Talking about Depression in an Unforgiving World
Today is a day for fessing up, it is not easy to come out the wood works and and admit one's flaws and insecurity's but today I am taking the plunge and talking about depression because I think more an more people need to know and understand that suffering from depression is not a weakness in you. If you had a cold or tummy ache or were to contract Covid, would you claim you were weak? No you would not! So why is it that when a person suffers from depression we perceive them to be weak, we look at them and label them thinking that they are not as capable as others just because they have a chemical imbalance in their brain that they have no control over? I was diagnosed with depression when I was 17, mostly, people hear that I suffer from depression an are alarmed, often it is received with, 'Really? I never would have pegged you as a depressive?' So I ask you the question? WHY NOT? Because I have a family, I am hard working and most days I am quite a happy sociable pers...