The answer to depression doesn't exist. Just like the answer to physical diseases don't exist. It's individual. I do not at all agree with what you said.
And trust me, I am a pro at faking happiness. Exhausting myself to seem like the happiest person that has ever walked this earth so people don't suspect me of being off, or depressed. And this fake happiness is what broke me and I know for sure I will never be fixed.
People can 'help' you if you go through a short patch of gloominess, dissatisfaction. BUT PLEASE, how can you compare that to an illness that kills so many people ?
People can't fix you, because they don't know how you feel ! They can't fix you, because it's in YOUR head. That is what makes this disease so lonely and even more horrible. It's the fact that, unlike physical illnesses, you can't go to a doctor and say "cure me". You can't go to a friend and say "cure me." They can HELP you with tasks, maybe motivate you but they can never cure you.
We all feel depression differently and it is especially hard to discuss your feelings with someone who has never had to struggle with it. In some cases, people manage to live life without that illness and sometimes I admire them. But in the end, the disease is individual, has individual triggers or maybe no triggers at all. And that makes me see that there is and never will only one answer to depression.
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