Hi!

I hope you are doing well today.

You have a valid point. I am, as most of us here are, luckier than some people out there. But what is this supposeed to mean to us? To stop wanting to be happy? To stop feeling pain? To stop writing? To stop venting? If that is the case, then your 2 lines should be enough to solve everyone's issues here, because why on Earth someone who is healthy, have a job, have food and water feels depressed and stay on the couch or bed all day long? No one can understand this unless he/she knows what it means to be depressed. I was very angry most of the day, and I didn't have anybody around me to talk to, so I posted here to vent. I didn't expect anyone to respond, but if anyone did I expected it to be supportive, at least understating. At the end of the day, this is a mental health board, and people come here to post about their issues.

I'm of no use even in these volunteering groups. Probably I would do more harm than good. I'm just no good around people. I cannot communicate with them. Luckily there are many sociable but genuine volunteers out there. I said genuine because unfortunately, even volunteering has become a fashion in our societies, especially in the west. Something to add on your resumé. Something to brag about between people.

I do try to help others in my own ways, not necessary in an organized way, and I feel their misfortune, but does this have to invalidate me and how I feel? We all struggle in our own ways in this life. In every step we make we struggle. The struggle is eternal. Life is a chain of struggles. It's a struggle to get food, to get a job, to have friends, to find a match, to be healthy, ... etc, and once you attained something you missed before, you will face a struggle in other areas.