help pleaseee

[batcat227]

feeling super depressed and everyone keeps pushing me to do stuff but i don’t have any strength or motivation to try 🥰

[fauxartist]

Try to explain to them that this is just a physical thing, depression is a lower level of serotonin in the brain. You don't want to feel this way, and they can't fix you, it just is what it is. Nobody wants to feel that way, it's just a cycle that we go through, we have good days and bad days, and on the bad days we just have to get through it. It's not about will power, or being weak, and you don't have to find a reason to feel bad, you just do, it's chemical.

The best thing you can do for them is to ask them to please don't take it personally, and that you appreciate them wanting to help, but the best thing they can do for you is to just be understanding and let you get through the lows.

I don't know if you are on meds, or if they have helped. But I do know therapy can help you understand depression, and some of us also have added issues of trauma, and mental injury, etc. that add to our depression, and those are separate issues you need to work through in therapy. There is no cure for depression, but knowledge is power and the more you understand, the easier it is to find coping skills.

[LoveforAll41]

It is very hard for people to understand if they haven't been depressed I think. As fauxartist said meds can help a lot and therapy. There is no shame in reaching out for help. I think that there are things that therapists or just other people can help us see that can give us peace and leave us feeling energized. When I see clearly and am not beating myself up for things I am much more energized and have more zest for life. There also needs to be space for self-compassion and self-care. I wish you peace, hope, and strength ☮️