I’m interested in guns but know close to nothing about them , so I made a post on a few gun subs asking questions. I got a bunch of comments and dm’s telling me I shouldn’t own a gun, it’s dangerous. People assume I’m gonna hurt myself with it.

But you know what? Yeah I have depression. And yeah I have suicidal thoughts often. And I also think guns are cool and would like to own one. But those are two unrelated things. Just because I’m depressed doesn’t mean that the second I express interest in a weapon means I’m gonna kill myself. 

I have an illness in my brain, the illness makes me unhappy and unsatisfied with life, and yes sometimes it makes me so unhappy I don’t even want to live. 

But I’m not out of control. I’m not a danger to myself. If I wanted to kill myself I would have done it by now, I am no more of a danger than anyone else in the world.

But because I have depression, people just assume things about me. They don’t think I should be allowed to do the same things as everyone else, just because I’m sick.

Why can’t people understand that I’m a normal person just like everyone else? Why do they think I’m always about to do something stupid or hurt myself? It makes me not wanna tell anyone about my problems, and if I’m being honest it really fuckin hurts my self esteem.