Thread by @cadlymack

There's a thread going around twitter written by an idiot who believes that depression and laziness are one and the same. (Thread)

I don't want to give him one more RT to masturbate to, so I'm just gonna tell you a few things about me. This is tough, but whatever.

I am a successful, popular, talented, smart adult. I have my dream job. I have incredible, perfect friends. My love life is weird but good.

I’m not saying these things to brag. They’re just truths. I do not have a “depressing life,” I have clinical depression.

As a result of my depression I’ve struggled with insomnia, binge eating issues, alcohol issues, and self-harm.

(The self-harm was not a cry for attention. Until right now, I’ve told maybe… four people. I get my attention from celeb selfies, DUH.)

When I’m in the worst low of a depression, it’s not just that I want to be “lazy.” I don’t want to be asleep, I want to be dead.

I’m not entirely sure that I would be here if it wasn’t for anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds, and a therapy session every other week.

I’m super privileged to have insurance that covers the best mental health treatment. BUT even so, it still took a lot for me to get help.

I was worried that medication would make it harder for me to write powerful, emotional scenes. To be honest, sometimes it DOES.

But more than that, I was just unable to get up off my ass and do it. I WANTED to, but the anxiety kept me paralyzed.

Again: I write for TV. I make a lot of money. I'm a social goddamn butterfly.

Simply put, I do not have failures that I need to justify by saying I have depression. I’m actually kinda killing it.

The circumstances of my life do not cause my depression. The chemicals in my brain cause my depression. I have no reason to be ashamed.

Neither do you.

Period.

Full fucking stop.

Even if you do have the stay-in-bed kind of depression. Even if your life and your relationships are crumbling. That’s not your fault.

If you’re in the US and you need some mental health help and you feel paralyzed, I recommend you text HOME to 741741.

It’s the crisis text line. A friendly, helpful, trained counselor who will talk to you via text — in case you have phone anxiety.

Here are some other local options for help via @TWLOHA: twloha.com/find-help/loca…

I lost a dear friend to suicide this year. Sunday is World Suicide Prevention Day, so I wanted to stop being silent.

That’s all.