Greetings, users of the DSGHQ. Today I will try to tackle the topic of depression. This post may offend you, for I do not know what is going on in your personal life. Choose to stay? Good choice. Note that depression is not the main part of this post. This may come off as harsh, and I apologize for that.

Now, there might actually be users here who have legitimate, physiological conditions that are contributing to your depression. But I should be careful saying this, especially on the internet, because people lie on the internet. You can look online for conditions matching a few of your symptoms, and then force yourself to act depressed. If this sounds like something you would do, nothing is causing depression except you.

Helping solve your depression is not what I am here for. I'm here to take you back in time, and show you that you shouldn't be depressed. Prepare to go back to the early 1900s, a tough time for many families.

Let me give you a short history lesson. My mother’s side of the family wanted to immigrate to the USA in the early 1900s. They came to America after World War I. A few years after they came, The Great Depression of 1929 began. During The Great Depression, people had to rely on their own resources. And when resources are limited, you have to make the most out of them. On top of all this, there were a lack of jobs, and businesses didn't have enough money to pay their workers. This caused the workers to not be able to purchase the goods and services that would keep the businesses open. This caused many businesses to go bankrupt. Do you see where this is going? Oh, and not to mention the banks shut down, so you couldn't get any money out of them. The Great Depression has left a large impact on people. My great-grandmother reused everything. She used things until they didn’t work anymore. Everything. Even small things, like use both sides of papers she wrote on.

But little did they know that all that hard work would’ve saved their lives. They lived in Europe, and soon after The Great Depression, World War II began. And with that, came the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a horrible time in history, especially for Jews. If my family didn't immigrate to the USA, they would have most likely been brutally killed. If not that, tortured. So if they hadn’t persevered through The Great Depression, I would never have existed.

Now the lesson of this post. You log onto the internet, saying you’re going into a depression over your first world problems. For attention. Amusing. There are people going through terrible things, and they don’t have access to the internet. Do you see them complaining? No. Want to know why? They have nowhere to complain. No social media. Stop taking things for granted. During The Great Depression, people found value in bent nails. Children had to do many more chores than you could even imagine. One I've heard people had to do was go to the railroad track and pick up coal that fell out of the train’s engine to heat their furnace. Stop taking things for granted. Start helping the world with what you do have.

I apologize if the way I worded things may have offended you. Thank you for reading this lecture.
-Jacobg627

Jacobg627 said on 27th July 2015 02:37 PM:
Greetings, users of the DSGHQ. Today I will try to tackle the topic of depression. This post may offend you, for I do not know what is going on in your personal life. Choose to stay? Good choice. Note that depression is not the main part of this post. This may come off as harsh, and I apologize for that.

Now, there might actually be users here who have legitimate, physiological conditions that are contributing to your depression. But I should be careful saying this, especially on the internet, because people lie on the internet. You can look online for conditions matching a few of your symptoms, and then force yourself to act depressed. If this sounds like something you would do, nothing is causing depression except you.

Helping solve your depression is not what I am here for. I'm here to take you back in time, and show you that you shouldn't be depressed. Prepare to go back to the early 1900s, a tough time for many families.

Let me give you a short history lesson. My mother’s side of the family wanted to immigrate to the USA in the early 1900s. They came to America after World War I. A few years after they came, The Great Depression of 1929 began. During The Great Depression, people had to rely on their own resources. And when resources are limited, you have to make the most out of them. On top of all this, there were a lack of jobs, and businesses didn't have enough money to pay their workers. This caused the workers to not be able to purchase the goods and services that would keep the businesses open. This caused many businesses to go bankrupt. Do you see where this is going? Oh, and not to mention the banks shut down, so you couldn't get any money out of them. The Great Depression has left a large impact on people. My great-grandmother reused everything. She used things until they didn’t work anymore. Everything. Even small things, like use both sides of papers she wrote on.

But little did they know that all that hard work would’ve saved their lives. They lived in Europe, and soon after The Great Depression, World War II began. And with that, came the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a horrible time in history, especially for Jews. If my family didn't immigrate to the USA, they would have most likely been brutally killed. If not that, tortured. So if they hadn’t persevered through The Great Depression, I would never have existed.

Now the lesson of this post. You log onto the internet, saying you’re going into a depression over your first world problems. For attention. Amusing. There are people going through terrible things, and they don’t have access to the internet. Do you see them complaining? No. Want to know why? They have nowhere to complain. No social media. Stop taking things for granted. During The Great Depression, people found value in bent nails. Children had to do many more chores than you could even imagine. One I've heard people had to do was go to the railroad track and pick up coal that fell out of the train’s engine to heat their furnace. Stop taking things for granted. Start helping the world with what you do have.

I apologize if the way I worded things may have offended you. Thank you for reading this lecture.
-Jacobg627


Great post, *claps louder than everyone*

Depression mostly happens in teenagers. Hopefully teens or others who are feeling down will come and look at this post. Amazing wisdom!