No one understands.
That’s the mindset of anyone who has ever had a period of depression and anxiety.
Everyday, we as individuals have our struggles, and one of them is the attempt to relate to those around us.
While some of us are below others, or above average, or even at star status, we don’t know what it’s like to live the life of someone else.
Miley Cyrus was recently seen out with cuts on her arm, and even though they could be old scars from her kitchen knife accident, they could also be real cuts from something deeper.
We’ve seen stars struggle with cutting in the past, and while a lot of us judge them and want to get them help, we also don’t understand the root of the problem.
It’s not always the pressure to be perfect, or the pressure to exceed your own personal goals, but it can be just simply because no one gets it.
With someone like Miley, girls look up to her and want to be her. They couldn’t possibly understand what she’s struggling with. Well, thoughts like that alone are enough to set someone off who could be already on the edge.
Even if Miley is simply just a klutz in the kitchen, it still hit a sensitive spot with me.
I’m someone who has struggled with anxiety myself. Ever since I was in 5th grade I’ve had my fair share of people look at me and tell me I have nothing to complain about. That I have nothing to look at as a struggle. That I should be more grateful because I’m not a kid who was born into poverty or hunger.
Money and food on the table does not mean there is no evidence of struggle in my life. It’s not even fair to compare the struggle of an impoverished teenager, to one who has to walk down the hallways of their top ranked high school being laughed at and bullied.
I’ve always been an outcast and considered weird or out of my element. So for me to have to be around people growing up who treat you like you don’t belong anywhere, it was enough for me to question myself and my purpose.
While cutting yourself is definitely a very extreme measure of dealing with anxiety, it’s not as psychotic as it may seem. It’s not always that people just want attention from it. People have to open their minds and look deeper into those wounds.
Struggle is everywhere. Whether it’s dealing with an alcoholic in your family and abuse, or even a hamster dying, everyone feels pain at some point. Everyone comes across that thought in their mind that no one understands them.
You can be the victim, the bully, the rat in the lab, or even the perfect peach, but at the end of the day, we’re all going through some sh*t.
Pain is pain, and that feeling shouldn’t have to stay with anyone.
Twitter: @LindseyIndia
