Wednesday, August 29, 2018

To all those suffering from depression or crippling sadness

This post is a lot more serious than what i usually make, but i think its a good time to share this. Recently, i've been going through a hard time. I've been stressed out, worried, and depressed. It felt like things would never get better. But i realized something. When i focused on others, it helped me. When i read about other people's problems, i forgot my own and wanted to help those people. Helping others helps me. So i'm making this post in the hope that not only will i be able to rise from my suffering, but that others will benefit from reading this as well. So this is what i have to say to everyone who's suffering or has suffered in the past.


First, you're not alone. Not only have plenty of other people been through what you're going through, but there are plenty of people out there who care about you. They say that strangers are just friends you haven't met yet. To a point, this is true. You won't get along with everyone in this world, but there are a ton of people that you would be great friends with if you met them. And there are plenty of people who care about you even though they don't know you. I have never met some of the people who will read this, but i do care about you. I don't want anyone to have to suffer, to have to feel alone. No matter your circumstances, you are never truly alone. There are others who care about you even if they don't know you exist, and also, God is always with you.

 

When things get bad, you might feel hopeless. Like there is nothing that can be done to help you. Like in the end, nothing will matter, in the end, you'll just feel bad again. No matter what people say, no matter what you read or hear, it won't help

you. Advice and supporting messages will lose their meaning, and literally nothing will lift you from your hopelessness. I think everyone feels that at some point. I know i have. Sometimes even prayer and medication can't make things feel better. Sometimes, the only thing you can do is just wait. Wait for the suffering to stop, wait for things to get better. Maybe they won't get better soon. Maybe they won't get better years from now. But at some point, they will get better, and you will be glad you decided to keep going. To those considering suicide: Please don't do it. Not only does it cause suffering to those around you that love you, it ends your chance to have things improve.

 

Your life will end eventually, so you might as well get as much joy out of it as you can. If you can't find joy, you can at least help others to. And again, things will get better. I know that right now, you feel like that's impossible. But they will. You might feel alone, like no one cares. I promise you, people do care. Even people who don't know you. If no one cared, why would people make suicide hotlines to help those who feel hopeless as you do? Why would people post inspirational stories and articles? Why would i be writing this post if i didn't care? Helping others does help me, but only because i know i am helping others. If i wrote this post and never posted it, it wouldn't help. I would know that no one would be helped by it. At some point, nothing you hear or read will help. Medication won't help, prayer won't help, everything people have said or written about times like this won't help.

 

You will feel like you will never be happy again. You might read stories about other people who suffered like you did, and managed to find happiness. You will ask why these people were given joy and you weren't. You will feel that everyone, even those who have suffered worse than you, had at least one thing you don't. Even posts like mine won't help. Just keep going. If things really are as bad as you feel, you have nothing to lose from keeping on, but everything to lose if you decide to take your own life. I know that what i said was probably said badly, or just seemed pointless. Maybe you read this and are shaking your head because i haven't helped you. All the same, i pray for you, and i hope with all my heart your life improves.Maybe i can't even comprehend what you're going through. Maybe i don't know anything about your situation. But i am trying to help, and even if i've failed to cheer you up or give you hope, know that i, and millions of others, care about you and truly hope you can find joy. God bless you all.

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