Depression

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Something people don't seem to understand unless they have it. Something no one wants and makes it hard to even get out of bed or find a reason to exist. It makes us feel invisible and alone.

It's something that isn't talked about much and is so overlooked. Everyone forms their own idea of what depression is but they never seem to understand that it isn't just "being sad" or "for attention" there is so much more and it's much more complicated than that. It's put off and shut down when we really do need to start talking about and others need to start listening and learning about it. Depression is so very serious and needs to stop being put off and ignored.

It isn't something we want and it isn't just being very sad nor is it for attention. It's a severe sadness and feelings of hopelessness. It's not being interested in your favorite activities and changes of appetite. It is insomnia but also sleeping day and nights away. It's a constant feeling of emptiness sometimes maybe even numbness. It is irritability or frustration over the smallest things. It's mental breakdowns and isolation from the world. It causes pain and suffering and lost.

This barely even scratches the surfaces of what depression is but it's a start. It is about time depression is talked about because

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