It’s a terrible feeling; the idea that happiness is forever out of reach. Depression is all too familiar in current-day society; social norms and human nature make it truly difficult to share true emotions, so things like depression are suppressed and manifest themselves as things often worse than just intense sadness. On the other hand, something like donating an organ would be looked upon with immense praise and everyone around you would ensure that, should a donator need help, they would certainly get it. Depression and donation aren’t actually all that different; in fact, they’re similar in the ideas that you interact differently with others and nobody can visibly see if someone has or has done either; however, society sees these as two very different things; in addition, donations are optional. …show more content…
With depression, it makes it difficult to start a conversation with, or even acknowledge, another person due to a fear of judgement placed by said person. Because of this, many people with depression hate being in public and are sometimes even labeled as ‘just introverts’, which is entirely false. Extroverts can just as easily become depressed and refuse to go out into public. With donations of any kind, someone is giving another person what they need - be it money, clothing, or an organ - without knowing them on any sort of personal level; something that isn’t easy to do. It imbues people with a sense of accomplishment and success, a far greater feeling than