I am depressed, because I am strong!!
Feeling depressed?
Thinking that you are weak?
Thinking that if you were a little stronger you wouldn’t have become depressed?
Then read further……to discover that depression hits the strong more than it hits the weak
Depression and weakness
Contrary to common belief feeling depressed is not a sign of weakness; it may even be a sign of strength, if you find that this is weird statement then read the following examples which are telling the stories of some strong people who became depressed just because of their strength and not because of weakness.
depression hits the ambitious
Sam, a very ambitious person, his ambition may be beyond our imagination, he had dreamed of many things that he wanted to achieve, unfortunately his dreams were bigger than his achievements, so he ended up depressed. Why did he became depressed? Because he was ambitious, if jack had no goals to go after nor dreams to fight for he wouldn’t have had any problem nor had he become depressed
depression hits the persistent
jack, a very persistent person, when he decides to reach something, he travels the lands, climbs the mountains, crosses the seas until he gets what he wants. Jack had a major goal that he wanted to reach within a six month period that he had specified, jack did his best but unfortunately he didn’t calculate the required time well, his goal needed about 18 months and so the six month period was never sufficient, so the 6 months passed before jack reaches what he wanted, jack then became depressed.
Do you know why did he become depressed? Because he was persistent, if he could have just accepted that what happened was a past or if he could have forgotten about reaching that goal he wouldn’t have felt depressed, after all depression is caused because of something that happened in the past, something that already happened, that’s why the persistent gets depressed, because he never sacrifices his dreams nor give up, because he never declares that he has lost, even if the time passed, so he turns depressed.
Depression hits the confident
Tom, an over confident guy with a slight tendency to being arrogant, tom fell in love with a girl, he wasn’t sure of her feelings towards him but he was sure that he is irresistible, tom decided to tell the girl that he loves her, but unfortunately her reply was that he is not the one she dreamed of, tom got depressed, why?? Because he expected much, because he gave himself a high value. Tom got depressed because he was over confident, and if he had a scratched self confidence, he may have expected rejection to happen and so he may have not become that depressed
final words
I don’t say that depression gets only to the strong, but am saying that you may become depressed because you are strong just as you may become depressed because you are not .And even in other cases, depression has no relation to weakness, depression usually is a result of something that happened that we didn’t want it to happen that way, after all even the strongest among us can’t control all life’s events.
If your case were like the ones mentioned above, then until you get over your depression, say it proudly, “I Got Depressed, Because I am Strong!!!”