Thank you so much for this video. I know a few people who could do with watching it.
The amount of ignorance you face as a person with depression is sickening and infuriating. One I get regularly from people is "Cheer up, it might never happen!" and "can't you just feel happy?"
It's that easy, is it?
Another recent one after suffering a fit of rage and taking it out on someone when they tried antagonizing me was "maybe you should just not go near people and step away from the keyboard when you get like that" which just made my mood increasingly worse. I explained that was the wrong thing to say to someone which fell upon death ears because the guy in question is a terrible human.
If you have never suffered from depression, you should probably shut your mouth when it comes to others if you're going to say bullshit like that. Just because you can't wrap your head around the fact some people have different emotional ranges to you, you should probably stay quiet and let that person know you're not very good at dealing with depression.
Dealing with people can be difficult for some, but if you just let them know you won't be much help then we won't waste any more of your time.
People do need to be better educated on mental illness, right now in the UK at least, it's shocking.
As for my advice, go to the doctors to get an appointment with a specialist who is trained in mental illness. GPs more often than not aren't the best option to go to when you need help.
