Depression isn’t just sadness.
It’s sitting alone in the dark, blistering cold, smoking one last cigarette before bed and hoping that you won’t wake up.
Depression isn’t just sadness
It’s loneliness, clawing at the back of your mind even when you’re surrounded by the people you love.
Depression isn’t just sadness
It’s the ache of feeling like you’ll never be happy or normal or loved all because your head tells you that you’re a broken fucking mess; and who would love a fucking mess.
Depression isn’t just sadness
It’s lying awake at night silently screaming into the void that you want to be better but knowing that you can’t be.
Depression isn’t just sadness
It’s an abusive relationship, pulling you away from your loved ones, living in isolation until you’ve missed enough calls from mom that they just stop coming.
Depression isn’t just sadness
It’s sucking on a chrome barrel like it’s a fucking tootsie-pop, wondering how many licks until you reach the trigger.
Depression isn’t just sadness.
It’s your friends and family crying over the person you were before that vile being took you away from them.
Depression Isn’t Just Sadness…
(Second Reddit post ever, sorry if I misunderstood the rules or how to use flairs 😬)
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