Depression stigmatised – Colin Walker

Listened to podcast about depression still being stigmatised

How it makes people react and how others don't understand

Those who haven't been through it just think you feel sad all the time but it's often an emptiness, a void, you don't feel anything

You're not angry, sad, afraid, you're just numb, unable to feel anything at all. Walking through life like a zombie.

I go quiet, shrink into myself, stop communicating because I don't know what to say or how to deal with it, don't know how to explain it

And when those who don't experience this or don't/refuse to understand it remains stigmatised, even for all of the outward focus on mental health - people talk a good game but aren't interested when the chips are truly down

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 Unchanged: How it makes people react and how others don't understand
 Unchanged: Those who haven't been through it just think you feel sad all the time but it's often an emptiness, a void, you don't feel _anything_
 Unchanged: You're not angry, sad, afraid, you're just numb, unable to feel anything at all. Walking through life like a zombie.
 Unchanged: I go quiet, shrink into myself, stop communicating because I don't know what to say or how to deal with it, don't know how to _explain_ it
 Unchanged: And when those who don't experience this or don't/refuse to understand it remains stigmatised, even for all of the outward focus on mental health - people talk a good game but aren't interested when the chips are truly down