Depression

Have you ever felt like you want to die? Have you ever hated yourself so much you could just obliterate yourself into nothingness?

Depression is a crippling illness, which is receiving a lot of media attention right now. I know people with depression, who are good people stuck in a repetitive destructive cycle. Unfortunately, I also know people who use the excuse of depression to avoid the real world. These people are the ones that get help, leaving the genuinely needy people to struggle and suffer alone.

Depression hits more that one in ten people, and the age range is far more vast than you would initially think. The symptoms of depression vary from person to person, some feeling lethargic and lacking energy. Some losing appetite, and some simply feeling ‘blue’.

With this vastly changing illness, it is surprising that the medical profession seemingly decided to treat it in a stock way, as if it was simply the flu.

Doctors seem to act like this illness is nothing more than an imagined disease, thought up to make their lives difficult. It is then interesting that they seem perfectly willing to treat people who are using depression to gain attention.

Why is it that in this day and age, that people who are desperately hurting and in pain, cannot get the help that they need, while the people who are perfectly happy can use this to access all the resources that should be available to help the genuinely suffering people.