I'll Never Understand Why People Say They're "Depressed" After One Bad Thing Happens

[Anonymous]

#depression #awareness

I'm not diagnosed. It bothers me how people can somehow deem themselves depressed immediately after one bad thing happens, that isn't how it works. Its not a desirable disease.

'Depression' eats away at you relentlessly. I don't trust anyone, I have no close friends. People say school should be the highlight of your life. I have no social life. It feels like nobody cares. I never tell anyone anything. I am always stressed, i'm worried about things that I often know aren't really issues. I'm paranoid. I'm alone.It's those days when I cry myself to sleep and think about the consequences of my death that I scare myself. I drink alcohol alone at home to use as an escape. Well, there's always binge watching Netflix.

I'm not on the look-out for a pity-party, I am trying to withhold on the self induced pity. This is just an issue I really care about. It feels like I have nothing to justify why I feel how I feel when people say this. I realize that I may sound like I am contradicting myself because of the fact that I am not diagnosed. I just feel like this over-usage of the word nearly undermines the meaning. It is a mental condition, and definitely is not a first resort. It's not a choice.

Just my opinion.

[Dingsbums]

"It's not a choice." Don't think it's your faith.
Yes people use the term wrong but u can get depressed after multiple bad things happen. You can also get depressed if u let your fears control yourself

[myTake Owner]

I guess there can be a lot of different steps and phases when it comes to depression. I somehow use the word depression to justify why I am sad. Every time somebody says 'i'm so depressed!' after they lose their car keys, all of that reasoning goes out the window. I am left with no label to describe my feeling.

[Anonymous]

Depression is not something that you can easily understand if you have not had it. Such is life.

[Opinion Owner]

Message me if you want someone to talk, whine or rant to.

[Anonymous]

depression is hard to understand