HAUNTED

A person finds it easier to approach another person when they see them happy but it makes them hard to when this person is sad or depressed. Why is there such a stigma on depression? Depression is not even contagious unlike any other diseases yet many people avoid it. Kung gaano kahirap para sa isang tao na sabihing depressed siya, yun naman siyang bilis ng mga taong nakikinig sakanya na bumato ng mga tanong o salita na hindi naman makakatulong. 'Just let it go,' 'Maybe that's mood swings,' 'be positive'. That's the exact lines they've already seen on inspirational tv shows or have already read on books, and that should be obvious, because did you not think they've already tried those to save themselves? They're self-aware, yes, believe me, but those people around them, were they aware of what's going on? Don't they think if a certain person was ever asked throughout the day, 'Kumusta?' Well, unless they think.

For every day that has ended for a depressed person, it's a day where no one knows again what happened on his day and how will he bring himself again to wake up the next day, wishing today is finally the day that someone will ask. Someone will be brave enough to listen. Yes, LISTEN. That's the only thing they need; not those petty reassuring words or encouraging wisdoms for they're sick of trying on it. It's as simple as that right? You don't need to solve a person's depression, they're not a burden to you, because that's what hits them, being someone's BURDEN. They need a companion, a friend, a colleague. Was that hard to everybody?

And do you have any idea what's the least and unfavorable thing that could happen? It might be one day, they would stop the world at their own hands and we don't have any other choice but to voice a eulogy for them.