I think more than anything, something that really bothers me is how little understanding our society has of depressive and anxiety disorders. We don't just have to battle with doctors and insurance companies about what is going on in our head and what medicines we should be taking, but we have to battle friends and family just to make them realize that this silly depression thing is actually a real problem!
Have you ever felt like everything was crashing down around you? Have you ever really, truly thought that the world would be better off without you? Have you ever planned exactly how you would kill yourself? Have you ever been so afraid of a situation (like a social situation in my case) that you are literally frozen in one place?
I have, and it's not fake. It's real, and it's a real problem. And other people have that too.
Did you know there are people out there who can't work due to their depression and anxiety? Did you know there are people who can't drive because of the panic attacks they'll have? It's a very serious problem, and our society treats it as a joke. Our society treats it as the little black sheep that no one wants to talk about or really look at closely.
If we keep ignoring problems like this, more and more people are going to die by their own hand, and I think that coats our hands in blood too, because we did nothing to stop it.
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