English
PANEL 1:
— I just got big orders from the boss.
— Oh? What is it?
PANEL 2:
— The boss says we have to be happy.
— Oh, is that all? I can do that right now!
PANEL 3:
“HAPPY” “SAD”
SFX: Flick
PANEL 4:
— I’m telling you it’s not that simple.
— You don’t know if you don’t even try. Just be happy for once.
— I just got big orders from the boss.
— Oh? What is it?
PANEL 2:
— The boss says we have to be happy.
— Oh, is that all? I can do that right now!
PANEL 3:
“HAPPY” “SAD”
SFX: Flick
PANEL 4:
— I’m telling you it’s not that simple.
— You don’t know if you don’t even try. Just be happy for once.
Svenska
PANEL 1:
— Jag fick nyss stora order från chefen.
— Oh, vad är det?
PANEL 2:
— Chefen säger att vi måste vara glada.
— Oh är det allt? Jag kan göra det just nu!
PANEL 3:
“Glad” “Ledsen”
PANEL 4:
— Jag säger ju det. Det är inte så enkelt.
— Du vet inte om du inte provar. Bara var glad för en gång skull.
(Translation by Canis Lupus)
— Jag fick nyss stora order från chefen.
— Oh, vad är det?
PANEL 2:
— Chefen säger att vi måste vara glada.
— Oh är det allt? Jag kan göra det just nu!
PANEL 3:
“Glad” “Ledsen”
PANEL 4:
— Jag säger ju det. Det är inte så enkelt.
— Du vet inte om du inte provar. Bara var glad för en gång skull.
(Translation by Canis Lupus)
followed by “well, you aren’t really trying.”
“You just like the attention, then, don’t you?”
“You are just looking for attention” YES! That’s exactly what I’m doing. I need attention, I need someone to care. I need someone that I want to care. I want people to see that I’m feeling terrible, without having to tell them.
“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”
I see myself in this comic strip. It really sucks and I’m dealing with it right now.
“Stop feeling sorry for yourself.”
“Fake it ’till you make it.” I really hate that phrase.
I have a friend who has suffered from depression. She said that to me once. I wanted to slap her. Of all people…
Other equally infuriating platitudes:
“Snap out of it”
“Happiness is a CHOICE”
“Get it together”
“Things could be so much worse”
“Count your blessings”
And on and on and on, ad infinitum…
every time someone says something like this to me, i really want to explain to them that it’s not like a switch that i can turn on/off. it’s really hard to make them understand.
I’m terrified to be happy. Whenever I’m happy I know there’s a violent crash afterwards to go with it and I’ll spend twice as long in numbness and feeling like I want to die. Forcing it only makes it worse.
My mom would say;
“Stop trying to get attention. You have hormones, and they’ll make you sad. knock it off. I’m not taking you to the doctor.
Normally, a person can find something else to do to get their mind off of it, or just be positive until they feel better. But when someone is completely engulfed in misery, you can’t shake it off.
You can’t just “get over it.”
This is all your fault.. U aren’t really trying.. U r doing this on purpose.. U only want to make others life hell…
If I had a penny for how many people told me this, I would be the riches girl alive.
let me introduce you to melachony depression .. a type of depression that literally erases ALL YOUR emotions other than rage and sadness. you won’t feel truly happy, surprised, or react to anything on the outside.
the brain simply deletes the ability to feel anything. and everything.