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

Try and use my experiences to help others know they're not alone, I would also tell them all the stuff that helps me to help them

A great way to overcome that feeling of being a burden is realizing the truth of your situation. Depression is an incredibly hard thing to go through and it takes energy, strength and most importantly, support, to find your way out of it. Remind yourself of the difficult situation you are going through, and realize that to heal, you have to ask for help. You are not a burden.. Mental illness is an illness, just like cancer, pneumonia or MS. Those people are not burdens. They're just going through an illness that they have no control over. Depression is the same way. And when you have that support, strength, and energy.. That is what will get you through.

Focus on yourself first and how to help yourself, by doing this you're taking in accountability yourself and your actions. We can only change ourselves for ourselves and although other people may worry about us, it is only up to us to change ourselves for the better.

It's never a burden to have someone listen to you that are friends or family of you. They should always be willing to listen to you. Best way to help your depression is do the things that you love to do. Write in a journal of your feelings and always remember there is so many self help options.

Try to imagine yourself as a friend. How would you treat your friend if they were suffering like you are? You would probably still love them and care about them, and want to help them; it's very likely that your friends want the same thing for you.

Your depression is not a burden, it is a part of you. People around you understand that and they love you no matter what. If you know that you are trying to be better, to not be a burden then it is like that.

Try to realize that there are so, so, so many others also battling depression. And there are sooo many loved ones wanting to help the ones they love that are suffering. Your suffering isn't a burden to others. The only thing that probably bothers them is that they can't help you and want to be able to. The only person your depression burdens is you. And if others make you feel that you are a burden to them, don't listen.

It's important, first and foremost, to realize that depression is NOT your fault. Of course, this does not give us the permission to intentionally harm other people and we should take on responsibility for our own actions. However, when we experience depression, we may find ourselves pushing away our loved ones because we just want to be alone (as a way of protecting ourselves) and as a result, we fear that we are emotionally draining our family members and friends. It seems like, based on your question, that you really care about making your loved ones happy and that you mean no harm to them. However, when things get rough, you should remember to focus on taking care of yourself first (I know, it's much easier said than done, but it's necessary). After all, our loved ones often only wish for us to be happy.

My short answer would be - through small acts of kindness and support to others. One might think - with depression you're hardly carrying yourself from one day to another, and there's simply no energy left for others - and I'd agree. But there is a trick - we usually do want to be kind and useful. Do you see a person in pain and think like a gentle hand on their shoulder could make things better? Then put that hand on their shoulder. Does a thought cross your mind to share that apple of yours with your buddy? Then go ahead and do it. Put the butter in the fridge, clean that dusty table, or whatever there is - even with that super sad and apathetic face of yours. There are myriad of kind thoughts/actions that can cross your mind. Just don't let the depression stop you from acting upon them. I hope you beat that depression really soon!

Try to seek out to a parent or parents or legal guardian about how you feel. Try to get help on how your feeling