Ask or Dare Gallus!

A pessimistic griffon tries to encourage you not to be sad

Alright, let's continue with this. 

Well, I warned you a few chapters ago that Rosy Star would be too busy with college to let me have her laptop as often as she used to. She thinks that might be turning around, for reasons that I don't know, because she said that I wouldn't get them. I can't promise anything though. Maybe disappearing for a few weeks will be our new normal, so try to get used to it. 

For some good news...good news for the READERS, is that I'm gonna get 3 questions out the way, since they're all related and asked by the same creature. The more questions or dares I get out the way, the sooner I can open questions and dares. 

There's also a dare that I'm gonna have to do for three chapters. I've never done a dare like this before, but Rosy says that my friends did something similar one time where they took over the book for me. *gives a slightly annoyed look* So, will this continuous dare be a good one, or a bad one?

Dare (by fnafdemon): Now, I dare Gallus to never say a cuss word for 3 chapters. If he fails, he has to start each sentence with "Madam Rosy, I..." and if he fails that, he has to eat 6 whole lemons.

Well, a bad one it is! Screw you, Ryan. *with an annoyed, sarcastic tone* I REALLY hope you enjoy Ryan's dare, Rosy. 'Cause I'll take calling you 'Madam Rosy' over eating so many lemons!

Rosy Star: *snickering a lot* Yes, I'll definitely enjoy that~!

*grumbles* Now, here's the 3 questions. 

Questions (by -Star_-): 1. How not to be depressed? 2. How not to be suicidal (I'm thinking of cutting). 3. How do you make the best of things?

This creature here sent me two other questions, but I can answer those in the next chapter, since they're not as related. 

Now, as for my answer....*sighs* Look, I'm not really the creature to ask stuff as serious as this. These answers are a long time coming, and I hope that you have been able to get help by now. I've seen that you changed your username, which gives me hope that you didn't kill yourself.....But I do know from experience that depression can come and go. Maybe this chapter can help you out a bit when you're feeling in the dumps again, even if it's just advice from a pessimistic griffon. 

What everycreature is bound to tell you is that you should get medical help. That's perfectly fine advice, with the best thing you could do....But since you're asking me, I'm gonna give you other options. I'm all 'DIY' when it comes to my depression, since I hate, HATE telling others about my weaknesses and insecurities...The more I hide those, the better it is for a griffon. The most outside help I've gotten to deal with my depression is to take antidepressants, that Gabby has helped me get. Other than that, I've dealt with depression all on my own. 

Depression hit me a lot harder before I came to the School of Friendship than it does now. Nowadays it's easier to deal with, since my life has gotten so much better. I have great things I never thought I was ever gonna have or get back, simple things like friends, actual stuff to drink and eat, and a roof over my head....When I didn't have these, not being depressed was obviously hard. What got me by was the bare minimum; my love for flying, the little opportunities I got to vent about how much I hated my life, having Gabby as the only creature that cared about me, or my survival instincts. 

Speaking of which, on the subject of suicide...*looks down* Well, I have a bit of experience with that too...since I attempted to kill myself. That was years ago, mind you. Living on the streets in Griffonstone, surrounded by awful creatures, and having the everyday struggle of needing to eat and drink, it makes you want to give up life. I've never thought of killing myself again...But I know what it's like when you think you're gonna do it, but your conscience stops you right in the act. In the moment you feel like a coward. You don't get why you're not going through with it. You think so lowly of yourself and your life, so why the he--*clears his throat, remembering the dare* why the heck aren't you ending it all? 

When I think about that time now, I'm glad that I didn't go through with it. Because life did go on after that attempt, and it did get better. 

I don't know what exactly has you depressed. Maybe your family is awful, or your school is awful. Maybe you get bullied, or went through a bad breakup, or have bad friends. Maybe you're going through all of these things, or several of these. I know you're not homeless, since you have the "internet" to ask me this question. So if I was able to have my life get better even after I lived in the streets of Griffonstone and spent YEARS having to find food, water, and shelter, because it wasn't something I could just have...Your life definitely has hope. 

Your problems may seem gigantic and unstoppable now, and I don't blame you if you see them that way. I'm sure you're not depressed and suicidal for nothing, I'm sure you're going through--going through bad stuff. (No, I'm not gonna cuss and say 'Madam Rosy' now, this chapter is too serious!) But life does go on, and things do end. You will graduate. You have the means to stop bullies with the help from the principal and your parents, maybe even by defending yourself. You will over breakups, and maybe you'll find someone who will treat you wonderfully. You can get rid of bad friends, and your parents and friends can change for the better the way your life can. Give your life the opportunity to change. When you do, good things WILL come, and you'll be face-clawing (or whatever human equivalent you have of that word) when you remember how you wanted to kill yourself. When you think about the good things you would have missed that needed the time to come. 

Don't be afraid to space out and forget about how the world sucks when you can. Sure, there will be creatures who say that you need to know every reason why society sucks, but I'm about 98% sure that those creatures don't have depression, that they don't know what it's like to feel so miserable for even the smallest provocation or the smallest reminder of the world's problems. They're too busy being justice and freedom fighters to know! But creatures like you and me NEED to forget the world for a while and be momentarily happy. I'm sure you have your hobbies that you can do to ignore the world. Those small hobbies can help make time fly by just a bit faster, and let life pass a little longer without it suffocating you. 

On the subject of things you can do...dear Grover, don't cut yourself. I don't get why would anyone want to cut themselves. I'm pretty sure creatures are supposed to hate pain. If you've ever cut yourself accidentally, it had to hurt. So why would you provoke that awful pain to yourself? For "punishment"? I bet that if your parents, or your friends, or annoying classmates of yours took a knife and gave you several cuts, that you wouldn't like it. That you'd feel terrible, and that you'd cry. So why would you do it to yourself? 

No one has to cut themselves to get better. To get better, you just need a lot of motivation to get better, and the help that you may need. If you have a flaw that you despise, then try to get rid of it. If you think you're dumb, then study harder and try to read, or even watch educational videos! If you think you're ugly, then try to make yourself look better. Work on your weight properly, find some cream for ugly zits, work on...whatever you have on your head. And if it's a flaw that you can't fix, well, maybe it's not a flaw at all. Maybe you're being too hard on yourself. All cutting does is give you tremendous pain and gives you scars that will stay forever. It can even kill you slowly. It probably has even more negative effects than I know! I'm sure that if you look up long-term negative effects to cutting, that you'll never consider cutting again.

I think I've given enough advice to work with...I'll be hoping that your life does get or keeps getting better. I know how awful it is to be stuck with a miserable life...but you can't lose hope, and you can't think that you don't have the power to improve it, or at the very least ignore it. Good luck with everything. 

(Aaaaand in case you forgot about this little fact:)

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