distressedSince then, people have contacted me via email (when they had it), via my old email (which I rarely check), via my contact form, via Facebook, and via my Tumblr, to give me their phone numbers, to tell me not to hurt myself (which I did not threaten to do), to provide crisis hotlines, to make suggestions about medication (which I did not solicit), and in one case, to threaten to report me to the police as a suicide risk if I did not update my blog immediately to show that I was still alive.
Please. Stop. "Comment amnesty" did not mean "work harder to make sure that your words, your well wishes, your specific need to engage with my depression will be heard." I try to keep open dialogs on this blog, and I usually appreciate communication, but right now, this contact is intrusive, and upsetting, and seems to prioritize the needs of the contacting person above mine. Please. Stop.
This is why I do not talk when I am sad.
January 13 2014, 06:22:32 UTC 3 years ago
Too long we have kept the skeleton of depression hidden in the closet. Too long we have dismissed depression as nothing serious -that doesn't exist.
So I applaud you for sharing even if others were too narrow minded to see it as just that, sharing.
Sometimes it is nice to know you are not alone in fighting these demons in the dark.
January 13 2014, 15:48:16 UTC 3 years ago