Depression
Depression is a mental illness that makes life feel impossible to enjoy. If someone tells you that they have depression, don't just ignore them. They're telling you that because they want help.
Depression is more than a simple sadness that goes away with time. It's a feeling that you shouldn't do anything and if you think it's gone it will come back eventually.
Please, if you have a friend that says they're depressed, don't just tell them it'll get better. That'll only make them feel worse when it doesn't get better. Instead, just be there for them. It can be hard enough to admit to your depression on it's own, so when you're told that it'll just go away and that things will get better, it makes you regret ever saying anything, and it makes the person they told seem like an insensitive jerk.
It's a problem that in modern day society, people just use depression as a synonym of sadness. I'll admit, I used to do the same thing. But once you actually are depressed, you start to realize that using the word so casually is a problem.
This definition is a testament from someone who actually has depression. I'm still trying to convince myself to tell a friend.
I feel as though I'm speaking for everyone with depression when I say that when the word is used casually, it makes us feel terrible. It makes us question if anyone actually cares. It makes us wonder why we even exist.
To everyone reading this, if you have depression, you're not alone.
Depression is more than a simple sadness that goes away with time. It's a feeling that you shouldn't do anything and if you think it's gone it will come back eventually.
Please, if you have a friend that says they're depressed, don't just tell them it'll get better. That'll only make them feel worse when it doesn't get better. Instead, just be there for them. It can be hard enough to admit to your depression on it's own, so when you're told that it'll just go away and that things will get better, it makes you regret ever saying anything, and it makes the person they told seem like an insensitive jerk.
It's a problem that in modern day society, people just use depression as a synonym of sadness. I'll admit, I used to do the same thing. But once you actually are depressed, you start to realize that using the word so casually is a problem.
This definition is a testament from someone who actually has depression. I'm still trying to convince myself to tell a friend.
I feel as though I'm speaking for everyone with depression when I say that when the word is used casually, it makes us feel terrible. It makes us question if anyone actually cares. It makes us wonder why we even exist.
To everyone reading this, if you have depression, you're not alone.
Person 1: Hey… I have something I want to tell you.
Person 2: What's up?
Person 1: I have depression.
Person 2: Aren't we all?
Person 1: No, like, serious depression.
Person 2: I know what you meant. You'll get over it.
This is not how you should respond if someone tells you that they have depression. Instead, you should listen to what they have to say.
Person 2: What's up?
Person 1: I have depression.
Person 2: Aren't we all?
Person 1: No, like, serious depression.
Person 2: I know what you meant. You'll get over it.
This is not how you should respond if someone tells you that they have depression. Instead, you should listen to what they have to say.
Depression by Th3Cr33p3rM4n October 23, 2026
