I know i have been away for quite a while im sorry, anyway this post is going to be a serious one but I promise after this one they are going to be more fun and exiteing so look forward to them anyway as you can see from the title i'm going to be talking about depression and self harm. So anyway lets get started.
The first topic is depression, depression can be triggered by anything even if you dont have a big problem little problems can mount up and then you can just snap, also you could have the perfect life and still have depression. There are lots of different types of depression for example there is mild, moderate and servere depression these are used to tell people how depressed you are and how bad your depression is also there is seasonal depression this means that you are more depressed in winter and less depressed in summer, additionally there is bi-polar depression or manic depression this means that you have stages were you feel confident then you will fall back into depression. All of these can effect others in different ways and people can deal with depression differently for example people could choose to deal with depression by self-harming or by just attempting to ignore it. Any type of person can suffer from any of these types of depression.
If you know of someone who is suffering with depression i would reccomend that you should try and talk to them about but also you should not try to lecuture them giving them emotional support is okay but do not lecure them because it can make them feel lower and it could even make them feel worse. Also just listen sometimes people who have depression just want to be listen to because they could be feling excluded and ignored so sometimes it could just be better to listen to tthem and not say anything but JUST LISTEN.
Second topic, Self harm is were a person hurts them self delibertly. Most people think that self harm is just cutting yourself, yes this is a form of self harm but there are many forms of self harm like buring yourself or even something like punching a wall. If you know someone who is self harming you should tell someone because self harm is very very serious one day they could harm themselves so much that they almost die. Also if you do find someone who has self harmed and there life is in danger call 999 and ask what they have done and if they have took anything ask how much they have took and when they took it also like i said in the depression paragraph just listen and talk to them and offer suport and you never know you could save their life.
Overall if you are reading this and you are suffering from depression or are self harming or both. Just remeber you are beautiful and amazing and lots of people think the same and people who know someone who has depression or is self harming i hope you are more informed on how you can help them and if you ever need a chat my twitter is mattyisnothere so tweet me anytime and im sure i can offer you some help.
Ezra
