This is what depression looks like.

The point is major depression NEVER goes away. It is only dulled down by medication. It can be helped. You can be helped. Although, it takes a lot of lives. I have to put a smile on. Look a certain way. Act a certain way. I’ve been on medicine and off medicine because I reached a cap in dosage and it wasn’t working anymore. So imagine being a teen and taking three medications. One for depression, one to counteract the weight gain and then another for the insomnia. If you have never had to deal with a lifelong illness whether physical or mental you have no idea. People in this boat seek help a lot. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work. If it DID-we wouldn’t be seeing suicides and overdoses due to this fact. Mental health has to CHANGE in a big way.

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