Depression.

It annoys me how so many people see depression as simply just 'being sad.'
Depression isn't just being down. It's not just being sad.

It's like being an immortal butterfly, trapped inside a jar. You can't die, you can't escape, you can't even fly around. You're just stuck there until someone else opens it. Like how in Greek mythology, Ares was imprisoned in a bronze jar by Otus and Ephialtes until another Olympian came to save him.

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NerdyPotato · M

It also annoys me when people "feel depressed today". If you learn to cope with it, you can have better and worse days, but it's a lifelong condition. Once you get it, it changes your brain structure forever and it always lingers in everything you do. If it only lasts a few days, it's sadness, not depression.

Aether0Starflux · 22-25, C

@NerdyPotato Exactly. Or when people joke/pretend about being depressed for attention. There's people who have actual problems. Apparently some people even SELF HARM just for attention, which is just messed up.