Depression isn't just one word or one action or one feeling

Depression is made up of many experiences of disappointment, hate, failure, and confusion

Depression has been made to be a vast topic over the past generations of people

Self-consciousness is also a topic that can be the root of someone's depression

Many girls and guys experience it, but may deal/portray it different

One way of showing it isn't necessarily worse than the other

There is always someone that has it worse than you

Some people may not be able to compare their situation to you, but some may have it a million times worse

Some people have depression so bad that they kill themselves or they cut to relieve the pain

Or they get into bad situations that can put them into a situation of being physically or sexually assaulted

Some solve their depression by drinking the day away, only to have their problems come back to punch them 10 times harder in the gut the next morning

They just want the pain to stop and go away, but every time it does, it doubles in size and in pain and comes back twice as hard as the last time

They want to get relief from the pain, but they can't seem to escape it

So what do they do? Well, it depends on how mentally tough the person is

Some drown themselves in drugs and therapy and alcohol, while others find a new light inside themselves and make themselves into a stronger, self-loving version of themself

That choice is up to them and them alone

That is the true definition of a mentally tough individual