I was talking to someone at school as she said that she doesn't want to ask another person for life advice because she has depression.

As you can probably imagine, this angered me. Sadly I know that she is not the only one with that view.

So what if we have a mental illness? So what if we struggle to find happiness? So what if we self-harm?

We know and understand pain and needing help. We deal with more on a daily basis than many do in a lifetime. Many of us struggle to keep living and yet you don't want to ask us for life advice?

We understand struggles more than most. Most of us have been through a lot in our lives. We may be unhappy, but we want to try make sure others are as happy as possible because we don't want them to fall into this dark pit. We want to help others because we (some of us) have  given up on helping ourselves. We struggle through life so we can definitely give life advice.

I don't have a problem with this person not wanting to ask that person for advice, but have a problem with the reason she gave. Depressed people are people too. We are just as capable as anyone else.

Stay strong.