depression

 

“So, there are these three neurotransmitters that are super important for being happy and motivated and just generally being able to do things: serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. When you have depression, your brain does not produce enough of one, two, or all of these. That's bad. You stop wanting to do things, and often it feels completely impossible to do anything at all. If you don't understand this, that's okay. Just realize it's a thing. I do not understand being able to go grocery shopping without any emotional preparation - or being able to make phone calls, or get up in the morning, or eat without emotional preparation. The only thing that always sounds appealing is sleep because I don't have to consciously experience anything. Experiencing things sounds hard. So we don't understand each other. That's fine. Let's just not get upset about it or say really offensive things. Actually let's just use that as a general rule. Don't get upset or say offensive things when you don't understand’’.