24 #TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs Tweets That Are Opening Up A Much-Needed Dialogue On Mental Illness
By Johanna Mort
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs when you have one good day, people assume you are cured and should be better now. But that's not how it works.
— Roxi @ Zul'jin (@roxiqt) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs faking a smile so other people aren't burdened with the constant rain inside you.
— Nikita Gill (@AnOddity21) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs when people think it is just drama & say you have nothing to be depressed about!
— Cat Melody (@itsCathi) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs when you push everybody away who tries to help you.
— Marco Herrero (@MARKSMlTH) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs
This pic.twitter.com/8FfmFL5YxP
— Melissa Palmer (@NoompsyDahling) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs when simple tasks like getting out of bed, going out, eating, sleeping or showering become a mission
— ⠀ (@suxicidal) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs trying to explain to others what you think & feel or why you're acting that way when you don't even know
— Rezo (@YoRezoFaneto) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs being paralysed into immobility by yr thoughts & having yr family joke about it as if yr just being lazy.
— esther (@spectrethin) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs thinking one day you are finally starting to be okay and literally the next hour you're back to square one.
— zedé harut (@zahdayy) August 7, 2015
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#theworstpartofdepressionis the question "what's wrong?" on bad days the only answer is "me, I'm wrong."
— Tehlor Kinney (@tehlorkay) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs no one wants to talk about it, until someone dies.
— Farrah (@SECRETWEETHEART) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs not even realizing you're in it. Because it's not just crying and despair. Sometimes it's a quiet and fog.
— Bassey (@Basseyworld) August 7, 2015
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#theworstpartofdepressionis how difficult it is to keep your head above water. pic.twitter.com/NUlixHzbYT
— Depression Army™ (@depressionarmy) August 7, 2015
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You can be on the right medication, exercise regularly, have a great sleep schedule, and still be depressed.
#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs that people do not treat depression like any other medical illness. In fact, some of us are mocked for having it
— Bougie Black Girl (@BougieBlackGurl) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs trying to tell people that you're not "having a bad day" and you can't just "snap out of it".
— just plain beth… (@whoawhut) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs people don't understand how different it is from "being sad"
— Manda Posthumously (@ShutUpAmanda) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs not knowing you have it. Depression is too often underdiagnosed and overlooked. Let's get rid of the stigma. #RT
— Kevin Gendreau, M.D. (@KevinGendreau) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs when someone you thought was less depressed than you commits suicide
— Pugnado (@LuvPug) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs
If we're quiet they blame us
If we talk about it they roll their eyes
— Manda Posthumously (@ShutUpAmanda) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs people thinking you're joking about being depressed because you joke about it
— Pugnado (@LuvPug) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs People not realizing you don't have to have a reason to be depressed, it's a chemical imbalance
— ariola (@arieelrosee) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs the lies your brain tells you about your own worth
— Rezo (@YoRezoFaneto) August 7, 2015
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#TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs that even with this topic having over 35k tweets , most of us will still feel isolated from everyone.
— Brandon Bolden (@Spark__Seeker) August 7, 2015
One of the most troubling things to see in this trend is the number of the people tweeting that the stigma attached to mental illness and the lack of understanding from other people is the worst part of depression. It’s a problem with a clear solution that simply requires a culture of openness and empathy, free of the crippling stigma. Let’s make this trend into something more than a hashtag. Let’s talk.