How many times have you diagnosed yourself with depression?Well,personally it’s countless times.But is it really true that you are depressed?Or it’s all just in your head?Did something not going well for you lead you to feeling sad and so these moments of sad made you diagnose yourself as depressed?Well,I don’t know.Maybe you actually are or maybe you are just sad or just not satisfied with your life.Maybe because of a lack of job or sumn.Okay I wasn’t here to talk about that.

So,how do you know that you are just sad and not depressed?Well, everyone gets sad;you lose a loved one-you feel sad,you fail a test-you feel sad,someone messes with your head-you feel sad and mad,oh well. It all goes away in a few anyways.

Depressed?well,well, the sad never disappears,infact it amplifies and life just don’t mean shit to you and everyone and everything irritates you some point.You see no point of existence and just everything don’t make sense.Can you get out of it?Yes you can,that I very much believe because I’ve been there but my extroverted introvert personality had made me pass all tests for the “fake smile”never passed anyone.

Whatever you fighting just know it will pass.Write it out if you can’t speak to anyone about any of it;this works for me actually,it’s how I let out my madness,sadness and craziness for sharing anything with anyone or seeking help from anyone just ain’t it for me.Barring my soul ain’t my thing.If not the write then seek help,go to some scenery,anything but staying in the same place for it amplifies your thoughts and it makes what you going through be “the real thing”- like you are convinced that life ain’t shit and that everyone and everything is out to get you and that you being here is just an Ill thing and a waste of your time.

Recovery is possible.Don’t let depression kill you.Seek help.And to society and it’s “standards”- Depression is real.Never condemn anyone for feeling sad or telling them to man up and face life.They’ve tried that and it ain’t working for them.Let’s always be our brothers keepers.-Any changes in life take could be a warning sign.

Inspiration:Fridah Savali