"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction" (Newton's Third Law of Physics).
Or what about, "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" (Albert Einstein).
Regardless of a person's age, depression can quickly take root in a person when they feel oppressed, lonely, or even stressed. Not to go entirely in depth on depression itself because just the definition alone cannot be contained within one post's word limit, but without a doubt someone can still be considered lonely even when they are surrounded by so many people everyday.
Although the quotes mentioned above might not seem related at all after initially reading them, I had a thought tonight that I think I needed to write about. I understand that words carry meaning, whether for good or bad. The problem is when someone does not think about the way they are going to say what they speak. Words carry meaning so much so as the way it is expressed. Additionally, and I cannot stress this enough, when words are spoken, they are spoken and often will not go away no matter how someone tries to play down what they said. It's almost like when you post something on social media, for example. Sure, someone could delete a nasty post directed against someone after experiencing regret after they posted it, but is it really deleted? Of course not. It might look like it's deleted to you but what if someone took a screenshot of what you said? Facebook could certainly look into the logs and recover that harsh comment.
What I am trying to get at here is that it does not matter how old or young you are, whether you are talking to a family member or a stranger, when you say something, especially something harsh, do not expect to think that everything will be back to normal if you are trying to continue a relationship with that person. When you act to use harsh words, that tongue has the potential to cut right through someone's heart and wounds like that can be hard to mend. Additionally, a depressed person is already at a low point and to continue to knock someone down so to speak continues to push that person to the brink. Sometimes I think society focuses the training of being careful with word choice and anti-bullying on the youth. I get it, most of us get it that we need to focus on the next generation. Although this is true, I think taking a step back is in order. Why? Because who is helping to build up the next generation? It's the adults and everyone ahead of the next generation. There are so many ways this discussion can go but the way adults communicate with each other needs to change for the better. Self awareness in the sense of how you treat people needs to be evaluated.
Unfortunately some people do not understand that when you say something, you cannot take back what you said and they need to understand that the people you hurt from what you said have a difficult time moving on in the relationship with you because of what you say and how you say it. This is especially prominent in a family because of course the closes people to you are family.
I know this post is short and hopefully not too vague but from recent experience I wanted to address this. If anyone would like to comment regarding the information I just discussed please feel free or even add a comment of how you relate to the quotes from above. Thank you for reading and I am glad to be back.