Day 26: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING UP ON LIFE? IF SO, WHEN AND WHY?
Giving up on life = suicide. Right?
You know, I never understood how someone could get to the point of such depression and unhappiness that they would want to end their life. Life is so great!! Who would want to end it??
Until I got on Accutane during my senior year of high school for the treatment of cystic acne. Wow, did that mess with my head. That was the first time in my life that I felt truly depressed. (Due to prescription side affects, not my acne ;).) Not just the everyday depression that comes along with frustrations such as bad grades, loss of friends, weight gain, or break ups. It was deep and it was real.
Even then, I never thought about actually giving up on life. Rather, I learned that depression is a real thing that people suffer from every day. I always believed that peoples' lives were solely determined by their attitudes. That they could change their circumstances if they really wanted to. I still believe that, mostly- -only now I know that sometimes the reality of depression can hardly be altered by "happy thoughts." Some who choose to give up on life really don't feel that life is worth living for. My realization of this doesn't make the fact any less sad- -only more understandable.
Giving up on life = suicide. Right?
You know, I never understood how someone could get to the point of such depression and unhappiness that they would want to end their life. Life is so great!! Who would want to end it??
Until I got on Accutane during my senior year of high school for the treatment of cystic acne. Wow, did that mess with my head. That was the first time in my life that I felt truly depressed. (Due to prescription side affects, not my acne ;).) Not just the everyday depression that comes along with frustrations such as bad grades, loss of friends, weight gain, or break ups. It was deep and it was real.
Even then, I never thought about actually giving up on life. Rather, I learned that depression is a real thing that people suffer from every day. I always believed that peoples' lives were solely determined by their attitudes. That they could change their circumstances if they really wanted to. I still believe that, mostly- -only now I know that sometimes the reality of depression can hardly be altered by "happy thoughts." Some who choose to give up on life really don't feel that life is worth living for. My realization of this doesn't make the fact any less sad- -only more understandable.
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