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Originally Posted by ladyislingering
It's really strange to me when people react to "surprise" suicides by saying shit like "why would they do that?" or "their life was so good".
That person had a mental illness and all of you c unts were too busy thinking of yourselves or coveting the s hit you thought they had over you to notice what they were going through. If they ever tried to talk to you, you either laughed at them or made them think that there was never a good time for them to seek comfort in your consolation. |
Or they were keeping it all inside and presenting a brave face to the rest of the world. Depression generally comes with a lot of shame that makes you try to keep a "stiff upper lip" so that nobody else sees you for the hollow, useless shell you see yourself as. Even if people know a depressed person is down, it can be almost impossible to tell just how far down they are.
When you're that person, it can be easy to take it personally when others don't notice your pain, since it's
your whole world, and you just don't understand how you can be going through something so profound, while the person five feet away from you thinks that mediocre tacos are the biggest problem anyone is having in their immediate vicinity. But it's pretty ****ing hard to know what's going on in someone else's head, so if you're not shouting your problems from the rooftops, then you shouldn't be surprised when nobody else really gets what you're going through.
Sure, sometimes we try to open up to family and friends about something, but in my experience, we view our attempt at confession as being more than it really is. If you're young, and tell people that you feel bummed, or you're "going through something", or you don't know why you can't get "it" together, well, that just kind of sounds like a moody young person whose hormones haven't properly balanced yet.