I wish I could tell everybody that...

If I'm sad, I don't need space or to be ignored. I want a hug and for people to actually help me, because it's likely that my sadness will lead to self-harm later on.

I don't know how to be happy anymore. It's like this unsettling feeling. I want to be alone but I don't want to feel lonely. I don't know how to help myself anymore. I feel like a somewhat functioning depressant. I try to be happy but deep down I feel miserable and don't know how to dig myself out of this feeling..

My smile is fake most of the time

We are all a little weird, and it's okay, no one is really normal, this is a concept built to shame uniqueness and self acceptance

I love them but I don't know how to react to other people or even understand social rules/standards. I keep losing people because I keep forgetting to be social, so small talks... It's so hard and it makes me feel a terrible friend and human being.

I have tried telling my partner and kids how depressed and feel lost...they just ran. So What's the point of suffering...getting better if when the ultimate test of your loved ones shows they don't give a s $'/*.

I wish I could tell everybody that I feel like an alien. Even though I'm 100% happy, I know I exist outside of everyone else's worlds.

I wish I could tell everybody that being depressed was not my choice.

Everything in my head is getting too much and I'm not sure how to do life anymore

Finally, after these years....I feel calm