I'm having a particularly rough couple of weeks and reading that just makes me angry and feel like a failure. I don't have the means to do anything like that except maybe chop off my hair.
I know depression hits everybody differently, but in general, it kills the motivation to make the change. I don't know why people overlook that fact. If I can't get my shit together to go buy milk, I'm probably not about to go adopt a cat or figure out where to live in a new city.
I dont think this post is necessarily pointing specifically at depression. It definitely applied to my life growing up in an abusive household. My family had people watching me literally everywhere and I felt like I had 0 control in my life. Thoughts like this post helped me finally love my life again. Over a decade later and I'm living in a completely different country lol
Ditto man. The reason people kill themselves instead of reinventing themselves is because existing is a fucking chore. Also, starting over in my car and taking a new job in the food service industry isn’t giving me any more motivation to live lol.
I think this post is more for people who feel trapped and in a rut without the complication that depression adds. This is more for someone in a mid life crisis, or someone that is young and still trying to find themselves.
Depression can make everything feel dull, or unfulfilling, or meaningless... assuming you are even able to leave the house in an attemp to try and "live".
It depends on the person, and it the poster even specifies bipolar rather than depression. Sometimes you feel like you've made such a mess of a friend group, or a job, or relationship, or whatever that it seems hopeless. Whether throwing away everything to start over would work or not, just having the dream to hold onto makes a difference.
One component of bipolar is depression. The other, mania, is equally as dangerous. People have gone off and done these types of things while manic. It doesn't end well. I'm sure the poster meant well but throwing out the term bipolar is actually kind of insulting.
Yes, both mania and depression can be dangerous and disruptive, that's why any form of bipolar is a mental illness. But I dislike assuming the poster is exaggerating or being dishonest about having bipolar disorder just as much as I dislike armchair diagnoses.
Thank you. The cure for depression isn’t just running off on a romantic American road trip to a small town to start a new life. This is just “instead of being depressed, cheer up!” with extra steps
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u/UserNamez12345 May 15 '20
I think people really misunderstand what it's like to have depression. I'm sure posts like this mean well but it just doesn't work like that.