Do I have the right to feel depressed even if I'm privileged?

Everyone has the right to feel depressed. Mental illness does not only happen to certain types of individuals. There are factors of mental illness, such as genetics, which does not have any affect on privilege. If you have had the chance to be diagnosed by a professional, you definitely do not need to have any "permission" to have depression. Also, remember that someone can be privileged in one thing but not in others.

Of course, depression does not deppend only on privileges, sometimes there is not even an apparent cause.

Absolutely. Depression has nothing to do with privilege. A lot of the time it is the brains chemicals. You cannot control that.

Well there are a number or reasons that can make one reach depression, and if you observe at any celebrity example, material things or status aren't a guaranty of anything, because depression comes from the inside, not the outside. Sounds kind of obvious, but maybe it isn't, of course the outside can affect the inside, but to solve things from the inside you the only ones that can help you are people, not money, not fame, etc. Hope it helps.

Anyone can feel depressed despite their personal aspects. There are no rules that say depression cannot affect people with certain things.

Of course! Your feelings are valid. Brain chemistry does not care about your social status. You can be affected by depression no matter where you come from.

You always have the right to feel depressed no matter what the situation is and the day it is and even if your privileged because sometimes you just need to let it out because of the tensions that's held against you at times.

Yesyesyes! I've struggled with thoughts like this myself, and it's not fun, but you have to remind yourself that depression doesn't pick and choose who it affects. Your status in no way discredits your emotions, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Yes, depression does not belong to one person, or group. In fact depression may affect as many as 1 in 3 people. Each person is valid in their feelings and should not be ashamed of them or ignore them. You should not feel like you aren't allowed to be depressed, or allowed to talk to people and reach out to them regarding it, you have a right to be depressed but more importantly you have a right to be heard, and a right to feel better again in the future.

Of course you do. Depression doesn't care if you're cis, white, male, or privileged in any other way. You have the right to feel any way you do. Being privileged can buy many things but happiness is not one of them. You shouldn't feel guilty or ashamed for this, you're a human being with feelings just like everyone else.

Everyone gets down from time to time. You shouldn't feel guilty because you have a good life, depression is a mental disorder, privileges have nothing to do with it, don't worry.

Yes, a lot of people know they have a 'good life' but are depressed, then they feel guilty about it, and suddely they feel even worse. What people should distinguish is the environment and the emotional well-being, those are seperate things.

Of course! Your emotions do not care about your status or your wealth, and in 2017 at least, rich people do not have any difference in their brains than people who aren't privileged. It's important to be aware of your privilege, but it's equally as important to take care of yourself.

Privilege =/= the right to be depressed. Anybody can be depressed, it isn't something that occurs despite having privilege or not. It's a mental illness, something you can't control if it happens or not. Try and find help if you can :)

Yes! Everybody has the right to feel anything they feel, including depressed. Some of the most successful and privileged people in the world have felt depression or have mental illness. Depression does not discriminate and if you fee that way please reach out to us and we will help you as best we can :)

You have every right to feel depressed even if you're privileged. We are entitled to our emotions, and pain is, and will always be relative. I get the feeling of "My feelings aren't justifiable, people have it off worse than me." But our brains are feeding us this lie that we don't deserve help or that for some reason we're just completely insignificant. It's hard and horrible. The constant war to put others before yourself will always be prevalent, but what I've realized trying to overcome my own mental health problems, is that you need to respect your own needs and the signals your body sends you for help.

Feeling sad and depressed doesn't always pertain to social status. Most of the times, it is about us as an individual devoid our social titles, rankings , profession and status. Sometimes, it's just about our thoughts and the way we perceive the relationships around us.

Anyone has the right to feel depressed. Depression comes in many shapes and forms and can affect anyone, no matter who they are.

Yes, of course you do. Privilege is relative...while depression is a mental illness, which makes it a physical illness that can happen to anyone. Depression doesn't care about your rights (which makes you forget that you have them, for some reason...) or respect your perceived privilege.

yes of course, because it has nothing to to do with being privileged. Everbody can feel sometimes depressed

Yes! Absolutely and 100 % yes! I struggled with these thoughts SO much: "But my life is GOOD, why do I feel so shitty?", "I don't deserve to get help, others are MUCH worse off than I am!", "I don't have any reason to be depressed!" ect. But the truth is, that is our depression talking. That nasty negative voice that is present everywhere, it's not true! You can TOTALLY feel depressed even if you're privileged, just like you can unfortunately get cancer even if you're privileged. And both things deserve to be treated with as much seriousness as they demand. You DO have every right to feel depressed, and you DO have every right to get help!

