Why do we only care when it is too late?

One thing that makes me super mad is that why people don't take depression seriously. We all have so many people around our self yet we feel alone. I think depression is one the most dangerous diseases, depression take things to a next level because you can't see what is going on in some ones mind. When you are ill, your body shows you the signs of sickness and then the people around you make you go see a doctor and takes extra care of you until you get better. Why cant we do this when some one is going through depression or having anxiety?

Okay, you may ask that how to know if some one is having any emotional issues? The simplest answer is just ASK. Reach out to the other person. Notice the small gestures, their facial expressions. Notice that how present they are in a group discussion. We tend to ignore these things by thinking "He or she is just having a bad day", If you take a little bit time out of your day and ask some one that what is wrong, hear them out, give them an advice or just a shoulder to cry on. The worst thing you can say to that person is "Come on, its all in your head. Get over it". These words hit like a bullet to that person and he or she will never reach out to you again.

Depression is not something to be ashamed of, if you are not able to help a person then force them to get professional help. I think parents should ask their kids every often that if they feel like seeing a psychiatrist? If their kids wants to seek help, let them, just for the love of God, let them.

When we are depressed, the world seems like a box. I want you to close your eyes for a minute and imagine you are living in a small box and there is just one little hole for oxygen. Day by day, the box in shrinking, making you suffocate and there is no way out.
We need to take these matters seriously. Seeing someone sad and then taking it for granted is just not okay. THIS NEEDS TO STOP. We need to give our friends and family a space where they feel comfortable in sharing and can reach out. And we need to make them feel okay in every way we can and by not shutting them out. Remember, people stop reaching out for helping hands when there is no hand to hold. You are not going to see this written on the face of any person having suicide thoughts, "Hey, i am thinking of ways to kill myself".
Just please help these people, never shut them out, hear them out and be a supporting shoulder before its late and you have no one to help and just have to live with dark shadows of regrets.