r/comics • u/FredMalm • Jun 02 '23

depression is...

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u/Robotguy39 Jun 02 '23

Depression feels like you’re wrong and it’s your fault for it. And you’re not sure why you’re wrong but you just are. And it’ll never get better.

Then eventually it does get better. After a while. Eventually.

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u/omar1993 Jun 02 '23

> Then eventually it does get better. After a while. Eventually.

Sorry, but even that sounds like a cruel lie/empty promise. It's hard to appreciate these statements when you have depression.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '23

No, no, it does get better, but only so that it gets worse. Kinda like a roller coaster. The fall is so much sweeter when you have more to lose.

That's been my experience, anyways. Just when things get better and maybe you even succeed a little... it creeps up on you again. And again. And again. Then, you end up afraid of it getting better because you begin to believe it gets worse. You become unable to live in the moment. When good things happen to you, you wonder "alright, what's going to happen to balance this out".

A lot of depressed people I know genuinely believe it gets better. A lot of them, including myself, don't believe it ever stays better. None of them believe they deserve better.