I know what it is like to suffer depression. I know what it's like to feel listless. I know what it's like to want to stay in bed all day and all night. I know what it is like to stop caring. I know what it's like to face failure.
Failure. The world, the schools, the parents and the teachers . . . They all teach us how to handle success. But who teaches us how to handle failure. Do you know that there are people in this world who won't try? No, they are not lazy. Some of them are very intelligent and very knowledgeable. They are afraid of failure. They can't face it. They can't handle it. Nobody told them how to. So when they face their first failure, they experience depression -- even hopelessness.
Feeling listless and feeling like sleeping all the time comes with depression. Being angry at the whole world is not always a part of depression, but it is a symptom.
Some folks, like myself, are very strong. I don't mean physically strong. I mean strong inside. Something one cannot see. But it's there. And it's evident by the person's tenacity, the person's determination, the person's persistence. That person, like myself, finds ways to deal with depression.
Other folks have a very difficult time with depression and failure. They lose hope. They feel like they are in a room with no windows, no doors, no way out. Trapped. They feel like they are failures. Some of them have a very poor self image. They search desperately for help, but all they find is criticism. They only find people who yell at them; people who call them names. Nobody wants to understand. Nobody wants to help. Or maybe, the person suffering depression is looking in the wrong place for help.
Medication helps one cope with depression. But that same medication can make one feel drowsy. It can affect one's performance.
I get angry when I hear people calling other people lazy. It's easy to do name calling. It's much more difficult to try to help. That's . . .If the person wants help. If all the person is looking for is someone to listen. Listening helps. Sometimes talking about a personal problem helps. Sometimes writing about it helps.
Sometimes it helps the person suffering from depression. But most important . . . Sometimes it helps those who need help.
Failure. The world, the schools, the parents and the teachers . . . They all teach us how to handle success. But who teaches us how to handle failure. Do you know that there are people in this world who won't try? No, they are not lazy. Some of them are very intelligent and very knowledgeable. They are afraid of failure. They can't face it. They can't handle it. Nobody told them how to. So when they face their first failure, they experience depression -- even hopelessness.
Feeling listless and feeling like sleeping all the time comes with depression. Being angry at the whole world is not always a part of depression, but it is a symptom.
Some folks, like myself, are very strong. I don't mean physically strong. I mean strong inside. Something one cannot see. But it's there. And it's evident by the person's tenacity, the person's determination, the person's persistence. That person, like myself, finds ways to deal with depression.
Other folks have a very difficult time with depression and failure. They lose hope. They feel like they are in a room with no windows, no doors, no way out. Trapped. They feel like they are failures. Some of them have a very poor self image. They search desperately for help, but all they find is criticism. They only find people who yell at them; people who call them names. Nobody wants to understand. Nobody wants to help. Or maybe, the person suffering depression is looking in the wrong place for help.
Medication helps one cope with depression. But that same medication can make one feel drowsy. It can affect one's performance.
I get angry when I hear people calling other people lazy. It's easy to do name calling. It's much more difficult to try to help. That's . . .If the person wants help. If all the person is looking for is someone to listen. Listening helps. Sometimes talking about a personal problem helps. Sometimes writing about it helps.
Sometimes it helps the person suffering from depression. But most important . . . Sometimes it helps those who need help.
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