If You Can't Help, Don't Hurt

This isn't just a phrase you read and pass, it means more than it seem. If you can't be of help to someone who needs it, why hurt that someone? People hurt people in so many situations where they could have helped or rather do nothing, it's happening everywhere.

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Depression is an illness that people take lightly maybe because we've never been through it before or we don't really care about it but it's happening among our fellow humans. People are going through a lot and fighting depression in so many areas while some who couldn't get help and couldn't control the illness resorted to suicide.

Depression is a period unhappiness or low morale which last longer than several weeks and may bring up the idea of self injury or suicide.

Depression has no benefits and it is could be caused by Lack of love of oneself, loneliness or negative thinking. In essence, depression bring about hurt or loss of lives. My reason for all these is that people are not helping in these situations, people tend to overlook this illness when someone is facing it and then spread the bad news of the person exiting from life walls.

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It went all over the news a week ago that a 16years old girl committed suicide because her boyfriend cheated on her. Everything about that story was just so wrong to me, I couldn't help but think of the girl's thoughts before her death. Maybe she didn't have anyone she could talk to about what she was feeling, she was very young and a young girl at her age is supposed to have someone guiding her closely but things didn't end well as she took her own life. Depression may have been involved in this but people kept talking about how foolish she was to have taken her life like that... There's more to that, we could do better.

Another story about a second year university boy who committed suicide because his course mates laughed at him for being unable to spell "Computer technology" during lectures. You could imagine the level of depression he was going through before the incident with his fellow course mates. He may have been facing family issues, emotional stress and more but was trying hard to deal with it until the mockery in class and he decided to end everything by taking his life. Their mockery made things worse for him.

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If you can't help, don't hurt. Why mock at someone when you could help correct their mistakes and show some love to them. Things would have surely be different if the boy didn't face such a situation they created, anyone would have been in his position finding it hard to spell a word they knew very well but it turned out to be the boy who may have been facing a lot before then.

Depression is a very deadly illness that we must fight against by showing more love or doing nothing to make things worse for those going through it. It's either we show them love or we do nothing for them, hurting them more is way out of line.

Be a lifesaver by showing love and be mindful of what you say or do to people around you.

This is my entry for the #dreemportchallenge and I used my favorite frontend PEAKD to submit my entry.

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You have said it all.. Don't complicate the issue if you can't help. Depression nowadays even kills faster than aids. I don't wish for anyone close to me to be depressed because it is the number one reason why people commit suicide.

The story of the 16years old girl still baffles me till date. How could she kill herself just because her boyfriend left her?... It's just so silly of her though.. Perhaps she had no one to advice her or someone she could talk to...

This is indeed a thought provoking post. Thanks for sharing.

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I'm glad you get the point of everything, the story of the girl is a really sad one but I want to guess that people would learn from her mistake and also try not to hurt others.


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A depressed person could always get suicidal thoughts which is very dangerous.

We should always help people whenever we're in a position to. We should not inflict pain but kindness and care.


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Suicide or self hurt is always the end of a depressed person, we could help or do nothing at all instead of hurting them more.

Thanks girl


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The thing is people do not know what the other person is going through and if the person is already going through a tough phase this would be adding fuel to the fire.

A general rule would be, be kind if not just zip it up.
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Adding fuel to fire, that's the word. When you can't help, it's best you don't fuel the fire in them to make the mistake of their lives.


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A powerful post and what you present I totally agree with
If you can’t say something positive and helpful then stay silent don’t say something callous or mean to me sketching s worse

Always sad to read stories of suicides

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It's always sad to hear of a person's death and its even worse when one takes his own life.... So sad.

Thanks for stopping by Jay


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What people often fail to understand is that because you can take it doesn't necessarily mean someone else has the ability to take it too.

Some may say a lot of people have done through break ups so why should she end her life for that reason, others will tell the guys that there are a lot of people who get laughed at on a daily basis and they don't take their life.

But people are different and if only we are a bit nicer to one another maybe they wouldn't have to take their life, depression is not easy and when people make light of the situation it just makes it much worse. If a person can't help it's best they mind their business and keep it moving


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You gave a very good point there girl, people forget that we're different according to capabilities and they make live miserable for those who are not strong enough to hold it off.

Thanks for your understanding and contribution


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The two stories yiu have narrated made me thoughtful ho much sickness our society is having especially when it's all about mental health.
I wouldn't say this is happening ring because of technology. On the same side, the stress and negativity we are circulating and absorbing each day are making the situation more worst.
Help others to combat these situations.
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True dear, people spread stress and negativity around which demoralizes those who aren't strong enough... It's so sad
Thanks for stopping by


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