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0 pointsvolkl487y ago0 comments

Sometimes an awesome life can actually make it harder.

It's easy to justify being depressed when you have a crappy life. (even though your depression probably doesn't have some cause like that)

"I am depressed because I am living in a bad apartment in a bad part of town, working a bad job. If I get a better job and can afford a better apartment, I'll be happy."

Assuming you have some hope for that happening, that can keep you going. At the very least, you have something you think is a cause and things are easier to deal with when we at least think we know why they're happening.

"I have everything I could ever want, and I'm still depressed." Pretty easy to let that spiral you into thinking you're never going to get better and that there isn't any hope.

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mieseratte7y ago

> "I have everything I could ever want, and I'm still depressed."

Not only that, but it becomes very easy to tell yourself that you don't deserve success. It's easy to look at your life and say "I haven't really worked that much harder, lived that much more virtuously. I don't deserve this, this should be someone else..."

piker7y ago

"I should’ve died in my 20s. I became successful in my 40s. I became a dad in my 50s. I feel like I’ve stolen a car — a really nice car — and I keep looking in the rearview mirror for flashing lights."

From the man himself.

justaguyhere7y ago

I remember reading about a very successful female model's suicide few years ago - didn't know who she was and can't remember her name now. What I do remember was that she was quite successful materially and jumped from 20th floor (according to the news article).

But what hit me the most was her age - she was just 20 :(

Every person is different and we may never understand what bothers them, even if they appear successful and happy on the outside.

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