Have you ever experienced wanting something
so bad that you are willing to sacrifice anything just to get it, but you just
can’t seem to achieve it?
Have you ever experienced failing at
something that you feel so sad and empty because you wanted so much to succeed
at it?
Have you ever fallen in love but have been so
hurt by that person you love that you feel so broken?
FAME and DEPRESSION
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Have you often wondered why a lot of
successful people still feel incomplete despite everything they have in life?
Why does it seem like the rich and famous still
find it hard to find true happiness?
If you look at it from a general point of
view, even successful people are not saved from the bounds of depression.
Why do you think many Hollywood stars succumb
to drug or substance addiction? It’s because they are battling inner demons
that are eating them from deep inside.
Why do many people, including the rich and
famous commit suicide? It’s because they have this certain emptiness inside
that no amount of money or fame could ever suffice for.
You’ll be surprised at the list of people
with major depressive disorder that
I have read from Wikipedia. A lot of
famous celebrities and personalities, whom you never would have thought could
be depressed, have made it to the list.
Even Oprah Winfrey has experienced a
major depression one time in her life.
Many of us long for something in our lives
and sometimes we get down and desperate when we don’t get them. Some long for
money, some for fame, some for power, and some for true love.
Whatever it is
that’s missing in our lives, we don’t stop acting until we get it.
That is where depression sets in. When you
try so hard to reach for that missing part of your life but you just can’t get
it, the feelings of being incomplete and empty begin to conquer your whole
being.
A PERSONAL CONFESSION
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I may not really know how a person with
depression really feels inside and I may not also know if I am indeed suffering
from a depressive disorder, but there are just those moments when I feel so
empty inside.
I feel as if there’s something missing in my
life but I just could not figure out what that missing piece really is.
Sometimes when I’m alone with myself, I just
couldn’t help but feel the emptiness in my heart. I feel a certain pain and
loneliness inside me that I just could not explain.
This could be depression, but again, this
could be just another one of my changes in mood. Whatever it is, I certainly am
not the happiest person on earth.
Is It HARD to ACHIEVE HAPPINESS?
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If you come to think of it, is
there ever someone who has lived truly and genuinely happy? I guess, as
humans, we all battle our inner struggles in life.
I have never known anyone who has ever said
that he/she has no problem in life.
Everyone has his/her own battle to win. We
were just given different scenarios and different intensities of trials and
struggles, but we all eventually experience these kinds of things.
I must admit, my life is not perfect and I am
not a perfect person as well. No one is ever perfect, but the least we can do
is to lift each other up in times when one is down in the darkness of life.
DEPRESSION and SUICIDE
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I have seen a lot of people commit suicide
because they felt their life had no more meaning, and them being here on earth
does not make sense at all.
Robin Williams’ suicidal
death came as a shock to me when I heard it on the news. He seemed to be so
full of happiness and positivity, what I and many others failed to see is that
he was also just a human being who also felt lonely and empty at times.
Robin Williams’ movies
have always inspired me and made me laugh my brains out. I specially loved “Patch
Adams,” which has touched my heart in a very unique way.
It’s really sad that a very inspiring person
such as Robin Williams had to die that way. He was alone with his inner
struggles until he could no longer bear them.
I had a relative who also committed suicide
because of all the different factors of life that seemed to have weakened his
weary spirit. He belonged to a famous and wealthy family but sadly, he was
exposed to drugs early on in his life. He had been using and abusing drugs
during the majority of his lifetime.
When his mother died, he no longer found
meaning out of his life so he hanged himself to death, just two months after
his mother died. He had a really sad ending because he too was alone and
lonely. Nobody was there to comfort him during his moment of grief because he
was an addict.
So he continued to seek the comfort of drugs
and alcohol. These were the only things that gave him company during the last
days of his life. He died with no one beside him but the substances he abused.
News of his death shocked and saddened me and
my family, especially when we learned how he died. Had we known that he badly
needed help, we could have at least welcomed him into our home.
The VALUE of COMPANY
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Stories of people taking their lives because
of depression or many other factors makes me want to question why these kinds
of things have to happen. Why do people have to take their lives when life has
so many things to offer?
Every time I ponder upon things like these,
the answer that comes to me is always the same; people get lonely and empty,
and the only thing they need sometimes is someone to let them know that they’re
not at all alone in this world.
Sometimes a little bit of time is what other
people need to make them feel that they matter.
Just a simple gesture of care and presence from
someone makes a lonely person realize that there is someone who is willing to
spend time with them and listen to what they have to say.
Forget the material things, because they will
never matter at all to someone who finds no meaning for his/her life. No matter
how many piles of gold or how many bags of money you offer to someone who is
depressed, they will all just turn into useless things.
An EMPTY HEART Makes An EMPTY LIFE
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Money, fame and fortune are worthless if your
heart is empty. Life will always be meaningless if these are the only things that
keep you company.
There will come a time when all you will ever
need is a helping hand, an open ear, and a shoulder to lean on.
Time will come when your happiness will no
longer rely on the material things, but on the things that will make you whole
inside.
So if you feel like your life is incomplete
right now because you’re not rich or you don’t have money, take a look around
you and open your eyes to the things that you have in your life. What
do you have in your hands right now?
The THINGS That MATTER
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If you have a loving family that sticks with
you through thick and thin, then you are one of the luckiest persons on earth.
Many rich people would give anything to experience a love as genuine as what a
loving family can give.
If you have a loyal friend who lends his/her
time to spend with you during times when you feel like speaking your heart out,
you’re blessed because most of the rich and famous can’t even determine who
their real friends are, out of all the people who surround them and claim to be
their friends.
We have a lot of things to be thankful for in
our lives. We just have to learn how and where to look, because they’re just
there, waiting for you to notice them and give them a bit of your time.
If you feel down and lonely right now, try
opening your heart together with your eyes. They will show you just where you
should exactly look and where you should exactly be.
I wish you the fullness of heart and
completeness that you have been looking for.
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