Things I never knew about depression until I...

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Things I never knew about depression until I finally had a doctor explain the disease to me

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Depression can manifest as irrational anger.
My complete and total inability to keep anything clean or tidy for any amount of time is a symptom of my depression. I may never be able to do this. It’s important that I remember that and forgive myself when I clean something out (like my car) and it ends up trashed within a week.
Depression IS A DISABILITY. Requiring accommodations is okay.
Medications don’t make you better, they don’t cure your depression. They serve as an aid. Their purpose is to help you get to everyone else’s minimal level of functioning.
Depression can cycle through periods of inactivity. This doesn’t mean it’s gone away.
The reason I don’t feel like other people understand me is because … well … other people DON’T understand me. They can’t. They don’t have my disability.
Paranoia is par for the course.
Depression can and will interfere with your physical mobility. Forgive yourself when you can’t physically do something.
It’s entirely possible that I may never be able to live by myself. I can’t take care of myself. I need help to do it. And that’s okay.
As someone who suffers from depression and who experiences all these things as well I think this is important and needs to be reblogged.
Depression is a very difficult thing, not only for people who suffer from it, but for everyone who knows a depressed person. My family doesn’t know how to deal with it, my friends try their very best to support me and I have tried to pretend I was fine until I was in ninth grade.
Everything makes so much more sense
Depression is a disease of the brain. The brain is an organ. When organs are not functioning properly, you are advised to see a doctor and get help. So why is it so hard to understand that the brain can suffer as well, and that we need help for it?
The brain controls the body. A sick brain means a sick body.
….
Shit.
Don’t disregard it as just sadness. Depression is life threatening.
Exhibit A on why Mind-body dualism is shit that will hurt you - not getting mental help when needed
And it’s really important to remember that it’s not your fault you’re sick. It’s society’s fault. We created a system that is actively hostile to human life, and the most vulnerable among us pay the price. Depression is situational more often than not (food insecurity, being materially dependant on unkind people or systems, being part of a marginalised group, not having access to medical care, financial problems, soul-killing jobs, fear of losing your home all contribute). You are not an outlier, a freak, or a weak person. You are a victim of a very deliberate mechanism to keep people desperate and downtrodden enough not to rebel; because someone who can’t find the energy to shower definitely can’t find the energy to organise or be part of a resistance.
But this also means that you gotta realise that doctors can only do so much.