thing outside the box

[newyorknewyork]

i just want to encourage people to be open minded and think outside the box.

my reason for this is that sadly, i keep coming across more and more people who say that "depression is just laziness" or "people who are suicidal are so selfish".

its really sad to keep hearing people say these things.

(by the way, im not talking about anyone on this site.. im talking about people i know in real life).

please consider those who are in emotional pain and turmoil. remember them in your prayers and be gratfeul to God that you are not in pain like them. but please please please don't cast judgement and think that suicidal people are selfish or people suffering with depression are lazy.

at the end of the day we are all similar and all in the same boat.

 

[Kristen.NewCreation]

It is a good reminder. If we don't know someone very well it may look like laziness, on the other hand, depression leaves a person with a lack of energy, sometimes sleep deprivation, or lack of appetite so the body isn't getting the nutrition it needs to get going.

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[TheDerek]

That is a good reminder. It's sad, but a lot of times we want to look down on people to make us look better. If we just classify people who are depressed as lazy, then we feel better about our work ethic.

 

[s_gunter]

i just want to encourage people to be open minded and think outside the box.

my reason for this is that sadly, i keep coming across more and more people who say that "depression is just laziness" or "people who are suicidal are so selfish".

its really sad to keep hearing people say these things.

(by the way, im not talking about anyone on this site.. im talking about people i know in real life).

please consider those who are in emotional pain and turmoil. remember them in your prayers and be gratfeul to God that you are not in pain like them. but please please please don't cast judgement and think that suicidal people are selfish or people suffering with depression are lazy.

at the end of the day we are all similar and all in the same boat.

You have touched on one of my pet peeves. It's not the suicidal person that's selfish, IMO. Yes, part of the reason they go there is because of incredible pain. At the same time though, they don't want to inconvenience someone else by asking them to help them through it, especially if his "support system" is making comments like, "depressed people are just lazy."

 

[nvrbnunloved]

I agree - too many times I have heard people say that a depressed person should just "pull themselves together and get on with it, everyone else does". And comments like those are the very things that made me wait so long before I sought help with my depression - I thought I should be able to pull myself together and stopp "feeling sorry for myself". Too many people fear and/or don't really understand depression, and make such comments out of anger, frustration or defensiveness

 

[Anti Existance]

As a previous suicidal person i can say this, people who commit suicide aren't selfish, rather they are self centered, this is because the problems they have in their personal lives are so tremendous that it absorbs all of their focus onto themselves and onto those problems, when i was suicidal i didn't even notice how much pain i would cause my family ,rather thinking the opposite that everybody would be happy if i was gone. Im glad i got out of it with the help of God, and only afterwards i saw the possible pain and consequenses i would have caused towards my family. =\