Im sad how people don't understand that being sad and depressed is different.
After a teen takes a look on the internet, they say they are depressed because they are related to the one post saying you are probably depressed if you feel like this, and then the list is like how normal people feel like you're depressed if you are crying so much at your grandpa's funeral, or if a teen then hops on the trend of bed rotting, like bro, you ain't bed rotting, you are comfortable, and you watch Netflix after watching you go out do something. Bed rotting is like you can't eat or can't do anything at all. Please understand me? ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍
That is what depressed means. It means to feel sad or unhappy in a certain moment. Feeling depressed and suffering from depression are two different things. The same way that someone can feel anxious about something but having an anxiety disorder is not the same as feeling temporarily anxious about something. reply
i think social media has a problem with trivialising a lot of mental disorders, not just depression. people love using words like "delulu", ocd, autism, adhd, psychotic until they see a person who actually deals with disorders or disabilities. i had a hard time having people take me seriously when i told them i was depressed when i was a teenager e...... reply
As someone suffering with depression paired with Neuro divergence and a shit load of other things not only does it hurt us when you lie about having a disorder or spreading false information to others which can then result in sad little idiots saying they have bpd, are psychopaths, have autism, tourrets(sorry if I misspelled it) and literally just ...... 1 reply
I can totally relate,everyone keeps saying that they're depressed while living the best life,a moment of sadness in their life and they're depressed. people with actual depression aren’t taken seriously anymore because of them reply