うえはら 【イシ-サマ】

Hi, it’s been awhile!

Just stopping by to share with you all my latest artworks. It’s good to be back doing my first love which is sketching. I completely forgot how relaxing this actually is. It needs a lot of patience to complete a piece and once it’s done, it gives off a very fulfilling feeling. Being reminded how nice and beautiful this art form is, expect more works from me in the future!

Today, we lost a very close relative to Depression.

We are all devastated with this shocking news and are mourning her sudden death. The thing is, this isn’t the first time she did this, only the other times she was unsuccessful. But why she wasn’t able to get help? After first and second attempts? Because her family thought she was only causing drama, only looking for attention and wasn’t at all serious. In the Philippines, majority do not believe about the existence of Depression. They brush it off and take it lightly. That whoever is going through this is just being overly dramatic. They don’t believe that it’s a serious mental illness.

Her one and only daughter found her still struggling for her life, with weak heartbeat and barely breathing while hanging on the ceiling. Her husband wasn’t home so she had to put her down herself, frantically, while crying and screaming for help. She died few minutes after arriving at the hospital.

This child, will live with this traumatic experience for the rest of her life. All because some are just too ignorant about certain things they do not want to understand. That most of us show no compassion to other people even to our own kin. That we live in a world where likes and followers are more important than real human interactions.

Depression doesn’t have a face. It masks itself really well that you can never tell that someone is actually going through it and thoughts of taking their own lives is like a daily routine. And it’s sad how we are all drifting apart and connect lesser and lesser every single day. And that we have to wait for something to happen to start giving a damn.

Start caring more! Talk! Listen! Just be there! #StopDepression!!