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25 Worst Things to Say When Someone is Struggling Through Depression

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I had an ex tell me to force myself to go out to crowded places (bars, malls, the like) because being around many people would make me feel better. This was immediately after telling her being around large groups made me feel, basically, claustrophobic.

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“You look like you don’t even try to get better.”

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My mother told me to go out and find someone to f*ck, get drunk and basically have fun partying. I don’t do those kinds of things and frankly I don’t need the consequences that would arise from doing sh*t like that. Furthermore when I brought up that I felt suicidal she merely said “I’ll never forgive you if you kill yourself.”

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I have a housemate who seems to love telling me that depression isn’t real and I’m just bored because my life is too easy and isn’t challenging enough. I have tried to explain that there is a quantifiable difference in the levels of certain neurotransmitters in people who suffer from clinical depression. She says I just need to do more activities because that’s what cured her mom’s depression. By far the most frustrating thing is being told that depression isn’t a real illness and to basically just stop being such a b*tch. People who have never suffered from serious prolonged depression just seem to have no concept of what real hopelessness feels like, and how paralyzing it can be.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.