As the title states, more than anything this whole idea that songs, clothing, or just people trying to jump on a trend makes my blood boil. Let’s be realistic here for a second, in the past few years companies have started finding ways to incorporate depression or “sad boy/girl” type of themes into clothing and music for the sake of a dollar. Now i’m going to make the argument that if someone is genuinely depressed it’s obviously a HUGE issue that should never be taken lightly and I would never say that someone is faking to be depressed, however as someone who tries my absolute best to function in public while constantly suffering from extreme depression i’ve never once had the urge to wear any sort of clothing that publicly announces that i’m “broken” (yes there’s actually a brand that makes hoodies that says this with some other edgy phrases on it) 

If i’m being ridiculous about a small matter then please feel free to tell me, but shit like this makes me feel as if they’re trying to downplay it? Maybe I should say normalize? In which case I do think it should be normalized in the sense that others can understand us and perhaps come to learn how to adjust to the behavior changes, isolation, etc. The idea of putting sensitive subjects on clothing in particular just makes me wonder who willingly goes out and purchases it, besides people trying to use it as part of their fashion. I feel like as a collective we’ve just recently advanced from depression being seen as a somewhat taboo subject to being seen as something that can happen to literally anyone and that when left unchecked can seriously cause extreme harm or even death.