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15 Facts About Depression No One Will Tell You
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7. Depression Can Be Hard to Talk About
Mental health issues, like depression, remain the virtual black sheep of the health care world because those in health care don’t fully understand it, what causes it, or what they can do about it. Rather than admit this, it all just gets swept under the rug. When you mention that you have depression, watch people look at you funny, turn away, or freeze up with that deer in the headlight look. It’s difficult enough to admit you have depression, but with attitudes like this, is it any wonder that people have difficulty talking about it to anyone?
8. Depression Is Hard on Your Family
Even if they don’t understand it and don’t know how to help you, depression is also difficult for your family and loved ones. Your spouse might start to feel that you don’t love them anymore. Friends might feel that you are pulling away from them for reasons other than your depression. It is also difficult for them to understand how you feel. Try explaining to the people you love that it’s the old “it’s not you, it’s me” problem and that you are working on it as best you can. Ask them to be patient and understanding. Those who love you will be both.
9. Depression Is Numbing
Like those who feel crabby most of the time, other people experience depression as numbing. They don’t necessarily feel sad, but they don’t feel happy. They don’t feel anything and that is something terrible to deal with. You’ve probably heard that the color black is actually the absence of color? Depression can sometimes be the absence of any feeling, good or bad. So, yes, you can still be depressed even if you don’t feel sad, even when you don’t feel anything at all.
10. Medication Does Not Mean Surrender
Many people feel that they should fight their depression and that if they resort to medication, they are admitting defeat. This is not true. Anti-depressants do work for many people. This is a disease that usually needs treatment. You wouldn’t think of someone with pneumonia as weak for taking antibiotics, so why feel bad about taking medication? Taking meds is not a sign of weakness or surrender, but a tool that can get you back to a more normal life.
11. Depression Is Not Selfish
You might be accused of being selfish when you can’t join in and do things with others. Because depression cannot be seen, it can be difficult for those who do not have it to understand how you feel. No one wants to be depressed; no one chooses to be depressed. When people are sick, even if you can’t see it on the outside, they need to be cared for. Taking care of yourself is not selfish, but survival.
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Rosa Bradley
Jan 16, 2016 at 4:55 pm
When despair is very severe many people can feel that life isn’t worth living, they want to die. Whenever depression doesn’t go away it is important to ask for help. It’s not a sign of weakness to request help but an indication of energy to recognise which you have these feelings and are unable to cope. Many people find at some phase in their life that it is difficult to cope as well as they accustomed. You don’t have to be strong all the time – recognise when you are finding it hard to cope and need support.
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