Mental health awareness

Okay so I’ve had a thing called depression along with anxiety and maybe I still have it; I don’t know. Ofcourse I talked to my friends about it, went for counseling and therapy, did all sorts of things to get rid of it. But I had people coming to me and saying things like ‘You know it’s all in your head, you’re just thinking too much or you’re taking it too seriously it happens with everyone, you’re allowing it all in your head, you can let go of it the minute you want.’
Really? I don’t think people dealing with depression are enjoying it in any way, they’re not liking to talk to others about what and why they’re facing, they don’t WANT to stay unhappy and they’re certainly not asking for sympathy. It’s just something that’s happening to them, they’re feeling this way and they have no control over their negative feelings. You can’t just say ‘It’s all in your head’ and walk away leaving that person feeling worse; because trust me they’ll think, they’ll think about it all the time and that would only drown them deeper. I think these people (people like me) need more listeners rather than people who come up with senseless suggestions and baseless arguments.
They’re going through a phase, it’ll all go away with time. You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it. All you can do is BE KIND. Be kind towards their feelings, towards everybody’s feelings infact. You never know who’s going through what. Depression is real and it needs a lot of courage to be dealt with. Let’s not judge these people, support them instead; making this world a better place to live in.

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