Depression. Winner Or Looser?

My name is Alexa Geibel, I am a photographer from Germany.

I made a project about Depression from which I have suffered for many years.

Depression..

Just work more, they say..⁠

Sleep more, they say..⁠

Walk more, they say..⁠

Workout more, they say..⁠

It is not real, they say..⁠

You are just imagining that, they say..⁠

I am also depressed, haha, they say..⁠

Your life is so good, how come you are depressed, they say..⁠

Just party more, they say..⁠

You need more sex, they say..⁠

Broken arm is real, depression is not, they say..⁠

Why do you always have such a bad mood, they say..⁠

Eat more chocolate, they say..⁠

You need a man in your life, they say..⁠

Just go on vacations, they say..⁠

It is not an illness, they say..⁠

Depression is not real, they say..⁠

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If it is not real, how come every year almost 800 000 people take their life?⁠

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If it is not real, how come globally more than 264 million people of all ages suffer from depression?⁠

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264 million people!⁠

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If it is not real, how come 12% woman and 5% man in Germany suffer from depression?⁠

How come?

These are self portraits which I have taken when I hit the rock bottom and I really thought that I would never climb back..