Yes. Believe it or not we're all in this broken world together. Everyone is privileged in some way and disadvantaged in others. Once we have beyond a certain amount of wealth, people tend to assume we don't need help with anything, ever. I mean, if we need something couldn't we just pay for it? From my experience, money can't buy friends, acceptance, or happiness. A lot of the time, we set out to make a better life for ourselves and lose what we had in the process. My mom grew up surrounded by a loving family that was always strapped for cash. She resolved to give me everything she couldn't have but couldn't give me what she did. People rooted for her success but they root for my failure. They attribute my intelligence and resilience to opportunities I had as a kid, which is an insult to my hard work and means I need to not only work 10 times as hard but get 100 times as far to win their respect. I know I have a lot to be grateful for and most of the time I am, but I shouldn't be shamed for the few times I actually do vent about my struggles as a human being. I feel limited in my ability to champion the causes of any marginalized group I belong to because people don't take me seriously as part of that group. Getting to a position of influence often requires spending a lot of time around people who aren't like you, resulting in losing credibility with people who are like you. People assume we're materialistic even if we're not. I spend money on things many people can't like Uber and eating out, not because I feel entitled, but because it gives me more time to put towards my efforts. Then there's the person with the fancy car who I envy but to him it's just a mode of transportation. If only he had a private jet, he wouldn't need to spend so much time stuck in traffic. People can assume but no one really knows if he'd use it to deliver food to the less fortunate or joy ride in circles. Those who don't have what we have can talk about all the selfless things they'd do with half what we have and make us feel guilty about our lives but chances are, they'd make similar choices given the opportunity. There's all this pressure to be better, this idea that we have no excuse not to. Unfortunately money can't buy the ability to function on no sleep or sacrifice your own needs to please others indefinitely until you have their approval. Privilege is temporary, which is something only the privileged seem to notice. We live in a world that expects you to take on massive debt for a college education with no guarantee of ever making it back. It can all be gone in an instant, and when it does, we'd get less sympathy than someone who never had money to begin with. The poor have the empathy of the world while the rich only have the empathy of their family, which might or might not be a healthy environment. We start out with a safe space that meets our basic needs but not our higher needs, and when we venture out we enter a world that's hostile towards us. We don't have time to develop skills at our own pace like those with the option to be invisible until they're ready for the pedestal. We are burdened with upholding the family reputation and miss out on the chance to make mistakes and learn from them. Like everyone else, we've experienced a tiny fraction of the world and long for more and it's a hard road to get there. We face bumps in the road like everyone else and we get depressed. It's not something you need a right to do. It's just something that happens, like breathing. It's whoever's implying you don't have a right to feel depressed who needs to rethink their rights.

Of course you do! It's not like depression cares, far from it, actually. Depression can affect ANYONE. There is no set rule that says you have to have none-of-this, or all-of-that to have depression. Even if you are privileged, your depression is valid, lovelie

It doesn't matter who you are - depression is a mental illness, and just because you might have a bit more than some other people means you are immune to it. It can affect anyone.

I think everyone has the right to feel depressed at some point and I am not sure what you feel privileged by but it doesn't affect you from having the right to "feel" something. it always kind to remember how your situation is better than some others but it doesn't lesson your hurt or pain or the importance of your feelings to a situation where you don't have the right to feel that way that is just not right and wrong don't ever feel this way.

Every person is an individual with a unique mind and a open of a kind set of genes. Yes It is absolutely acceptable to have feelings of depression even if you are "privileged". First of all having money doesn't determine our mental well being or level of happiness. Money can be things that make us happy, but it can't buy happiness. Don'y be so hard on yourself and don't compare yourself to other in an effort to convince yourself that you aren't allowed to be unhappy. BUT work toward fixing that depression. Because everyone deserves happiness!

Absolutely. Depression does not occur based on what you have in your life. Depression is generally a chemical imbalance in your brain. So you have absolutely no reason to feel guilty for being depressed.

Depression is a bit more complicated than that there are plenty of examples of people who look like they have everything but suffer from depression. It is a mental illness caused by chemical imbalance. There is a physiological cause for the way you feel. It can affect anyone at any time.

Privileged people often are the most depressed as they never seen to be satisfied and content. So yes, do you have the right to feel this way. It is up to you how you change that. Find comfort in the simplicities of your life.

Of course! This is something I struggled with. I felt like I didn't have anything to be depressed about. When you start to think of it as a chemical imbalance and not as a direct result of something in your life, it becomes easier to see how even the richest happiest people in the world could be depressed.