I'mma have to ask everyone to take this to the top. Rain upvotes! Please. Thank you.

In the case of toxic people, family or not, cutting them out of your life really makes a difference.

That's why I love the internet. You can ask the stupidest or most inappropriate questions and it's more than likely that : 1- someone has already asked the same question or 2- someone will gladly give you an answer. At the same time there will always be that someone who will bash you for anything you might say or do (too ugly, too pretty, too fat, too skinny, etc).

This. i am fed up of people who have never suffered from depression but declare suicides as cowards.

Going through hard times definitely didn't make me stronger. It made me sadder and a lot more fragile and took away a lot of my faith in things.

To them it was their "normal" behavior.

🥺Thank you

I will admit that when my depression was at its lowest (besides suicide attempt). I didn't brush my teeth, brush my hair or showered in over 2 weeks. It was all just too hard.

Why does his expression match that statement perfectly. Lol. Good on you eagle.

That's my life spelt out!

I remember mom picking me up early from school in 4th grade to go see the 1st Star Trek movie. Still one of the best school memories, ever.

I wish social anxiety was an excuse. It has ruined so much of my life.

Me looking into the mirror: "This is all YOUR fault!"

I feel personally attacked

"You need to work harder". "You need to give up on the lattes". "You need to .............."

I just felt a weight drop onto my shoulders when I read this.

I needed people who actually cared about me and wouldn't ditch me on the playground for someone else and leave me alone without any friends for the rest of the year at the drop of a hat

Depression is not the tears you shed it's the smile you fake

#FACTS

This post is about me and I accept it....it's true. P.S. I'm not a doctor, my parents are still disappointed.

Yeahhh I'm a 13yo "gifted" person (senior in HS) and well I'm screwed. The worst part is, my mom says I put all of the pressure on *myself*, and that she really doesn't care whether I get an A or a B as long as I understand it, but I can't stop :(

I'm an "academically gifted" 13 yo and I've already become the first option

Gifted but heavily bullied, I am talking small steps to form myself to be a "normal" functional human but I still get those "I am such a shiz without any need to exist"

YES. This is so freaking true!! I'm not a doctor, BTW. I am soooooo not a doctor.

This post makes me feel better because it lets me know I'm not the only one like this and I find that comforting.

I was very good at school but I didn't enjoy it. It just came easy. And because of that, everyone in my life just thought I was okay and didn't need to worry. Turns out I had no real life skills, and getting jobs was very hard. I was just book smart. And I was also incredibly depressed. My parents were dealing with my brother who was a drug addict and had many issues so it was easy to see me doing well in school and just assume 'oh she'll be okay'. It happens with teachers and friends, too. You shouldn't just overlook their issues because they aren't as pressing. My parents were trying to triage with my brother and couldn't really put the time in, but teachers often didn't give me any attention to find a focus because 'oh she's smart she'll be fine...' is the attitude. I also had no friends, no relationships and was gaining weight. Don't think your smart kid is fine because it's easier than realizing they might be depressed.

I'm not out of school and I'm already like the first part. It's so exhausting, but I feel at this point going to normal classes would not only let the adults around me down but I would also let myself down. I guess it was drilled into my head that I belonged in advanced classes and dropping out of them could hurt me.

Bro i got a 66 on a math test and legit started crying

I'm not a doctor . . . sh!#

the differece being?...

why not both

Yup, and I'm not a doctor. I am, however, a seething ball of unmotivated self-hate and medical debit, if that counts.

I had never thought of it like that, but yes, true. I'm not a doctor...

Feeling like simultaneously the smartest and dumbest person in class in the same moment.

I once saw a Ted Talk about 'multi-potentiality' and it made me feel better, for like...5minutes.

I feel like . . . It can be BOTH

Well, crud.

I feel heard. Not a Dr, btw.

I'm not a doctor. My mother still hasn't forgiven me.

I can relate to this. I remember being placed in accelerated classes in middle school. Before that school wasn't much fun but after it was Hell.

Or they are doctors with thousands of abandoned hobbies.