Depression isn’t one symptom. It isn’t just sadness and crying.
Depression isn’t just a moment of sadness or disappointment. It is deep within. It is a pain that is hard to shake off. It is hopelessness, feeling useless, scared, anxious, heartbroken, exhausted, lonely, talentless and doomed. It is so many things that some will understand and others will not. Depression is to the individual, we could all express it in different ways, just as we can all hide it in different ways.
Depression can be an absence from gatherings or even online.
Depression can be an Instagram grid full of sad quotes.
Depression can be an Instagram grid full of selfies and good times.
Depression can be a laughing, joking, humorous person.
Depression can be that girl who is always the life and soul of the party!
Depression is a weight we bare. It is an anchor we carry, drag or it drags us etc. Depression can be heavy, light, medium weight, but it’s there. No matter how little or big it can be, some of you may never see it. Some of you may never know it exists in those closest to you.
Depression can be a person who is financially troubled, but it can also be a rich business man.
Depression can be someone who has their dream career and someone who is out of a job.
Depression can be within the walls of anyone we see daily in life or on screens. We all wear masks, some thicker than others. Don’t be ignorant when it comes to mental health and illness, for those who we believe have the world at their feet could be hurting inside and some of us would never know.
Talk. Ask how someone is. Let’s prevent people suffering in silence.
Depression and mental Illness have many faces.