issue"

To those who are truly suffering from depression: please talk to some one that can help! Life is too beautiful to be spent feeling sorry ... Xx

Agree with HSV. I get really annoyed with people posting those ambiguous status updates because they want people to show them pity and attention. "I just can't take it anymore." Like the OP said, once in awhile, on a bad day, okay. Constantly? That's just a bit much. Just hide their posts and check their wall every couple of months to see if they've stopped. That's what I've done.

Self-pity is highly addictive for some people and they crave the attention complaining brings.

It is VERY annoying - I completely agree with you.

Pointing it out to them, won't help them, but they will end up not liking you as much, so they won't bother you as much. Maybe that what you want though?

Is it normal? What? Who cares...

I think it lacks compassion to be overtly annoyed by anyone who claims to be depressed. Sometimes life just sucks (you don't even have to be depressed to understand the realities of that; i.e., the suffering of children and natural disasters, to name a few) and you must consider all cries and please as a legitimate statement. However, you don't even need a facebook profile; you don't even have to listen to these, by your own admission, unwanted voices. I believe I would be more concerned that you have a problem with something and choose to complain about it, all the while hoping that there will be others that can support your claim as 'normal', rather than do anything about it; i.e., get rid of these 'friends' or just stop listening to them, etc.

What the hell is normal anyway? You should be more concerned with asking yourself this question and not a bunch of fools (including myself). If anything globalization has shown, is that, there are so many ways of life and not one is particularly better than another. Take the advice of others, but others can be convoluted, as I am now attempting to be - sarcastically - but decide things for your own damn self. Be the red sheep, do something different; egalitarianism is a good principle, but a horrible, and in fact impossible, way to be an individual. Are you an individual? So many of us claim to be one, but, I have my doubts.

...Wait a sec, why the hell am I even responding to this? I think I got lost in the cyber highway, Gadfly itching, and ended up here somehow. Well, good enough, my itch has been satiated.

Instead of telling them to "just stop", how about you give them a little help since you seem to be so concerned about reading their status updates. Depression shouldn't be taken lightly, as it's a very serious concept.

I do agree that some people can be way too negative for no reason other than their mummy didn't get them the latest fucking Xbox game or whatever, but all you can really do is keep smiling and maybe they will too.

It can be difficult to tell whether someone is genuinely depressed or just plain ungrateful for what they have.

Dee
xox

It's probably normal. I despise happy, positive people. We just have or likes and dislikes about what we like in people.

I think it's silly for someone to broadcast those sorts of things on Facebook to their "friends." That's not cynical! But what percentage of those people do you genuinely communicate with on a regular basis?

P.S. Dear writer of this article: I deleted this comment three times before leaving it. I apologize if it got you excited about what might've seemed like a sudden spike in comment activity; it was just me and my failure to proofread.

I know I stay depressed A LOT. And, no, I usually don't have any reason to be depressed, it just happens to me, and sometimes I don't even know why. It can hit out of the blue too. Like, I could be sitting at my computer feeling happy, and then my mood just drops. It's a very strange thing.

But I have a friend that likes to blow everything out of proportion (which is mostly just drama. She's the kind of person that is either one extreme or the other. There's never a middle ground for her).

I understand how u can get mad at that but if someone is depressed... Then again people get ur sad

people who are depressed all the time do have a real problem but even they know when someone is just being negative and it annoys them as well

source: partner gets depressed

I hate people who think Facebook = real life situations.

the trouble with being sad alot is that noone wants to hang around with them, then they get sad over that and its a vicious circle, i like wjat joeaverage said and his mother sounds funny too

Where do you work???

I believe a true depressed person wouldn't want ppl to know android they do tell ppl they at least hide they're identity! Most ppl who post on Facebook I believe just want attention ! I'm sorry if that offense anyone it's just an opinion!

Most people are depressed for stupid reasons and need to be told how pathetic they are it may be harsh but these self pitying fools need to be told that this act of depression they put on only makes people think they are idiots because the so called "depressed" one has no good reason to be that way.