It feels like "depression" has become a huge part of the human race, cause every day I hear stories of people falling into depression and attempting to take their lives. Well, that is something I've heard till it happened to someone close to me.
Little true life story: Two months back, I was at the office when my aunt called that her nephew almost stabbed himself to death "I couldn't believe it" because her nephew in question didn't look like someone who would attempt suicide. "They said seeing is believing" So after the close of work that day, I decided to pay him a visit at the hospital where he was, I called my aunt and she directed me to the hospital, on getting there "lo and behold" I saw this boy lying down on the hospital bed with some things wrapped around his stomach.
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Seeing that it was all true made me develop a lot of questions, I wanted him to look me straight in the eyes and tell me "why he tried to take his life" After a while he was discharged from the hospital and I had the opportunity to ask those questions I'd always wanted.
When I saw him, I was like "Why did you do it?"
"I was depressed" he replied
I became speechless for a while trying to process the next words to say to him then some lines dropped in my head and I said a lot of things "that might likely help him not to attempt suicide again", then I ended by saying "Whatever you are going through now, someone else has gone through it and that person didn't take his life" if he had taken his life then I wouldn't be using him as a reference.
Then I told him "To fight depression" you have to learn how to "talk to people about your feelings" Yeah!! That is the number one strategy on my list "Talk to people" They said a shared problem is a problem half solved "That doesn't mean a solution has been provided to solve the problem, it means something has left your heart" Do you know what "Expressing yourself to others does to the body" it brings a feeling of emptiness, at that moment you feel a little bit relieved.
Another thing on my list is "hang out with friends" One thing I notice about my aunty's nephew is that "he doesn't have friends" Whenever I see him, his always alone sitting with his smartphone. Hanging out with friends helps "How do I know that" Well, I do cause often when I'm down and feel like the whole world is on my shoulders and I can't lift it off, now my friends are very sensitive "Even when I don't tell what's going on they just sense it" and comes for my rescue, they'd host a hangout, sometimes we'd go for sightseeing at the shopping mall, talk a walk around the park and feel the nice breeze as it blows.
In the process of engaging in all these, we will be talking and laughing, that alone can make me forget certain things that had been bothering me for a while and just focus on the moment. Hanging out with friends helps, people often get into depression cause they are all alone and soaked in their thoughts.
I would love to invite @meyateingi and @coolbabe8 to be a part of the initiative.
Thanks for reading🌹
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