It's okay to be sad.
The same way it's okay to be happy.
You might not want to be sad.
You might not want to be happy.
But you are anyway.
That's just how you feel.
And that's okay.
Once I went to a funeral, which was obviously a sad occasion. But I had a nice time at the wake seeing family that live far away who I never get to see. I didn't want to be happy. I wanted to be sad. I was supposed to be sad. But I wasn't. And that's okay.
Once I was going to go and see a movie that I really, really wanted to see. The movie was really good but I didn't actually enjoy it, because I was sad. I didn't want to be sad. I wanted to be happy. But I wasn't. And that's okay.
Your feelings are exactly that.
They're yours.
They're not something you can help, they just are.
They're like breathing.
You don't decide to breath, you just do it.
You might try to hold your breath, repress it.
But eventually you'll always have to come up for air.
Emotions are like that.
Sure sometimes you wish you could decide not to feel.
Not to breathe.
But you have to.
And that's okay too.
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To Be Depressed
Non-Fiction"If you think about being happy, you'll be happy." "Don't be so pessimistic!" "Everyone else can get through it, why can't you?" "Attention seeker!" You trying feeling like this then, if it's so easy... This is just my views on depression, a "taboo"...
