ace-inclusionist:

okay the thing is like

some people aren’t depressed.

a diagnosis for depression, according to WebMD, needs a patient to display at least five symptoms of depression. sometimes that doesn’t happen. sometimes people have only two symptoms, or three, or not for long enough to get a diagnosis. and they suffer still.

sometimes it means they do have depression and that their doctor didn’t pick up on it. sometimes it means that they don’t have depression, but they do have the symptoms, and they need help because it’s affecting their life.

it’s important to help people like this.

psychology, and psychiatry, are younger sciences. we don’t know much about mental illnesses. but here’s what I know: people who are suffering deserve help.

maybe somebody isn’t depressed enough. but they’re suffering. they aren’t thriving. we need to help them.

we can’t gatekeep who does and doesn’t deserve help. if somebody says they need it, then they do. and if somebody wants help, they deserve it. people deserve help. people deserve to thrive.