Straight up saying my full opinion. Saying you have depression just makes you feel worse than what you are actually feeling, and doesn't help one bit. You don't have "mild" depression. You're just going through some bad times. I've had them. I have had so much crap happened to me, and would agree that many times I have felt like I am depressed. But I wasn't. Just rough patches. I hate the expression "I'm depressed" because it just makes you feel worse, and as I said before, doesn't help. Take it from me, the stuff I have been through, I actually thought at some point when I was feeling down that I had "depression", when in reality, I was just upset. People act like depression is an illness, and it's not. Most people will feel gloomy and sad at points, it's just how you choose to deal with it. People use it as an excuse to why they are feeling down, and to "deal" with it because people see an illness as something that you can't help yourself, when really, if you take the right advise, you won't be feeling that way any more. So here, take my advise. I used to be bullied for so many years in the past, at my school. people say it all the time, but I'll explain in a meaningful way considering it worked for me. Saying things back to them won't help. They'll just be mad and say more. What you have to realise is that they are just words, and when they say things, just remember that they say it for a reason, to upset you. Their goal is to upset you. Don't allow that. What you have to do is to laugh it off, don't ignore it. Ignoring it makes you seem like you actually don't like it and they'll carry on. Learn to laugh it off and "agree" with them in a sarcastic way. They'll find it boring and stop. Also, find a quality about you and learn to use it. For example, me being funny made many laugh, and I made some friends. I even made friends with a few bullies because really, they were just following the crowd and didn't know the full story of who I am. Hope this helped you out.
sounding like Escobar, maybe its cause I just finished watching five episodes of Narcos. on topic: would not recommend, you screw up and your situation is now 2x worse.
Ignore those other kids in class that think your an idiot. Believe me, once school is done and over with, you'll be surprised how many of them will be the idiots. I know this much: Life after school is best. No drama unless its work. Coworkers like to spread drama like their in middle school/high school again. Keep your head on your shoulders. Live for today. Look forward to tomorrow.
I also suggested ignore the idiots. I can't suggest what I ended up doing since it doesn't seem to be agreeable. Me being the crybaby I was in middle school got sick an tired of it, so I ignored many girls and boys, turned away and walked away from the issue every time. Granted the snickering and talking stopped at the end of middle school because people knew I wasn't going to take it. I started filing charges of harassment left and right in middle school, got the assistant principle to talk to me and the kids. (All were dropped once the other kids knew I was filing harassment and were serious) High school came alone, I ended up going to a school where I didn't know anyone, but I fit in just fine. Home was a disaster so I read books/manga, drew and wrote stories to avoid family when I was at home.
For me, ignoring didn't help. If you read above, I said how the bullies see it that you are upset cos you ignore them and they carry on. I acknowledged them, while showing it didn't make me feel bad / upset. Everyone's got different ways I guess.
Great, and I thought things couldn't get any better until this happened. I asked my friend out yesterday and she said that her mom didn't want her to date abnybody and that she also wanted to take a break from dating. Found out now that she was dating somebody from another school that whole time. WE MADE OUT ON HALLOWEEN FOR CHRISTS SAKE, AND SHE WAS DATING SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WHOLE TIME!!!! Yep, that whole making out thing was suppose to be a secret, but NOT ANYMORE! I used to be so happy...
Drawing on your arm is a great method to coop since it's reversible(you can wash it off). I use to do that (and I used to use elastic bands and scissors) but the I realized drawing is the best method of them all. And then now just find someone who won't look down at you for it. It may not be the "cool kids" as they call themselves that you usually hang with, but once you grow up you realize the real friends and the people who amount to something are people who try to understand and help you, they wouldn't give you a hard time because you're not like them. Imo it's good to be different, because in a world where everyone tries to fit on, only the different one will take the spotlight and get noticed. I'm proud to have one of my best friends for 7 years. No one knew he was my friend for a long time but we're both weirdos in our own way. Find someone you can talk to and who will be there. Drop those who make you feel like crap. The online community is not as bad as people think. My crew is mostly online and those friendships do last. If you need someone to talk to, I'm here if you ever do~
Thank you. I do not hang out with the cool people, I actually hang out with nerds like me, but some of the, are actually kind of emo, and they jus think that I'm trying to be edgy and fit in with them, when I'm not. The others support me all the way through.
Never use depression as an excuse though. I know how it feels like. I've been diagnosed with severe depression with mild anxiety. But only one or two know in real life. It's an illness~ imo. Besides some people mentality is weak enough to succumb to it. While others are strong enough to combat it with a scale in their mind. May I ask how old are you? (ALSO you look like my friend when he was younger LOL you're not from Toronto are you?)
Emo doesn't mean depression lol and vice versa. Don't do anything that leaves anything permanant is all I'm saying
deleting my comments because apparently some people are too sensitive to realise that they need to change
