Stop romanticising Mental Illness

One out of every five adults is suffering from mental illness. Nearly 16 million people are facing severe depression and 42 million are living with an anxiety disorder. And what we are doing to help those people, nothing. Rather, we have formed a quote to run away from it, “chaos is beautiful”.

We are glorifying mental health. Have you ever wondered what depression is and what it feels like to have it? Circumstances, after failing in an exam or breaking up with your boyfriend/girlfriend, are not depression; it is just a setback which will be conquered by you. But what about mental health, do you think it is that easy as a break up with your loved ones or failing an exam. If you think like this then my friend you need to get your shit together because it is not a lamenting sprinkle, it’s a catastrophic alp.

Many a time on social media I read, “Suicide is blissful” or “they are into another blissful world away from the cruelty of life”. What hurt me the most is without knowing their condition how can they say such nonsense things? Do you think that a person, who contemplates existence, reckons to end his/her life is in the blissful state? Do you think that peoples who don’t even know what is happening to them are in the blissful state? They ask themselves, why are they crying? Why are they filling strangled? Why life is so dull to them and why are they asking themselves, why? These questions are always left unanswered. How would you feel when you are cheerful from the outside but deep inside you are stuck in a dark pit, When your mind suddenly decides to stroll down the path of nothingness, when your heartbeat and calmness tries to elope when the barbaric void trounces existence. Just for once walk in their shoes and you will get to the vivid picture.

You might be unaware and your loved ones might be living with it. So, spread happiness, love one and all and spend time with your loved ones.