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Depression is a dark place, a place you don’t want to be
Some days are better than others, but those are few and far between
Depression can make things look different
It puts you in a different world
You look for the light to shine one day
But the light seems so far away
Depression affects my family and friends
I don’t have the will to do things with them
I try really hard to overcome this demon
With pills and prays but someday are just so hard
Others don’t understand depression
Only because they think it’s by my choice
But walk a day in my shoes and see what I go through
You will find the darkness, sadness and feelings of doom
Depression is not a place I want to be
So I fight with all my might
For one day I will be free of this darkness
One day I will be ME
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Posted by loveduhmm on 2008-08-13 22:32:14 | Rating: | Views: 61
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Depression is extremely hard to deal with and everything you said is true. But don't let the people who don't understand it make you feel wrong for being depressed. It's not your choice at all-no one can help it. I know this personally, because I've been dealing with it for almost 6 years. Just keep fighting for that one day where you're free of it, because when that day comes your world will seem so different. That light will shine and you'll see it clear as day.
My best wishes to you.
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Posted by scarface
on 2008-08-13 22:53:28
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I'm sorry, I disagree with you scarface. There are choices to be had with regard to overcoming depression. Granted, it's not easy. However, if I had a pound/dollar for everyone I have ever met who used depression/other mental illnesses as an excuse not to engage in living (including myself!) then I would be very rich indeed.
I spent a number of years being treated for depression/bipolar disorder with just about every medication available and several years of psychotherapy. I was also hospitalised for two months when it got really bad, and have also lost count of the amount of times when I prayed for death.
A decade on, I no longer take medication and work in the psychiatric field. The vast majority of people can overcome depression with hard work and tenacity. It isn't an easy ride, and I still have shitty days. the difference is, I know now that I have a choice regarding my behaviour, and that staying in bed thinking about how shit things can be and about all the people who have hurt me is guaranteed not to help matters.
Depression IS just about the worst thing anyone can experience. It's a living death, literally hell on earth. However, in order to fight the battle against depression, you need to know your enemy. And all too often, people make an enemy of themselves.
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Posted by diogenesdaughter
on 2008-08-17 07:34:36
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I do not know what to write because I have always been a breezy person even when things have not been going well. I have had my low moments especially in 2004 when I was broke for the first time in years. With no real friends here in the Netherlands (I am from England)I somehow managed to keep positive. At Christmass all alone by candle light I read my Bible which kept my mind open to good thoughts. Slowly I regained my confidence ( I think of the branches of a tree a lot and the upright trunk how each year the trees blossoms and fills the sky with pink) I have an apple blossom tree I think.
I have known three people in my life not really close friend's, who had deep depressive periods. Two of them committed suicide before they were barely out of there twenties. For me this seems strange but not really sad. I do not know why. As for the third guy I know not where he is for a long time. But I do reflect upon them and wonder.
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Posted by geoffreyalan
on 2008-10-07 07:00:11
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