๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐'๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ
๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ?
Hmmm. I think it means feeling genuinely content with your life. Like there's nothing major about your life that you want to change. When you wake up every morning, you feel happy to be alive.
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ?
Good question. I haven't felt genuinely happy in a very long time. So much has happened to me that has changed my experience with happiness forever.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ ๐?
A rollercoaster ride. Around the age of nine or ten, my mom and I lost our apartment. Not too long after that, my grandfather died. Throughout those moments in my life, no one ever asked me how I was feeling about the situations, so those emotions just manifested inside me. Suddenly I found myself in middle school. My way of thinking changed until I realized I wasn't who I used to be. similar to other situations in my life, my mom thought it was stupid and only took it seriously when I was almost hospitalized. I was then diagnosed with mood disorder and anxiety.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช?
Personally, it feels different at different times. Sometimes it feels comforting and familiar. Other times it feels like a cage. Sometimes it feels overwhelming and sometimes it feel like nothing at all.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ?
There are so many of them. One of the main ones is that depression only happens to white teenage girls. This is far from true as black teens are actually more likely to have depression. Furthermore, it happens to people across all gender identities. Another misconception is that depression is always feeling low and wanting to die. This isn't true, as depression can give us both highs and lows. Feeling suicidal isn't a constant emotion in those with depression and neither is self harming. It varies from person to person.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ?
I don't have any tbh, because I'm still learning to not get comfortable with my depression. But I think it's always a good ides to sit with your emotions, rather than try to escape it or cover it up. Also, give yourself things to look forward to.
๐ผ๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐.
