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v0id

my brain has claimed its glory over me
Jul 12, 2023
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i've suspected that i have a high-functioning depression for a while now. i fucking hate it. once i tried to be honest on my mental health assessment just before i enter my uni this year. the university doctor said that my results were that of those who have severe depression, and i had to go to a psychiatrist to see that i am fit to enroll. my parents were confused as to why.

i tried to speak to my mom about one of the many reasons why i am the way i am and she denied all of it. she said she never did what she did when i was a child. needless to say, something in me cracked, and i knew i won't be able to get through her.

my dad told me it was impossible that i am depressed. he said that i am high achieving since i was a kid, and that mentally ill people can't do that. he said that i've been doing great so i have no reason to be ill. i felt genuinely sick.

they just can't take the sign. they have seen my cuts when i cut myself back then. multiple times, even. i smoked cigarettes in my room. i stayed in my room for the longest time. they're in denial that i am fucked. that i am not the child they knew anymore. and it hurts.

when my psych appointment happened, the dr asked for my mother to be present with me. i hated every second of it. i lied all throughout. i felt guilty because of the bills. and i just can't be honest when my mother is just beside me. when the dr asked her what she thought about me, she told her some shallow fucking stuff that she thought made me "sad".

i am so tired. i want to self destruct to make them see how fucked i really am. i want to give in. i want to ruin myself further. i can't function like this forever. i am tired of living everyday hanging by a thread.

recently, i achieved a major feat. i felt good for a while. i felt the worst the following days. there will be more expectations of me. i thought that i was already immune to those expectations but i already felt like i am a failure. i just can't help my defeatist tendencies. i just keep ruining things for myself.

i still have no long-term plans for this body. i don't know how long i can still keep up. it has been like this for years. my tiredness is beyond saving.
 
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I'm sorry you're going through this, being high-functioning while depressed is a poisoned chalice in that it's invisible to others and often makes it harder to be taken seriously. What was the major feat, if I might ask? As an aside, I'm curious about your profile picture, what does it mean and why did you choose it?

Btw you might want to check out interviews/articles with Alastair Campbell, who occupied a high-level position in the UK government while massively depressed. He's definitely on the pro-life, pro-"get help" side of things, but nonetheless I've found it reassuring to listen to his experiences.
 
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my brain has claimed its glory over me
Jul 12, 2023
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What was the major feat, if I might ask?
hi! i recently won an award from the most prestigious literary competition in my country. it is referred to as our country's "Pulitzer Prize" and is the highest literary honor here. i joined back in May as an attempt to get to writing again and got the results just this October.

As an aside, I'm curious about your profile picture, what does it mean and why did you choose it?
it is from my favorite webtoon, Omniscient Reader LOL and it doesn't necessarily mean anything. it's just supposed to be a comedic panel because the webtoon basically involves gods and goddesses from all sorts of beliefs and religions and plays around metaphysics. it is also very much inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works which i like a lot. i chose this as my pfp just because i found it funny as someone who grew up in a Catholic home but didn't turn out to be a Catholic :DD
Btw you might want to check out interviews/articles with Alastair Campbell, who occupied a high-level position in the UK government while massively depressed. He's definitely on the pro-life, pro-"get help" side of things, but nonetheless I've found it reassuring to listen to his experiences.
thank you for this! i'll look into it soon. :))
 
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hi! i recently won an award from the most prestigious literary competition in my country. it is referred to as our country's "Pulitzer Prize" and is the highest literary honor here. i joined back in May as an attempt to get to writing again and got the results just this October.
That's definitely something to be proud of, congrats! What kind of writing did you do?

it is from my favorite webtoon, Omniscient Reader LOL and it doesn't necessarily mean anything. it's just supposed to be a comedic panel because the webtoon basically involves gods and goddesses from all sorts of beliefs and religions and plays around metaphysics. it is also very much inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works which i like a lot. i chose this as my pfp just because i found it funny as someone who grew up in a Catholic home but didn't turn out to be a Catholic :DD
Ah got it, I asked because while I'm not a believer myself, I'm deeply interested in all things Christianity lol.
 
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v0id

my brain has claimed its glory over me
Jul 12, 2023
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That's definitely something to be proud of, congrats! What kind of writing did you do?
i wrote a personal essay :3 i think i'll join in the fiction category next year though if i have the time as i've joined in the essay category this year :DD
 
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