How can I stop letting my depression make me feel like a burden to others?

By realizing that depression isn't something that you chose to live with or that you chose to have it makes it feel less like your fault and more like something that you ended up with to make you stronger.

The best way to stop letting depression make you feel like a burden to others is to transform your depression experience from a negative thing to a positive one. As a person who understands harsh feelings of depression, I've been through the phase where I felt like a burden on other people. I was at a point where I was always angry with others and was in a very taking mindset instead of giving. However, I chose to accept that I was in a negative depressive state, and decided to use my experience to help others who were going through the same thing even while I was still going through the worst of the feelings. Once I truly made that decision, I worked on being a desirable friend, on being more vulnerable with others, and overall becoming a person that I and others could love. So in short, if you feel as if you are burdening others with your depression, know that your depression is a part of your life that is necessary for you to empathize and make a huge difference in another person's life.

First, stop believing you are a burden to others. The thing one should do while one is suffering from depression is building self-confidence. Next time, you're out on the streets, walk with your head held high :)

Realize that you are someone that people would like to be happy and live a productive life. And that is the same way that you must treat yourself.

I feel you have to understand your Depression first. Respect yourself. Understand that you’re going through a hard time, and give yourself some praise.

Remember that the people I care about also care about me and want to see me be the best version of myself I can be.

Showing yourself compassion is so important. For instance, acknowledging the factors (like, trauma, family issues, chemical imbalance) that caused your depression and accepting that it isn't your fault. Imagining another person in your situation and then applying how you see them in your own situation can help too. Would you feel like another depressed person was a burden to the people in their life? Be kind to yourself (:

Depression is something that can and will, most of the time, make you feel like a burden to others. A way to change this feeling is to always change your negative thoughts for thoughts that would be more realistic. For exemple : ''I am a burden for them, that's why they don't answer my messages'' Change that statement for something like : ''It is highly possible that they aren't responding because they are busy. I'll give them some time'' This exercise may appear hard, but on the long run, it'll be really helpful :)

By realizing it is not a burden. Your depression is there, it is real. Friends and family are meant to be there to help and support you, and they want you to feel better.

You are loved. You are cared for, and you are enough. You are not a burden to anyone love