I read some of the saddest posts

[ImNotMyIllness]

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[MikeyC]

I feel selfish for feeling depressed when there are so many more people worse off than me.

I understand this all too well, but don't diminish your own problems. They may seem trivial to others, but they're devastating to you.

I'll give everyone a big bear hug...although that may hurt. How about a light pat on the back? With a bear claw.

 

[ImNotMyIllness]

I understand this all too well, but don't diminish your own problems. They may seem trivial to others, but they're devastating to you.

I'll give everyone a big bear hug...although that may hurt. How about a light pat on the back? With a bear claw.

Thanks Mikey! Bear Claw? Yes!

 

[Srijita52]

^lol
I know where you're coming from. I feel the same when I read other people's post who are in much much worse condition than I am and yet I keep complaining. But you're problems definitely matter too.
*group hug*

 

[Hellhound]

I don't think there's anything I can say that hasn't been said here

 

[Ashiene]

I feel selfish for feeling depressed when there are so many more people worse off than me.

The blind man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he cannot see, he can walk and talk, unlike the mute and legless man.

The deaf and mute man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he cannot hear and talk, he can see, unlike the blind man.

The thirsty man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he has no drink, he has food, unlike the hungry man.

The hungry man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he has no food, he has drink, unlike the thirsty man.

The physically disabled man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he cannot move, he has a completely normal mind, unlike the mentally-ill man.

The mentally-ill man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he has mental illness, he is physically normal, unlike the disabled man.

The friendless man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he has no friends, he has a wife, unlike the bachelor.

The single man will feel selfish for feeling depressed because even though he is unmarried, he has many friends, unlike the friendless man.

Etc, etc, etc...

 

[Ithior]

Is it wrong to use that knowledge (that many people in this forum have it way worse than I do) to convince myself to do something?
For example, right now I'm telling myself that some people here had to go through feelings of inadequacy (not sure if that's the word I want) for the entirety of high school, so if they could make it through I should also be able to go through 4 months of the same thing in my last semester of university: even if I humiliate myself by trying to talk to that girl, I only need to endure the embarrassment and possible jokes from my friends for 4 months, which is a lot less than what many people here had to go through.

 

[laure15]

Everyone, please feel free to vent your feelings and thoughts here, however "insignificant" you think they are. Supressing them can be bad in the long run.

 

[razzle dazzle rose]

Depression could lead to suicide. Our pain may not show on the outside but it is very real. I do want to give everyone a hug. Hugs are the best. Not enough are given *HUGS* (and I want that bear claw too! Looks so delicious!)

 

[coyote]

it says i have made a few posts here, but i've also read all of the ones that everyone else has posted

i read them all hoping that if i absorb all the pain, maybe no one else will have to feel it

 

[S_Spartan]

I feel selfish for feeling depressed when there are so many more people worse off than me.

I feel the same way but then I think of all the people I know who have it so much BETTER than me and I get angry at life itself! When I look at the people I know I am pretty much on the bottom rung of life, heck, I'm not even on the ladder. But, I guess it's all relative. There are people who have it worse than me and I feel truly bad for those people.

 

[ImNotMyIllness]

I feel the same way but then I think of all the people I know who have it so much BETTER than me and I get angry at life itself! When I look at the people I know I am pretty much on the bottom rung of life, heck, I'm not even on the ladder. But, I guess it's all relative. There are people who have it worse than me and I feel truly bad for those people.

Until you see people doing worse than you, it appear like everyone is doing better. All of my friends certainly are. They all have relatively normal lives. I don't think I'll end up finding a girlfriend being like this.

 

[S_Spartan]

Until you see people doing worse than you, it appear like everyone is doing better. All of my friends certainly are. They all have relatively normal lives. I don't think I'll end up finding a girlfriend being like this.

Pretty much everyone in my life is doing better than I am. Life just seems to flow along for them. Sure they have problems but they have more blessings than problems.

 

[squidgee]

I feel the same way but then I think of all the people I know who have it so much BETTER than me and I get angry at life itself! When I look at the people I know I am pretty much on the bottom rung of life, heck, I'm not even on the ladder. But, I guess it's all relative. There are people who have it worse than me and I feel truly bad for those people.

^This.
I don't know what to think. Am I disadvantaged or not disadvantaged? Is my life really that bad or do I just complain too much?
If there were to be a scale measuring how much your life sucks against everyone else in the world, I wouldn't know where I'd be. Probably towards the upper end where the lucky ones are I guess.