Being Judged

 Growing up, I've always been the odd one out. Out of all my friends I was the one that had the issues and had a less than perfect life. When i was 13 i started to cut myself because I was suffering from depression. I guess by just looking at me, a lot of people could tell I was depressed.And I'm just guessing, but maybe the all black clothing and black hair was a dead give away. Well because they knew I was depressed, they automatically thought that I cut myself. My friends were really good at helping me so they told everyone that I was just having some problems and they needed to mind their own buisness.

 When I started going to highschool I finally felt like everyone saw me for me and not "that girl who cuts herself". Or so  I thought. I was at school one day and I had just gotten done taking a test, when the kid behind me asked the girl sitting next to me " Does that girl cut herself?" Of course he was referring to me. The girl responed with "She used to". I don't really  talk at school, and i tend to just keep to myself. I don't hang-out with a big crowd, i pretty much am what you would call a "loner". Can you really tell that i used to do that just by looking at me? I mean seriously. I blame our culture for the fact that everyone thinks that they know someone just by looking at them. Obviously the kid didn't have enough sense to think that maybe it wasn't a good idea to say anything, but what really bothers me is the fact that he isn't the only one like that. To some of you, this may not be a big deal, but to those of you who have been judged from people who don't even know you, I think you can agree that it kind of hurts. Now I have to start all over again with trying to get people to stay out of my buisness.

Just because someone is depressed, by the way, don't automatically suspect that they are emo or they cut themselves, because you have no idea what they are going through and i can tell you right now, that not everyone who is depressed does or is any of those things. Think before you act.