I'm deeply concerned about the comments I read and hear about people with depression and other psychological conditions like Nicholas Brendon. It is important to realize that getting treatment - something that isn't accessible to everybody - is just one step:
Talk therapy can feel useless and infantilizing, pharmaceuticals can have a nightmare load of side-effects (physical pain, trouble sleeping, stomach and intestinal issues, night terrors, headaches, et cetera), the stigma around your condition can make you feel like hiding away from the world (or make the world not want to interact with you) which only makes things worse, and then there are the everyday responsibilities like paying bills, eating properly, and taking care of others and if you aren't able to do those things, you can feel even worse. So if people would stop being so damn judgemental and consider the war that is trying fix your brain when your brain is the problem, maybe they would have a little compassion. #BellLetsTalk
