...I don't think it means what you think it means...

[spiderine]

... that word post, I don't think it means what you think it means...Hyperbole and a Half's "Depression Part Two" has, as kids say today, gone viral. As well it should; the blogger had not been posting for some time and now she's back with something brilliant, stunning and heart-wrenching

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[neadods]

Edited because already mopped up in the other blog...

Have you read The Bloggess' posts on depression and anxiety? They're triggering as hell, but if you're in a solid enough state to read them, I find them very powerful.

[tigerbright]

More proof that I am bipolar and not depressed: I have, at times, said all of the things that the people in these pictures are saying.

It's so hard for me to believe that people can't get out of the depressive spiral at all. I wish I had a life raft or something.

[lyonesse]

how's just "i hear you, that sounds like hell"?

i kind of wish i could get that for ptsd, but everyone's afraid to actually discuss trauma, so it never goes anywhere. i am at least grateful for a durable endogenous sense of humor.

[nannerboo]

I have to admit it was hard to read her post, because I've been in that place. While I'm not so far deep in it as I once was (Medication and oh god sleep aids makes so much of a difference) I still do dip into those bleaker waters

[magpiefirefly]

She wrote an honest, raw post about depression in only a way she can, and for so many who have been there - really been there - it was nice to have someone articulate so well what we can't.

However, what frustrated me was it blew up my FB feed with people posting "YES!" and "This is what it is LIKE." and bullshit like that when they've never been there. I'm sorry you had a sad week once when you were an angsty 16-year-old and your first boyfriend broke up with you, so you listened to Linkin Park and wore heavy black eyeliner and ate alone until someone else asked you out. Don't try. It isn't cute to pretend.