Depression is never fully gone ever. It comes in waves, and it just so happens to come at the worst timing all the time it is like one day you feel fine even happy then in the next three days you are sad again.
Soon life starts to feel like one huge roller coaster of emotions, or you are just avoiding making the “wrong move.” But a perfectly happy life does not exist as much as you may want it to, it is never going to happen and unfortunately that is the hard reality. Now you may have some questions….
Is being sad normal? Being sad can be normal “Distinct from depression — which the World Health Organization notes is a leading cause of disability worldwide — sadness is a common emotion”. Dr. Barlow says that in the right context, sadness can even be helpful. “But key part is “in the right context”
So when you start to constantly feel this “sadness” that is when it is not normal.
What is causing my sadness? The main source of sadness is a sense of loss or looking back into sadness of the past. “The sense of loss has an element of emotional time travel, according to Steven C. Hayes, PhD,”
This means you may be looking backward in time to something you once had or projecting forward and anticipating that your expectations will not be met. This means to go forward you must think about the present not what has happened or what might happen. Although do not get this confused with grief, grief will always be a part of you and that is completely normal it is how you handle it, with grief don’t let the worst moment of their life ruin your day make it happy for your person and if your still sad there is always grief camp for example ‘camp good grief”.
Am I sad or depressed? Well, sadness and depression are quite different things, and it is important to know the difference because you could get the wrong kind of “In nondepressed individuals, sadness comes and goes. But when sadness is experienced intensely and for a long time and is accompanied by other hallmark depression symptoms (lack of interest or pleasure in most activities, fatigue, and changes in appetite), it may indicate the presence of a depressive disorder. “It’s really about the degree and duration,” says Cross…”
So, if you feel a constant sadness, you could be experiencing depression; but, if it just a brief period of that feeling, you are just feeling sadness.
Stay aware of your mental health and understand all the differences.
If you are truly struggling reach out to an adult you trust; don’t stay quiet because your voice deserves to be heard — at the high school that can mean visiting the Wellness Center or connecting with a trusted adult.
