It's only Monday
This song is actually a cry for help, but also to serve as an example of what people with mental illness' go through on a daily basis. I've suffered from mental illness most of my life but there's only a handful of people that truly understand what a battle it can be to deal with it throughout one's life. This area of medical issues is perhaps the least understood by doctors and certainly by friends and family that have no experience with it.
If you have family or friends that suffer from clinical depression, chronic anxiety, bi-polar, PTSD, Schizophrenia, OCD, ADAD and others, please understand that these conditions are very serious. The word "depressed" is over used in general conversation and has some how taking on a meaning of "sad" or "bummed out". Depression is a chemical issue in the brain that causes deep feelings of a lack of well being for some, for others it can be a complete disconnect with happiness. You can lose yourself. Losing interest in everything. Including family, things you once had a passion for, suddenly means nothing. All you want to do is crawl under a rock and fade away. It's brutal and very scary. In my case I've had these symptoms and much more.
I've been told by doctors that "it's all in your head" and "you're doing this to yourself"! There is nothing more harmful than to have a medical professional say something as ridiculous as this to someone with a mental illness. If you have a loved one with a condition like this, please support them. Saying things like "shake it off", "you're not going to get anywhere with that attitude" or "you just have to relax", is harmful, not helpful because statements like that make the person suffering from it, think it's a mind over matter situation, not a true medical condition. For many, including myself, it's life threatening in that, if untreated it can become worse and worse as time goes by. Eventually you just can't take it anymore and this is what leads to the taking of their own life. So please understand that just because you have no experience with a particular disease or condition doesn't mean it's "all in their head". Many folks take a very casual or dismissive stance on mental illness because they use their own experience as a reference for what others are going through. Be careful. This ignorance can cause the people in your life with this condition to become worse because they start blaming the condition on themselves, when it's actually a chemical imbalance in the brain.
This song is just a small part of what people suffer from, for days, weeks and more commonly, years when it comes to mental illness. Please be understanding and supportive to the loved ones in your life with these illnesses. It can make all the difference to them.