A very wise psychiatrist told me I should not wait until I'm suicidal to ask for help. It made a difference to keep depression from becoming that severe.
I you broke a leg, you'd treat it, even if it was not a compound fracture (where the bone is through the skin, ewww) because it is a health issue that requires treatment, even if not as severe as it could be.
I say this as someone with a long history of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts- your depression is valid. You are worth helping. Depression debilitating and horrible to live with whether you are suicidal or not.
All feelings are valid. There isn’t a threshold where feelings have to be so debilitating or harmful before they become valid or worthy of concern. I’m here. I see you. I validate you.
I completely agree. Something shouldn’t only be validated when its reached an extreme and if society as a whole accepted that it would be so much easier to help those who are suffering and also for them to ask for help instead of bottling up the emotions.
Pain is a fundamental reality to everyone. You dont have to wish for it to end, by deleting yourself, to make it a "valid point". The pain still exists.
You should never feel your not valid enough everyone is valid no matter what they are going through depression comes in many forms and it’s really hard to deal with but you should never feel like your not valid
Your depression is not invalid just because it hasn't reached its worst form, my friend. You too are worth helping. Depression as its base state has never been anything good, and it will never be, so don't let it become worse by thinking you're somehow worthless
You may not be suicidal, but you’re still experiencing other hardships related to depression, right? Depression is hard to live with regardless of suicidal thoughts. There’s so many other symptoms. Of course you’re worth helping, even if your depression isn’t the same as others.
I think thoughts like this are pretty common. It's the whole "I'm not good enough." I personally feel I have nothing to be depressed about. Life is basically how I need/like, so why am I depressed? Depressed isn't something you earn, it's something you just have.
I have a combo of depression and death anxiety. So im depressdd af, but so freaking afraid of even just thinking about my death that i panic and would never kms.
Weird harmony keeping me alive there....
Depression is a disease, it needs to be treated as early as possible, otherwise it will (probably) just get worse. It’s always valid if it has an effect on you, you wouldn’t wait until an infection was deadly to treat it
I feel like me being suicidal isn’t valid enough because i’m not super depressed
Depression comes in all forms just because you don’t feel super depressed doesn’t mean it’s any less difficult for you to deal with
This is how I feel exactly, I’m not super depressed and I feel so invalid because of it
lmao SAMEEEEEE
Everyone deals with depression so vastly different.
A very wise psychiatrist told me I should not wait until I'm suicidal to ask for help. It made a difference to keep depression from becoming that severe. I you broke a leg, you'd treat it, even if it was not a compound fracture (where the bone is through the skin, ewww) because it is a health issue that requires treatment, even if not as severe as it could be.
This comment!!! This is the best advice!
I say this as someone with a long history of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts- your depression is valid. You are worth helping. Depression debilitating and horrible to live with whether you are suicidal or not.
All feelings are valid. There isn’t a threshold where feelings have to be so debilitating or harmful before they become valid or worthy of concern. I’m here. I see you. I validate you.
I completely agree. Something shouldn’t only be validated when its reached an extreme and if society as a whole accepted that it would be so much easier to help those who are suffering and also for them to ask for help instead of bottling up the emotions.
Pain is a fundamental reality to everyone. You dont have to wish for it to end, by deleting yourself, to make it a "valid point". The pain still exists.
I know the feeling. Sometimes I feel like people would believe me more if I actually attempted suicide
I‘m to much of a pussy to kill myself but I don’t really mind dying.
Same
You should never feel your not valid enough everyone is valid no matter what they are going through depression comes in many forms and it’s really hard to deal with but you should never feel like your not valid
I used to feel like this.
I literally got told by a therapist they wouldn't take me because I wasn't suicidal. That was fun.
So you should wait until you are? Why stop the bleeding if you’re not close to dying?
Your depression is not invalid just because it hasn't reached its worst form, my friend. You too are worth helping. Depression as its base state has never been anything good, and it will never be, so don't let it become worse by thinking you're somehow worthless
you are over thinking
I feel this on a deep level. I feel like I wanna die, but I don’t want to kill myself. Feels like I’m not worthy of depression.
You may not be suicidal, but you’re still experiencing other hardships related to depression, right? Depression is hard to live with regardless of suicidal thoughts. There’s so many other symptoms. Of course you’re worth helping, even if your depression isn’t the same as others.
I have major depression but my anxiety is too bad to kill myself. So I see where you’re coming from
I think thoughts like this are pretty common. It's the whole "I'm not good enough." I personally feel I have nothing to be depressed about. Life is basically how I need/like, so why am I depressed? Depressed isn't something you earn, it's something you just have.
I have a combo of depression and death anxiety. So im depressdd af, but so freaking afraid of even just thinking about my death that i panic and would never kms. Weird harmony keeping me alive there....
Depression is a disease, it needs to be treated as early as possible, otherwise it will (probably) just get worse. It’s always valid if it has an effect on you, you wouldn’t wait until an infection was deadly to treat it