Sadness or Depression

[David Nobody]

My thoughts

When you are sad, some memories can make you happy
When you are depressed, memories just make you sad

Sadness brings tears, but then they go away
Depression brings tears, they stay and everything else goes away

If you are sad, friends can help
If you are depressed, what friends?

Sadness doesn’t affect your memory
Depression just makes you stupid

You are sad for a specific reason
You are depressed for no reason at all

Sadness passes and is forgotten
Depression stays forever, and is remembered forever

People provide comfort for free when you are sad
Depression costs money

Empathy is easy for sadness
Pity is easy for depression

Everyone gets sad
Only you are depressed

The hard part is getting “people” to understand.

[Doolhof]

Hi David,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, I really enjoyed the way you described the difference between depression and sadness.

I would like to welcome you here and to let you know that people here do understand both depression and sadness.

If you would like to share more of your story you are welcome to do so, if not that is okay as well.

Depression can vary in intensity and it can get easier some days.

Thanks again for sharing your very insightful words.

Cheers from Dools

[David Nobody]

Hi Dools, thankyou, I will share what I can.

There are many “poems” I won’t share as they contain possible triggers, even though that wasn’t the intention when I wrote them. The writing was never going to be shared, it was only for my benefit, so I wouldn’t forget or so I had something to refer to before a “session”.

Unfortunately that means, as I said, a lot of them contain what were (and still are) triggers for me.

I will always answer a question, but will generally not start a conversation. Either here, or in life.

But anyway, thank you for your compliment.

David.

[Doolhof]

Hi David,

I have noticed you have been sharing some of your poems in the poetry thread. I did not go back and read all the poems there, I am just wondering if you have included this one on the poetry thread?

It is such a powerful, meaningful and descriptive poem to me, many others may benefit from the words you have written. It has helped me to better understand my own differences and thinking around the subjects of depression and sadness.

You certainly don't have to engage in any kind of communication here that you are not comfortable with. Everyone connects differently and that is okay.

So thanks again for sharing your poems.

Cheers from Dools

[David Nobody]

Hi Dools,

No I didn’t share that in the poetry section, because I don’t consider it poetry. To me they are just fortune cookie words.

“Order is paramount. Therefore, most of my poetry conforms to some sort of poetic regulation. I don’t understand “free form”, it confuses me. It just isn’t “right”. OCD comes to mind, but apparently OCD is only for where you do things repetitively to prevent something bad from happening. This is a habit. But even this rule I break occasionally for the greater good.” - quote from my book’s introduction.