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baileygenine:


  People who don’t suffer from depression, won’t understand it, I know I’ve said that a
  few times, but remember that. (And I don’t say “suffer” lightly, it is suffering. Your
  whole body hurts, your brain doesn’t work, you’re tired until you try to sleep and then
  you’re wide awake. You want to laugh, but instead all you can do is cry. You feel like
  crying and you just get angry, so angry, angry because there is nothing you can do to
  make yourself feel normal. You do something you absolutely love and you start to feel
  good and then you wonder why you feel good, you shouldn’t feel good, this isn’t right,
  you get anxious, you get nauseous, and you cry.)


This.

The effect depression has on me is similar, although it usually manifests in supreme lethargy. That then leads into an inability to concentrate or perform serious tasks, which means that getting worried about tasks and deadlines often leads to an evil soul-sucking downward spiral of doom and gloom.

Many thanks to Bailey for putting this into words.

baileygenine:

People who don’t suffer from depression, won’t understand it, I know I’ve said that a few times, but remember that. (And I don’t say “suffer” lightly, it is suffering. Your whole body hurts, your brain doesn’t work, you’re tired until you try to sleep and then you’re wide awake. You want to laugh, but instead all you can do is cry. You feel like crying and you just get angry, so angry, angry because there is nothing you can do to make yourself feel normal. You do something you absolutely love and you start to feel good and then you wonder why you feel good, you shouldn’t feel good, this isn’t right, you get anxious, you get nauseous, and you cry.)

This.

The effect depression has on me is similar, although it usually manifests in supreme lethargy. That then leads into an inability to concentrate or perform serious tasks, which means that getting worried about tasks and deadlines often leads to an evil soul-sucking downward spiral of doom and gloom.

Many thanks to Bailey for putting this into words.

(Source: bailey)

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  1. drumby reblogged this from bailey
  2. bbschaaf reblogged this from bailey and added:
    beautiful person. Thanks...brave. You’re loved. And
  3. katefeetie said: A big hug from over here. Mine’s been getting steadily worse over the past three or four months, to the point that some nights I don’t feel like taking my Zoloft because it’s not doing anything. But I do anyway. That description, though. Perfect.
  4. stoppedshortofnothing reblogged this from bailey
  5. yournewfavorite said: Thanks for writing this. You’re brave.
  6. erinmargrethe said: It’s good to put this out there. The more we realize that we’re all suffering, the less alone we feel. It takes away the narcissism of depression, which, in my experience, is one of its most damaging aspects. The world needs more empathy. Thank you.
  7. monkeyfrog said: Well said, toots.