I know alot of people who have been diagnosed with depression, and I am not the only one! Nearly all of us know at least one person who had been diagnosed with the same. Even I was nearly diagnosed with depression, but I refused to allow it! When the doctor said ''well your clearly depressed'' I replied ''no! I have been through a bit of a rough patch!''. Some times it almost feels as if its not 'normal' to feel symptoms of depression in your life...because god forbid you do, you instantly get stamped with label ''depressed''! But, isnt it just a part of life to go in and out of phases that make you feel depressed? Life for no one is easy breezy, Every single one of us goes through hard times at one point or another! So naturally we go through the recovery process wich involves feeling very unsettled within yourself along with feelings of hopelessness, irratability and sadness, to name just a few. Every one is different, so for each of us the time period in feeling the above varies. One person might feel depressed for years, others for just a day or two! Either way we all feel it and if we dig deep enough there are reasons why, even if it takes a long time to figure out what the reasons are! So what is with all the diagnoses of depression? I understand that in some people it is very severe and can cause feelings of a suicidal nature. But then why diagnose people with depression who are just reaching out and have been through a hard time? What amazes me is how a deeply tormented person can be daignosed with depression as well as some one whose just having a hard time at work and struggling to cope with the pressure. Also, the number of people who do get diagnosed is shocking that it makes me wonder...isnt this just a big fucking wake up call that life is moving too fast and alot of us are struggling to keep up with the pace? all the expectations, pressures, needs and wants and must haves, its just becoming rediculous! The world is turning at a slow pace, nature goes through its cycles in a healthy steady pace, Yet we are the only species running around like blue ass flies its hard to grab hold of some thing still when your head is just constantly spinning! We have endless amounts of ways to self medicate to help us cope with the never ending, speedy process of life! No wonder we all feel a little blue sometimes. And with all the expectations and pressures from society, no wonder the doctors are shoving pills down our throat. Because if we cant succeed as a normal healthy person, we must succeed as numbed robots who have been deeply ignored for the actual reason they have ended up feeling so depressed! It seems to me that almost anyone can be diagnosed with depression, all you need to do is tell the doctor you havent been feeling too happy lately. And it also seems to me that in the last ten years the doctors are hell bent on diagnosing anyone they can with depression and putting as many people as they can on anti depressants. Why has it suddenly become such a big deal to be feeling down? Its not like humans have always been dead happy and suddenly we're all under the weather! From as far back as humans have existed, the majority have been depressed at one point or another. Why now do we have to feel liek there is some thing wrong with us if we aren't happy? Too many people, too much pressure, too little time! Thats what I think! The doctors dont have time to dig deep into everyones life and help them the best they can, so they rush you out of the surgery as quick as they can and give you a slip of paper to grab yourself some magic pills. Wouldnt it just be easier to say ''its ok! we all feel down from one time or another, you arent mentally insane, there isnt anything wrong with you, you have every right to feel pissed off, let down, hurt, upset, angry, sad and hopeless, just go through it and learn from it the best you can!''. And yes, I do think we all have the right to feel depressed without having to feel like there is some thing wrong with us! After all...where do you go for a dose of happiness? certainly not to the tv, the amounts of horror films, terrifying news stories, grey and gloomy soaps, hard hitting documentries and other such 'depressing' things in the media is enough to drive anyone mad if you soak it all up long enough, we are hearing constantly of all the terrible things that happen amongst our planet constantly. We all know some one who has been through some thing horrific and most of us have had hard times ourselves!...there for, we have every right to feel pretty blue about it! I really don't understand the craze thats going on at the moment, that we 'should' all feel normal and level headed. I dont understand why we should take pills and be expected to smile when we are trying to digest a struggle we have been through. I dont understand why we have to get on with life as if nothing has happened. I dont understand why we cant just go ''fuck this! Iv had a rough time and im pretty peeved about it!''. But then it all comes back down to one thing, the one thing that we react to like magpies to shiney things....money! Society doesnt like it when we are out of work, and the doctors see patients endlessly who are too depressed to work! So the cycle begins...give them pills, numb them to the eyeballs, and they can continue to work like robots! How nice we have entered such a narrow minded place in this world where the only thing that matters is success and money, not our well being and health.
Kids are being diagnosed with depression, this actually makes me laugh! Have we really become that retarded to think if a child is deeply unhappy and dont care to talk about it they must just have a imbalance of some sort that anti depressants will sort right out? Any child that shows signs of depression has most defently got a very good reason as to why that is! So before you stuff them with tablets, or brush it off as a hormonal imbalance or mental disorder...perhaps make a little more effort to dig as deep as you can and correct a wrong doing that has come upon them in their young life!
Lets all wake the fuck up! Life is tough and the pace is only speeding up. How on earth are we all meant to keep up with all these crazy expectations and live a life that is only satisfactory in the eyes of society, but not in our hearts! If you are unhappy...you probably have every right to be! Take all the time YOU need to give yourself the life you want and need!
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