Kate Talks About Depression and Suicide

I have recently been thinking about depression and suicide.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not depressed or contemplating suicide but I have been thinking about what it might feel like to be depressed and thinking about ending your life.  We probably all think about it at least once.  We all think that we could never be depressed or would never think about ending our lives but the people who are depressed and did end their life probably thought the same thing as you once before.  Reality sinks and we realise that this could really happen to us.  We should never think anything like that could happen to us because it really could.

A lot of us tend to say that we "feel depressed" after a bad day at school/work or after that guy turned us down.  We aren't clinically depressed but just feel a little sad and upset.  For people who are actually depressed, they usually don't express how they feel to other people.  They find some other way to "ease" the pain inside of them.  Recently I found out about a friend cutting themselves.  It was quite a shock seeing as though I didn't think the person was unhappy.  I read up online about self-harm and found that people who cut themselves because they are depressed don't tell anyone how they are feeling.  Everyday they put a mask on and pretend to be a person they are not.  A happy mask replaces their true feelings.  I'm glad though that my friend got help after it was found out she was harming herself.  Maybe if things had escalated further something much worse could have happened...

Suicide is a last resort.  It is the escape route chosen by some to end their misery.  It is an option I hope I never have to make in any situation that could arise.  My sister had a friend who committed suicide a few years ago.  His little sister is a year younger than me and would have been around 6 or 7 when this happened.  My sister was so shocked and distraught that something like this happened.  No one expected it to happen at all.  It shows that depression is a silent illness. 

My advice to any of you who know you are depressed or re contemplating suicide is that you should tell someone who you trust dearly about how you are feeling.  Ask them for advice and then have the courage to tell them you need help.  Ask them to support you in the help you get and I think things will hopefully get better from there on.  For more information visit;

http://www.allaboutdepression.com/

Remember, there is always someone who cares xo

Kate xo