It seems that there is a great deal of romanticising of depression going around on the internet (I’m looking at you tumblr), films, books and even music, or I’m just being hyper sensitive and looking to support my hypothesis either way. I do this pathetic thing when I’m depressed where I seek out such horrendous works of publications that romanticise depression. I’ve come across brilliant works that provide a more accurate portrayal, I like those ones, if you’ve got any suggestions shout them out. I feel really angry when I come across these things, and I kinda want to punch whoever created them.
Things that are really un – romantic
not brushing your teeth for three days
not getting out of bed
isolating yourself from people that care about you
crying
being overwhelmed by the ever day tasks, ie showering, feeding yourself, working, school
Actively working towards being better, which could take years, countless medications, therapy etc, it’s hard work.
Romantic things that happen in publications
People have the energy and drive to create beautiful works of art, ie. poems, and even whole books, I don’t know about you but I can barely go through the motions properly when I’m depressed.
People will think of you as *mysterious* and *interesting* when really your a mess, news flash there is nothing interesting about it, it hurts.
Someone will come along and save you, bam there goes your illness.
Depression makes someone intelligent and deep, as opposed to barely being able to thing straight
The romanticising of cutting, using beautiful adjectives with little regard to the consequences
Suicide is regarded as beautiful depressing and some what inevitable, when really there are always options.
It seems to be everywhere lately.
Talking about suicide does not lead to more deaths, but framing it in melodramatic terms can. And romanticising suicide – any suicide, but especially one involving a young person – is dangerous.
The internet has a tendency to act as a bellows for collective outrage – instead of allowing that anger to dissipate quietly away, it fans it into a frenzy of finger-pointing and anguish. It can reduce the complexities of human suffering to a series of status updates and “likesâ€, distorting the fact that suicide is rarely a straightforward case of cause and effect.
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Romeon and Juliet…that’s what springs to mind… But, yeah…when you are in a certain state of mind, that is all that you will see, especially if you actively seek it out. I guess though, in your case, it is a driving force to keep your self away from it.
For me…it’s never been about that. I don’t see it as a “topic” or as a “in thing”…to me, it’s a danger…one that has almost claimed me on more than one occasion…
I believe people tend to romanticize things they don’t know or understand fully just to escape from reality, and isn’t suicide the biggest escape ever? and no one knows completely what comes after death, so it kinda makes sense to me. The problem with what you point out regarding the internet is that some people forget that romanticizing something is (first google search, lol): deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is. Those are the same people who click “like” or “share” without even considering the story behind things.
@PhantomShadow: I’ve always wondered what would have happened if romeo and juliet would have confronted their families and saved themselves from death. First thing i can think off is that the book wouldn’t be remembered so much as it is haha, that’s for sure.
“isolating yourself from people that care about you”
Oh God, no… shit. I just realized something.