Depression Sucks. I Hope This Can Help. [UPDATE 5] by Neodusk, journal
Depression Sucks. I Hope This Can Help. [UPDATE 5]
Author's note: I am seeing a therapist and taking medication and I have people to talk to. Don't worry about me (not that I can stop you). Worry about yourself and the people closest to you.
UPDATE 5
Reading this helped me decide not to kill myself today.
UPDATE 4
PUTTING DEPRESSION INTO PERSPECTIVE for those of you who have depressed people in your lives.
Many people who are not depressed struggle to understand their clinically depressed friends and family members. You can't really know depression or how it works without experiencing it for yourself, formally studying it (e.g. as a therapist) or spending years with people who have it. B
Please try to be kind to people. It’s hard. It takes patience and understanding. It means going against your worst and most potent instincts sometimes. Sometimes it even means admitting that you could be wrong, that you could have said or done something wrong, that maybe you acted in poor judgment. Sometimes it means listening to something or someone you don’t want to hear. Sometimes you might even think they don't deserve kindness. You might think yourself betrayed, hurt, or exploited. Please give people a chance. Give them a single chance to reach out.
Sometimes it means apologizing. Sometimes it means accepting a single apology
Blue Suede Shoes
Well, it's one for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
Now go, cat, go
But don't you
Step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything
But stay off of my blue suede shoes
Well, you can knock me down
Step in my face
Slander my name
All over the place
Do anything that you want to do
But uh-uh, honey
Lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Well, you can do anything
But stay off of my blue suede shoes
Let's go, cat!
Ah, walk the dog
You can burn my house
Steal my car
Drink my liquor
From an old fruit jar
Do anything that you want to do
But uh-uh, honey
Lay off of my shoes
And