• lemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.com
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    5 months ago

    I laugh when people who are not depressed tell me that life is beautiful. No, it isn’t. Life is full of cruelty and suffering, a never-ending cycle of pain and despair. I would kill myself, but I am afraid of death. I want to stop existing without going through the process of dying. People have no understanding of this issue. I am fucking tired of pretending that life is worth living. Please do not respond to this post. Discussing this only makes my depression worse. Thanks.

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      5 months ago

      You do you, man, but I will carefully suggest you try therapy. It exists for a reason. No need to reply, I don’t want to invoke discussion.

    • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      As someone who’s also diagnosed with depression I’ll at least say this:

      It isn’t inherently a cycle of cruelty and despair. I mean the fact that people tell us otherwise means that, at least for them, it isn’t. It’s sad but there’s a lot to life that we’re just missing.

      Edit: Idk what you’ve tried but 10 years of meds never solved anything for me, but psychedelics came close. I never appreciated life more than when I tried shrooms.