Depression Can Be Fun!
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Rajarshi | Jun 29, 2009
Depression can be fun. You just sit around thinking that you are depressed. You don’t know why. You don’t even bother to find out why. Just the fact that you realize you are depressed kind of makes you happy. And this happiness adds to the feeling of depression. It’s like a wonderful vicious cycle – you feel happy because you are depressed and get more depressed because it makes you feel happy.
What about basking in the extra attention you get because your significant others go a long way to be more sensitive and considerate when they realize that you are feeling blue?
Remember your depression can actually trigger off a feeling of glee in others. The moment some associates realize that you are depressed, they begin to feel good about themselves and life as a whole. What better way to make others happy than by letting them know you are depressed? So you will find a lot of people trying to act very concerned – as if your well-being is the sole purpose for their existence. They will listen to you, sympathize, empathize and comfort you with their “sweet” words and ” good advice.” But the moment they are through with you they’ll pick up the phone to discuss your plight to anyone willing to listen. Ouch!
The word then spreads and so does the happiness. More people get to know, more people call you up, more people give advice, and more people call other people to spread the word around. The more you speak, the more you are convinced about your own helplessness and it intensifies your depression and the ripple-effect happiness that others enjoy by offering support and feeling exhilarated.
Can we consider introducing a World Depression Day? It can be a great day to commemorate and millions across the world will celebrate (if they can get themselves out of bed!). Marketed well, it can develop in to a great annual event with UN backing or least the sponsorship of the drug companies that manufacture anti-depressants.
Not to forget the fact that depression brings with it, the tendency to shop and eat. Such an event would be a retailer’s delight. Special offers and discounts for the depressed ones. Walk with your Prozac as proof of the blues.
Just think….special “Depressed Hours” at bars and pubs. The possibilities are endless: cards, weekend retreats and even chain mails regarding depression — “Please forward this mail to 7 persons within three hours and you will be lucky enough to be depressed for the next seven days. Ignore this mail and no depression for the rest of the year.”
What say you?
Filed Under: Miscellaneous
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Good one. Enjoyed reading this piece.
Looks like the author has never really been depressed.
real depression gets you physically ill, and people don’t reach out to you, they move away, hiding from the bad aura. There is no happiness in realising the state, there is only fear. People stop being productive, stop eating, fight with suicidal thoughts. There is no vicious circle- it’s just going down and down.
Dora is right, but she took you too seriously. Depression is serious, but having lots of people calling often is the push you need to get off the couch–been there, done that. And introspection can be a great opportunity. Just force yourself to do one brainless thing, like watering a plant or taking out the trash and you may soon find yourself too busy to take all those ego-maniacal calls.
I think what the author was referring to is not depression but rather anxiety. Real depression is serious stuff, both on a physiological and psychological level. What most people (including myself) think as depression is nothing more than these temporary mood swings that can be ameliorated by a light hearted look at our own personal situations. I feel for someone who truly suffers from depression.